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Wisconsin became the first state to have a state park in 1878 [1] when it formed "The State Park". The park consisted of 760 square miles (2,000 km 2) in northern Wisconsin (most of present-day Vilas County). [2] The state owned 50,631 acres (205 km 2), which was less than 10% of the total area. [2] There were few residents in the area.
Lake Lucille is a 350-acre (1.4 km 2) lake within the municipal limits of Wasilla, Alaska, located at 1] Most of the lake shoreline is private property (i.e., not incorporated into the City of Wasilla), [2] and many residents have docks for swimming, boating, or docking floatplanes. There is also a city park with a campground and boat launch.
Wasilla Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska, named by workers constructing the Alaska Railroad after a nearby creek named Wasilla Creek. [1] The lake shore is the site of a city park, Newcomb Park. [3] It is the northern terminus of the Seven-Mile Canoe Trail, the other end being at Finger Lake. [4]
Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh [4]) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state.
Richard Bong State Recreation Area is a 4,515-acre (1,827 ha) unit of the state park system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is located in the town of Brighton , in Kenosha County . This managed prairie contains 8.3 miles (13 km) of mountain bike trails.
Peninsula State Park is a 3,776-acre (1,528 ha) Wisconsin state park with eight miles (13 km) of Green Bay shoreline in Door County. Peninsula is the third largest state park in Wisconsin and is visited by an estimated one million visitors annually.
The park lies within the Driftless Area, a region of the American Midwest that remained ice-free through three successive ice ages. [3] In the 19th century the Wisconsin River flowed directly past the base of the bluffs. The river has since shifted slightly, and a stream known as Mill Creek marks the northern boundary of the park.
Whitewater Lake, located in Walworth County, is an extension of the Kettle Moraine's Southern Unit and is part of the southernmost edge of its territory.This 625 acre lake [4] is located in the country side near Whitewater, Wisconsin, and has several public access points for boat launching and fishing. [4]