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The Purgatoire River rises in the Culebra Range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains reaching an elevation of 14,053 ft (4,283 m) at Culebra Peak.The river, formed by many upstream tributaries, flows eastwards for about 40 miles (64 km) through the mountains and foothills to Trinidad at an elevation of 6,010 ft (1,830 m) where it turns to the northeast and flows across the Great Plains through ...
The Purgatoire River track site, also called the Picketwire Canyonlands tracksite, is one of the largest dinosaur tracksites in North America. [1] The site is located on public land of the Comanche National Grassland , along the Purgatoire ("Picketwire") River south of La Junta in Otero County, Colorado .
Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest: Iron, Vilas and Oneida: 223,283 acres (903 km 2) 1925: Numerous lakes and streams: Peshtigo River State Forest: Marinette and Oconto: 9,200 acres (37.2 km 2) 2001: Peshtigo River: Pike Lake Unit, Kettle Moraine State Forest: Washington: 678 acres (2.74 km 2) 1960: Pike Lake: Point Beach State ...
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. ... (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin River; Pine River (Waushara County), tributary of Wolf River ...
The Division of Forestry manages a further 471,329 acres (1,907.40 km 2) in Wisconsin's state forests. Several Wisconsin state parks contain resources that have been recognized on a national level. Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Devil's Lake State Park, and Interstate State Park are units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve ...
The border is defined by the catchment of the Chippewa River on the north, and somewhat west (or east, depending on if the southwestern portion of Wisconsin's Central Plain is included) of the north-south line of the Wisconsin River. Where the Wisconsin River turns west to join the Mississippi, the area to the south, including the whole of ...
Pleasant Valley Conservancy is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources-dedicated State Natural Area. The area contains a variety of natural communities found in Wisconsin including oak woodland , oak savanna , dry and wet prairies , sedge meadow, shrub- carr , and an open marsh .
High Cliff State Park is a 1,187-acre (480 ha) Wisconsin state park near Sherwood, Wisconsin.It is the only state-owned recreation area located on Lake Winnebago. [2] The park got its name from cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment, a land formation east of the shore of Lake Winnebago that stretches north through northeast Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and Ontario to Niagara Falls and New York State.