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Ponderosa State Park
Ponderosa State Park is a public recreation area and state park occupying a peninsula in Payette Lake on the northeast edge of McCall in Valley County, Idaho, United States. The park's include a second unit, called North Beach, located north of McCall at the northern extremity of the lake. The park has hiking and biking trails, guided walks, evening programs, beaches, picnic areas, and opportunities for skiing, snowshoeing, and wildlife watching. See also * List of Idaho state parks * National Parks in Idaho The six national parks, reserves, historic sites, and monuments in Idaho contain a wide variety of interesting places and experiences. These include recreational areas, archeological sites, nature preserves and volcanic parks. The parks City of ... References External linksPonderosa State ParkIdaho Parks and RecreationPonderosa State Park Location MapIdaho Parks and Recreation {{authority control State parks of Idaho Protected areas of Valley County, Idaho P ...
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Valley County, Idaho
Valley County is a rural County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 11,746. The county seat is Cascade, Idaho, Cascade, and the largest city is McCall, Idaho, McCall. Established in 1917, it was named after the Long Valley of the North Fork of the Payette River, which extends over from Payette Lake at McCall, Idaho, McCall south to Cascade, Idaho, Cascade to Round Valley. The valley was formerly a summer pasture for livestock from the Treasure Valley, Boise Valley. Since the completion of the Cascade Dam in 1948, much of the northern valley has been covered by the Lake Cascade, Cascade Reservoir. Valley County is home to the Idaho ground squirrel. History Packer John Welch, who had contracted to freight supplies to miners of Idaho City, established a camp on Gold Fork Creek and a brush cabin on Clear Creek in the 1860s.
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Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyoming to the east, Nevada and Utah to the south, and Washington and Oregon to the west. The state's capital and largest city is Boise. With an area of , Idaho is the 14th largest state by land area, but with a population of approximately 1.8 million, it ranks as the 13th least populous and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 U.S. states. For thousands of years, and prior to European colonization, Idaho has been inhabited by native peoples. In the early 19th century, Idaho was considered part of the Oregon Country, an area of dispute between the U.S. and the British Empire. It officially became U.S. territory with the signing of the Oregon Treaty of 1846, but a separate Idaho Territory was not organized until 1863, instead ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ...
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McCall, Idaho
McCall is a resort town on the western edge of Valley County, Idaho, United States. Named after its founder, Tom McCall, it is situated on the southern shore of Payette Lake, near the center of the Payette National Forest. The population was 2,991 as of the 2010 census, up from 2,084 in 2000. Originally a logging community whose last sawmill closed in 1977, McCall is now an all-season tourist destination for outdoor recreation. The resort town is known for its Winter Carnival, extended winters, and one of the highest average snowfalls in the state. Geography McCall is located at (44.910906, -116.103087), at an elevation of above sea level. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. Transportation McCall is approximately north of Boise, about a 2-hour drive, accessed via State Highway 55, the ''Payette River Scenic Byway,'' a designated national scenic byway. It heads north from Eagle in Ada County to Horses ...
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List Of Idaho State Parks
This is a list of Idaho's 27 state parks managed by the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation. IIdaho state code there are 30 state parks listed, including Mowry State Park, Veteran's State Park, and Glade Creek. While these three remain state property, they are managed by entities other than the state of Idaho: * Veterans Park in Boise is managed by the City of Boise Parks Department * Mowry State Park on Lake Coeur d'Alene is managed by Kootenai Parks and Waterways * Glade Creek near Lolo Pass is managed by the U.S. Forest Service State parks and trails See also * List of U.S. national parks * National Parks in Idaho References External linksIdaho Department of Parks and Recreation {{Protected areas of Idaho State parks State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of ...
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Idaho Department Of Parks And Recreation
The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR) is a state-level government agency of Idaho that manages state parks throughout Idaho as well as the registration programs for boats, snowmobiles and other off-highway vehicles. History Idaho's oldest state park, Heyburn, was created in 1908, the first state park in the state and in the Pacific Northwest. For much of the park system's history, it was managed by the Idaho Department of Lands, and briefly by the Idaho Transportation Department in the late 1940s. A professional park management agency wasn't created until 1965, this being a qualification both for the donation of Harriman State Park and for federal Land and Water Conservation Fund money. Those federal grants, largely raised from fees charged to oil companies for offshore drilling, brought $60 million into Idaho for city and county parks as well as state parks. In 1981, the Department of Parks and Recreation began charging entrance fees, which support park operations ...
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State Park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational potential. There are state parks under the administration of the government of each U.S. state, some of the political divisions of Mexico#States, Mexican states, and in Brazil. The term is also used in the Australian states of template:state parks of Victoria, Victoria and state parks of New South Wales, New South Wales. The equivalent term used in Canada, Argentina, South Africa, and Belgium, is provincial park. Similar systems of local government maintained parks exist in other countries, but the terminology varies. State parks are thus similar to national parks, but under state rather than federal administration. Similarly, local government entities below state level may maintain parks, e.g., r ...
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Payette Lake
Payette Lake is a natural lake in the western United States, located in west central Idaho at McCall. Formed by glacial activity, it is situated in the upper drainage basin of the Payette River, which drains into the Snake River. Outflow from the lake at its southwest corner is regulated for irrigation purposes by a small dam completed in 1943. The normal maximum lake surface elevation of above sea level is attained in July; a normal drawdown of is completed by December. The lake's surface area and volume, excluding islands, are and , respectively; mean and maximum depths are and , respectively; and shoreline length is about . The principal tributary and outlet is the North Fork of the Payette River. The lake receives drainage from of heavily forested, mountainous terrain. Further south, the North Fork flows into Lake Cascade, the reservoir behind Cascade Dam. History Prior to the arrival of Euro-American hunters in the 1830s, the area had been inhabit ...
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National Parks In Idaho
The six national parks, reserves, historic sites, and monuments in Idaho contain a wide variety of interesting places and experiences. These include recreational areas, archeological sites, nature preserves and volcanic parks. The parks City of Rocks National Reserve Designated as a National Reserve in 1988 and located in on the southern edge of Idaho near the Utah border (), this site is also known as the Silent City of Rocks. The park covers almost and is adjacent to Castle Rocks State Park. As its name implies, the area is notable for its rock formations and is largely composed of granitic rock; the park is a popular location for rock climbers, offering a variety of routes for climbers of different skill levels. At the time settlers began traveling through the area the Shoshone and Bannock people, Bannock tribes inhabited the region. In 1826, Peter Skene Ogden and his Snake River brigade of beaver trappers were the first Euro-Americans to note the City of Rocks. However, the ...
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State Parks Of Idaho
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Protected Areas Of Valley County, Idaho
Protection is any measure taken to guard a thing against damage caused by outside forces. Protection can be provided to physical objects, including organisms, to systems, and to intangible things like civil and political rights. Although the mechanisms for providing protection vary widely, the basic meaning of the term remains the same. This is illustrated by an explanation found in a manual on electrical wiring: Some kind of protection is a characteristic of all life, as living things have evolved at least some protective mechanisms to counter damaging environmental phenomena, such as ultraviolet light. Biological membranes such as bark on trees and skin on animals offer protection from various threats, with skin playing a key role in protecting organisms against pathogens and excessive water loss. Additional structures like scales and hair offer further protection from the elements and from predators, with some animals having features such as spines or camouflage serving ...
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