Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table).

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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Parks Directory of the United States / US National Parks / National Recreation Areas

Address: 419 E Broadway
Fritch, TX 79036
Phone: 806-857-3151;
Fax: 806-857-2319;
Web: www.nps.gov/lamr/
Size: 44,978 acres.
Established: Administered under cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation on March 15, 1965. Name changed from Sanford National Recreation Area on October 16, 1972.
Location: On the Texas Panhandle near Fritch, adjoining the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (see separate entry for description). Includes multiple access points; visitors from Amarillo may take either TX 136 north or TX 287 north.
Facilities: Campgrounds, picnic area, groceries, off-road vehicle trail, boat ramp, marina, boat rental, museum/exhibit.
Activities: Camping, hiking, horseback riding, swimming, scuba diving, boating, windsurfing, fishing, water-skiing, hunting, off-road vehicle use.
Special Features: A popular water recreation area in the Southwest, 10,000-acre Lake Meredith was created by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River and now fills many breaks whose walls are crowned with white limestone caprock, scenic buttes, pinnacles, and red-brown, wind-eroded coves.

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