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Queens bluff. Great River Bluffs State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, on the Mississippi River southeast of Winona. Originally known as O. L. Kipp State Park, it was renamed in the late 1990s to describe better its resources. The park preserves steep-sided bluffs rising 500 feet (150 m) above the river and the narrow valleys ...
Itasca State Park. Itasca State Park (/ aɪˈtæskə /) is a state park of Minnesota, United States, and contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River. The park spans 32,690 acres (132.3 km 2) of northern Minnesota, and is located about 21 miles (34 km) north of Park Rapids, Minnesota and 25 miles (40 km) from Bagley, Minnesota.
Great River Road State Park. / 33.842831°N 91.035633°W / 33.842831; -91.035633. Great River Road State Park is a public recreation area in the U.S. state of Mississippi located off Mississippi Highway 1 in the southwest corner of the city of Rosedale. The day-use state park is managed by the city of Rosedale.
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile (116 km) and 54,000-acre (22,000 ha) protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings. This stretch of the upper Mississippi River includes natural ...
Lake Pepin — the largest lake on the Mississippi River, which stretches roughly from Pepin to Bay City, Wisconsin — provides the longest record of ice cover on the river, starting in 1843 ...
The Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers.
Russian River (California) For other uses, see Russian River (disambiguation). The Russian River (Southern Pomo: Ashokawna, Spanish: Río Ruso) is a southward-flowing river that drains 1,485 sq mi (3,850 km 2) [4] of Sonoma and Mendocino counties in Northern California.
The Russian River Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Sonoma County, California. Centered on the Russian River, the Russian River Valley AVA accounts for about one-sixth of the total planted vineyard acreage in Sonoma County. The appellation was granted AVA status in 1983 and enlarged in 2005. [1]