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Palisade State Park is a state park of Utah, United States, located just outside the small town of Sterling. The park offers tent, RV, and cabin camping, along with fishing, swimming, non-motorized (and electric motor) boating, golfing, and hiking. Off highway vehicle trails are also accessible from the park.
Lake Hemet is a water storage reservoir located in the San Jacinto Mountains in Mountain Center, Riverside County, California, [1] with a capacity of 14,000 acre-feet (17,000,000 m 3) [2] of water. It was created in 1895 with the construction of Lake Hemet Dam . [ 3 ]
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Utah.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
Features a 3,120-acre (1,260 ha) reservoir, begun in 1897 as one of the earliest dam projects in Utah. Palisade State Park: Sanpete: 64 acres (26 ha) 5,800 ft (1768 m) 1962 113,713 Features a reservoir and 18-hole golf course on the former site of a private resort founded in the 1860s. Piute State Park: Piute: 40 acres (16 ha) 5,900 ft (1798 m)
Construction of the Lake Hemet Dam began on January 6, 1891, by the Lake Hemet Water Company. Construction was completed in 1895. When built, the Lake Hemet Dam was the largest solid masonry dam in the world at a height of 122.5 feet (37.3 m) until it was surpassed in height by the Roosevelt Dam in 1911. In 1923, the height of the dam was ...
Located in a narrow-walled canyon, East Canyon State Park is at an elevation of 5,700 feet (1,700 m). Park facilities are open year-round, and include a concrete boat launching ramp, paved parking, restrooms, showers, a fish cleaning station, a 33 unit RV campground with full and partial hookups, two covered group-use pavilions, boat rental, and a snack bar.
Hyrum State Park is in the northeastern part of Utah. It lies at 4,700 feet (1,400 m), and consists of 265 acres (1.07 km 2) surrounding a 450-acre (1.8 km 2) reservoir. The park is used for fishing, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, waterskiing, and swimming. The park was named for Hyrum Smith, the brother of LDS church founder Joseph ...
All reservoirs in Utah should be included in this category. The main article for this category is List of dams and reservoirs in Utah; Wikimedia Commons has media related to Reservoirs in Utah; See also category Lakes of Utah