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Virginia opened its entire state park system on 15 June 1936 as a six-park system. The six original state parks were Seashore State Park (now First Landing State Park ), Westmoreland State Park, Staunton River State Park, Douthat State Park, Fairy Stone State Park, and Hungry Mother State Park. The park system now oversees 43 parks. [1] Contents.
Olympia, Washington [1] Annual budget. $148.6 million (2011–13 biennium) [1] Website. www .parks .wa .gov. The U.S. state of Washington has over 140 state parks that are managed by the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. These include 19 marine parks and 11 Historical Parks. The park system was established in 1913 by the ...
Widewater State Park. / 38.42694°N 77.33500°W / 38.42694; -77.33500. Widewater State Park is a state park in Virginia, located in Stafford County. Land for the park was purchased in 2006 from Dominion Resources, but the Great Recession prevented development of the property. Ground was finally broken for the new park in 2018 [2] after ...
The Plum Tree Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in Poquoson, Virginia, located on the southwestern corner of the Chesapeake Bay. The 3,501-acre (14.17 km 2) refuge is located at about the midpoint of the Atlantic Flyway, and is one of four refuges that comprise the Eastern Virginia Rivers National Wildlife Refuge ...
Fort Macon State Park is the second most visited state park in North Carolina, with an annual visitation of 1.3 million, despite being one of the smallest state parks in North Carolina with 424 acres (1.72 km 2 ). [1] Fort Macon was built as part of the Third System of US fortifications, and was preceded by Fort Hampton of the Second System.
The park surrounds Jones State Lake and Salters State Lake, both of which are largely undeveloped Carolina Bay lakes. Until 1965, it was one of two parks open to Black people. Lake James State Park. [18] Mountains. McDowell, Burke [2] 3,743 acres (15.15 km 2) [5] 1987 [2] Open.
Casey Jones State Park. Fort Maurepas State Park. Grand Gulf Military Monument Park, Port Gibson. Gulf Marine State Park. Nanih Waiya State Park, transferred to the Mississippi Band of Choctaw 2006. Sam Dale State Park. Winterville Mounds, 1960–2000, transferred to Department of Archives and History.
This is a list of state parks in Georgia. The park system of the US state of Georgia was founded in 1931 with Indian Springs State Park and Vogel State Park. Indian Springs has been operated by the state as a public park since 1825, making it perhaps the oldest state park in the United States. [1] The newest state park is Don Carter State Park.