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San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado. The forest contains 19 of the state's 53 fourteeners, peaks over 14,000 feet (4,267 m) high, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in Colorado. It is one of eleven national forests in the state of Colorado and contains the Sawatch Range, the Collegiate Peaks, and Sangre de Cristo Range.
The McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System diverts from the Arkansas River 2.5 mi (4.0 km) upstream of the Wilbur D. Mills Dam to avoid the long winding route which the lower Arkansas River follows. This circuitous portion of the Arkansas River between the Wilbur D. Mills Dam and the Mississippi River was historically bypassed by ...
The Pike and San Isabel National Forest was recently awarded a major reclamation project to fix the damage from the Hayman wildfire. The project was sponsored by The National Arbor Day Foundation, in conjunction with several university bookstores. Pike and San Isabel was voted the winner from a group of three separate forests.
Pike National Forest includes Pikes Peak at an elevation of 14,115 ft (4,302 m) and three wilderness areas. Since 1975 the forest has been managed together with San Isabel National Forest. [100] Pisgah: North Carolina: October 17, 1916: 509,283 acres (2,061.0 km 2)
U.S. Forest Service The Holy Cross Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and White River national forests near Leadville , Minturn , Avon , Edwards , Eagle , and Vail . The 122,797-acre (496.94 km 2 ) wilderness with 164 miles (264 km) of trails was established in 1980.
Mississippi River. Arkansas River. Bayou Meto; Little Maumelle River; Maumelle River; Fourche La Fave River. South Fourche La Fave River; Cadron Creek; Point Remove Creek; Petit Jean River; Illinois Bayou; Big Piney Creek; Mulberry River; Poteau River. James Fork; Lee Creek; Illinois River. Flint Creek. Sager Creek; Hickory Creek; Neosho River ...
The Arkansas River enters the state near Van Buren and flows southeast through Little Rock to empty into the Mississippi River near Arkansas Post. Most of the river serves barge traffic to Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. [3] Through south Arkansas, the Ouachita River and the Saline River run roughly ...
Mount Arkansas is set just east of the Continental Divide in the Mosquito Range, which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It ranks as the 12th-highest peak in Lake County and the 107th-highest in Colorado. [3] The mountain is located eight miles (13 km) northeast of the community of Leadville on land managed by San Isabel National Forest.