Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Killylea (/ k ɪ l iː ˈ l eɪ /; from Irish Coillidh Léith 'grey forest') is a small village and townland in Northern Ireland. It is within the Armagh City and District Council area. The village is set on a hill, with St Mark's Church of Ireland , built in 1832, at its summit.
The flora and fauna of the ridge seem more closely related to the Tennessee hills to the east than to the Ozark Mountains to the west. This unique habitat has been protected by the establishment of several state and city parks, the St. Francis National Forest, recreational lakes, and in 1997 a national scenic byway, the Crowley's Ridge Parkway.
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge is an 11,047-acre (45 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge located in Mississippi County, Arkansas, managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Manila, Arkansas , and consists mostly of a shallow lake, swamp, and bottomland hardwood forests.
On October 13, 1827, St. Francis County, located in the east central part of Arkansas, was officially organized by the Arkansas Territorial Legislature in Little Rock. Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate General and later the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, became interested in the area around Crowley's Ridge during the American Civil ...
Ouachita National Forest is located in 13 counties in western and central Arkansas and two counties in southeastern Oklahoma. They are listed here in descending order of forestland within the county. Also given is their area as of 30 September 2007. [13] Roughly 80% of the forest's area is in Arkansas, with the remaining 20% in Oklahoma.
Angelina National Forest is a United States National Forest, one of four located in the piney woods region of Texas. The 153,180-acre (619.9 km 2 ) [ 1 ] Angelina National Forest is located in East Texas in parts of San Augustine , Angelina , Jasper and Nacogdoches counties. [ 1 ]
The Leatherwood Wilderness, a 16,838 acres (68.14 km 2) federally designated wilderness area, is located within the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest in Arkansas is the largest wilderness area in Arkansas. The US Congress designated the Leatherwood Wilderness in 1984 and the US Forest Service manages the land. [1]
The lake is located near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lake Ouachita is the largest lake completely in Arkansas , as the larger [ citation needed ] Bull Shoals Lake extends into Missouri. Lake Ouachita has over 690 miles (1,110 km) of shoreline and over 66,324 [ 3 ] acres (26,840 ha) of water.