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Facilities at the park are picnic sites, playground areas, campsites, screened shelters, recreation hall, a campground pavilion, boat dock, an amphitheater, a lighted fishing pier, an ATV/mini bike area of 10 acres (40,000 m 2), and 4.5 miles (7.2 km) of hike and bike trails. Also located within the park is the Eisenhower Yacht Club, a ...
The State of Texas (United States) has designated numerous trail systems and nature preserves as part of the "Great Texas Wildlife Trails." These are broken into four major trail systems. Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail ; Seabrook Trail System; Heart of Texas Wildlife Trail (Central Texas) Panhandle Plains Wildlife Trail
Eisenhower State Park is the name of two state parks in the United States: Eisenhower State Park (Kansas), a state park in Kansas; Eisenhower State Park (Texas), a ...
The park is popular for hiking; there are over 5 miles (8 km) of trails. There are also picnic areas, playground, camp sites and nature trails. [3] Wildlife such as white-tail deer, armadillos, raccoons, skunks and others live in the park. It is also popular for bird watching.
The state acquired the land for the park in 1933 from the City of Bonham. Civilian Conservation Corps Company 894 developed the park between 1933 and 1936, landscaping the rocky, hilly terrain for erosion control and recreational purposes, and constructing an earthen dam to impound a sixty-five-acre lake.
Eisenhower State Park is a state park in Osage County, Kansas, United States, located 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Emporia and 35 miles (56 km) south of Topeka.. The park was formerly known as Melvern State Park, due to its location on the north shore of the 6,900-acre (28 km 2) Melvern Lake, was renamed in 1990 to honor former president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Also within the park is Penitentiary Hollow, a somewhat unusual geological feature which resembles a small canyon. It is a popular site for rock climbing, though the only type of climbing allowed is top-rope. The park also features over 31 miles (50 km) of hiking trails, 25 miles (40 km) of which are open to bicycles and horses.
Facilities at the park are picnic sites, playground areas, campsites, an amphitheater, a lighted fishing pier, and over 6 miles (9.7 km) of hiking trails, as well as 39.4 miles (63.4 km) of DORBA (Dallas Off-Road Bike Association) hike-and-bike trails and a 20 miles (32 km) greenbelt trail (12 miles (19 km) of which are open to horse riders).