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| | Alta Lake State Park | | Recreation includes picnicking, camping, bird watching, hiking, snowmobiling, cross country skiing, fishing, scuba diving, boating, water skiing and swimming. Average summer temperatures are 94 degrees maximum and 50 degrees minimum. Because central Washington is landlocked and subject to winter winds, winter temperatures are much colder than those in western Washington. |
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| | Concoy Lake | | The dam was originally completed in 1910. Both the lake and reservoir are located in an area of steep-sided hills that have open forests of coniferous and deciduous trees. The reservoir area is especially popular with picnickers. Both water bodies total 760 water surface acres. They occupy 5,400 feet of freshwater shoreline in north central Washington. Anglers will find rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and smallmouth bass. There are two boat ramps and one boat dock for handling motorized and non-motorized boats. |
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| | Concoy State Park | | The park is an 81-acre camping park with 5,400 feet of freshwater shoreline in north central Washington. Established as the oldest Bureau of Reclamation irrigation project in this part of the country, the park dates back to 1910. State Parks assumed administration in 1945. The park is considered a fisherman's paradise, this park offers camping and boat launches on two lakes. |
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| | Lake Chelan National Recreation Area | | Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, which is 62,000 acres, rests in a glacially carved trough in the Cascades Range. Lake Chelan is one of the nation's deepest, reaching a depth of 1,500 feet. It offers boating, fishing, and lakeshore camping. The average width is less than two miles, but Lake Chelan extends 50 miles into the Cascade Mountains. |
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| | Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area | | Named for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the lake is now the largest recreation feature in the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Opportunities for boating, fishing, swimming, camping, canoeing and visiting historic Fort Spokane and St. Paul's Mission are highlights of visiting Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. |
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| | Osoyoos Lake State Park | | is a 47-acre camping park on a 14-mile-long lake that stretches several miles north into British Columbia. Located in the midst of a hot and arid environment, the park provides welcome respite with its sandy shores, green lawns and shade trees. The park features a war veteran's memorial. Visitors with fishing licenses may fish for smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, kokanee and numerous other fish species. The park has a bathhouse near the lake for swimmers. A 9-hole golf course, a basketball court and baseball, softball and soccer fields are located nearby. Ice fishing and ice skating are available in the winter. The park has two boat ramps and 40 feet of dock. |
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| | Pearrygin Lake State Park | | This is a 578-acre camping park in the Methow Valley in north central Washington. The park features expansive green lawns leading to 8,200 feet of waterfront on Pearrygin Lake. The lake offers swimming, fishing and boating. Old willows and ash provide shade on hot summer days. The park has a boat ramp and 60 feet of dock. |
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| | Spectacle Lake | | The lake is a 396 acre storage reservoir in the Whitestone Coulee Unit of the Okanogan-Similkameen Division of the Chief Joseph Dam Project and located near Tonasket, Washington. This is a Reclamation irrigation project associated with Chief Joseph Dam but not a part of the dam. Fish species include rainbow trout. The lake is managed as a trout fishery and possession of other species is prohibited. |
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