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National Recreation Areas of the United States — managed by the United States Forest Service For U.S. National Park Service managed National Recreation Areas, see Category: National Park Service National Recreation Areas .
Recreation.gov is a website run by Booz Allen Hamilton in conjunction with 12 different US Federal and State Government organizations, including: [1] Bureau of Land Management; Bureau of Reclamation; Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Federal Highway Administration; National Archives and Records Administration; National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was planning the construction of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) on the Colorado River in the late 1920s and saw the potential for recreation at the scenic area in Nevada and Arizona around the future Lake Mead, to then be the world's largest reservoir. The car was expanding access to travel in the growing Southwest ...
In the United States, National Recreation Areas are administered by several different agencies. They typically do not meet the strict guidelines to become national parks. [2] In U.S. state park systems, recreation areas may also fail to meet some criteria to be designated state parks, such as having multiple non-contiguous properties. Size is ...
The Recreation Residence Program authorizes the public to construct recreational cabins subject to various permit terms. As of 2014, there are over 14,000 Recreational Residences on Forest Service land and the owners of these residences are represented by the National Forest Homeowners group. [ 2 ]
Leisure studies is a branch of the social sciences that focuses on understanding and analyzing leisure. Recreation and tourism are common topics of leisure research.. The National Recreation and Park Association is the national organization in the United States for leisure studies, and offers accreditation to many universities to offer courses of study (degree programs) in leisure studies.
Transferred to U.S. Forest Service: Lake Texoma Recreation Area: April 18, 1946 June 30, 1949 Returned to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Millerton Lake Recreation Area May 22, 1945 November 1, 1957 Transferred to state of California; currently operated by the California Department of Water Resources: Shadow Mountain National Recreation Area ...
Provides recreation opportunities on Washoe Lake, between Carson City and Reno. Wild Horse State Recreation Area: Elko: 120 49: 6,250 1,900: 1979: Provides water recreation on the northeast shore of 2,830-acre (1,150 ha) Wild Horse Reservoir on the Owyhee River.