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  2. Lake Whitney State Park - Wikipedia

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    Lake Whitney was created in 1951 when the United States Army Corps of Engineers constructed a dam on the Brazos River in order to prevent flooding in downstream communities such as Waco. [ 2 ] The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department leased 775-acres along the east shore of Lake Whitney for Lake Whitney State Park from the United States ...

  3. Whitney, Nevada - Wikipedia

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    A Whitney post office was opened the following year. [5] [6] [8] The town was officially founded in 1942 by the Clark County Commission, and that year Whitney was given official borders. [5] The town was renamed as East Las Vegas in 1958, in response to a petition signed by almost all the residents. [9] The name was changed back to Whitney in ...

  4. List of Sonoma County Regional Parks facilities - Wikipedia

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    Sonoma County regional parks typically provide facilities for hiking, picnicking, horseback riding, and mountain biking. Some Parks Department facilities are trails for day-hiking or accessing beaches along the rugged Pacific coast. Certain facilities include swimming areas, skateparks, dog parks, basketball courts, sports fields, and playgrounds.

  5. Eastern Kern County Onyx Ranch State Vehicular Recreation Area: Located east of Bakersfield. Over the next month, Jawbone canyon will continue to bloom, featuring "lavender Lacy Phacelia and ...

  6. Placer Parkway - Wikipedia

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    Placer Parkway is a 15-mile (24 km) proposed highway in the U.S. state of California, in the greater Sacramento area.The route would connect Highway 99 near the Sacramento International Airport to Highway 65 just south of Lincoln and north of Rocklin at the Whitney Ranch Parkway interchange.

  7. Whitney Ranch - Wikipedia

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    The Whitney Ranch is a historic ranch in Chase County, Kansas, located southeast of the ghost town of Hymer. The ranch consists of a two-story limestone house, which was built circa 1883, and four smaller outbuildings: a wash house, privy, chicken coop, and carriage house.

  8. Protected areas of the Sierra Nevada - Wikipedia

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    The protected areas of the Sierra Nevada, a major mountain range located in the U.S. states of California and Nevada, are numerous and highly diverse.Like the mountain range itself, these areas span hundreds of miles along the length of the range, and over 14,000 feet of elevation from the lowest foothills to the summit of Mount Whitney.

  9. William C. Whitney Wilderness Area - Wikipedia

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    The William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the town of Long Lake, Hamilton County.It is bounded on the east by Hamilton County Route 10, on the south by lands of Whitney Industries, on the west by private lands owned by The Nature Conservancy and the Brandreth Park Association, on the northwest by the Remsen to Lake Placid ...