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Starved Rock State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Illinois, characterized by the many canyons within its 2,630 acres (1,064 ha).Located just southeast of the village of Utica, in Deer Park Township, LaSalle County, Illinois, along the south bank of the Illinois River, the park hosts over two million visitors annually, the most for any Illinois state park.
Red Rock Canyon Park: Caddo: 310: 1956: Leased to the City of Hinton, Oklahoma in 2018. Snowdale State Park: Mayes: 15: 1959: Lake Hudson (Oklahoma) Snowdale became the Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park. [6] [7] The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019 ...
Red Rock Canyon Park. Red Rock Canyon Adventure Park, previously Red Rock Canyon State Park, [2] is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Hinton in Caddo County, Oklahoma. [3] Before the settlement of Oklahoma, the area was used by Plains Indians as a winter campsite. [4] The canyon was a stop on the California Road where settlers would gather fresh ...
Illinois: Starved Rock. Starved Rock State Park is an unexpected gem hiding in the cornfields that dominate north-central Illinois. It includes 18 canyons, 14 with waterfalls that are especially ...
The St. Peter Sandstone is an Ordovician geological formation. It belongs to the Chazyan stage of the Champlainian series in North American regional stratigraphy, equivalent to the late Darriwilian global stage. This sandstone originated as a sheet of sand in clear, shallow water near the shore of a Paleozoic sea and consists of fine-to-medium ...
Black Mesa State Park is an Oklahoma state park in Cimarron County, near the western border of the Oklahoma panhandle and New Mexico. The park is located about 15 miles (24 km) away from its namesake, Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma (4,973 feet (1,516 m) above sea level). The mesa was named for the layer of black lava rock that coats it.
History. The Domebo site (also referred to as Domebo Canyon) is located in the west-central region of Oklahoma known as Caddo County. Caddo County has more than 451 archaeological sites. One hundred and fifteen of those sites date to the Plains Village era (A.D. 1000 to 1500). [3] In contrast, the Domebo site dates to approximately 11,000 years ...
Robbers Cave State Park. Robbers Cave State Park is a state park in Latimer County, Oklahoma. It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Wilburton, Oklahoma, on Oklahoma State Highway 2. Originally named Latimer State Park, it received its current name in 1936. It is located in the scenic, hilly woodlands of the Sans Bois Mountains of southeast ...