...possibly because of the difficulty, the lake receives many visitors each year, usually being led by one of the local guides. A few adventure tourism companies lead treks to Tilicho...
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Fifty miles east of busy Fresno, California, Hume Lake awaits. One of the best-loved scenic lakes within the Sequoia National Forest, little Hume Lake has been welcoming visitors since it...
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...contest. The winner of the contest was Alice Beers, who came up with the name Koocanusa. How did she form such an interesting word? She took the koo from Kootenai...
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...lake’s cool, clear water. Perhaps he could hike around the lake and down the trail to Diana’s Bath, a collection of clean pools and waterfalls – but first he has...
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...static water level. The lake’s bottom, which is peppered with pumice deposits, has been found to be very level, which is fairly common among caldera lakes. At an average depth...
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...can be obtained at most major tourist locations. Today’s visitor to Chiemsee is only the latest in a long line of appreciative lake visitors. On the northeast shore, at Seebruck,...
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...for navigation, flood control, hydroelectric power, and recreation. The Kentucky Dam impounds the Tennessee River at Gilbertville, Kentucky. The average summer pool is 359 feet above sea level; winter pool...
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...are a common activity for all visitors. In the 1990s, a 60-foot carved marble statue of the Gautam Buddha was erected on a mid-lake island called the Rock of Gibraltar....
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...squirrel, ducks, geese, quail, dove and woodcock. A free hunting permit can be obtained at the Okatibbee Wildlife Management Office. As part of the wildlife management program and to promote...
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...lake’s creation came about in an unusual collaborative effort between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and P. H. Glatfelter Paper Corporation; the company and the people of Spring Grove needed a...
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