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Lake Lynn is a man-made lake in Raleigh, North Carolina. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The lake was created for flood control purposes in 1976 by damming Hare Snipe Creek , a tributary of Crabtree Creek . The lake has an area of 55.7 acres (22.5 ha) and lies entirely within the city of Raleigh's 75-acre (30 ha) Lake Lynn Park.
The water park originally opened as Ocean Island in 1982. In 1989, it was renamed to Riptide Reef. [1] For the 1997 season, Paramount Parks invested $7 million [1] in a 12-acre (49,000 m 2) expansion and renamed the park to WaterWorks. Another major expansion occurred in 2006 adding a new Australian theme and changing the name to Boomerang Bay ...
Pullen Park is a 66.4-acre (0.27 km 2) [2] public park immediately west of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. It is located on Ashe Avenue and is adjacent to the Main and Centennial campuses of North Carolina State University , covering an area between Western Boulevard and historic Hillsborough Street . [ 1 ]
Included in the price of admission to Carowinds is access to the 27-acre Carolina Harbor water park. Based on a Coastal Carolinian theme, it features 15 rides and attractions. It originally opened as Ocean Island in 1982, the water park has also been known as Riptide Reef (1989–1997) WaterWorks (1997–2006), and Boomerang Bay (2007–2015).
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The park system includes the historic Pullen Park, the oldest public park in North Carolina. The J. C. Raulston Arboretum, an 8-acre (32,000 m 2) arboretum and botanical garden in west Raleigh administered by North Carolina State University, maintains a year-round collection that is open daily to the public without charge. [173]
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The Roanoke Park Historic District a national historic district located at Raleigh, North Carolina. It is one of the city's historic Five Points neighborhoods and encompasses 446 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site. It is situated southeast of the Five Points intersection of Glenwood Avenue and Fairview and Whitaker Mill Roads.