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National Recreation Areas

Name and location Total acreage
Amistad (Tex.) 58,500.00
Bighorn Canyon (Wyo.-Mont.) 120,296.22
Big South Fork (Ky.-Tenn.)125,310.34
Boston Harbor Islands (Mass.)1,482.25
Chattahoochee River (Ga.) 9,164.53
Chickasaw (Okla.) 9,888.83
Curecanti (Colo.) 41,972.42
Delaware Water Gap (Pa.-N.J.) 66,740.46
Gateway (N.Y.-N.J.) 26,606.63
Gauley River (W.Va.) 11,505.59
Glen Canyon (Ariz.-Utah) 1,254,306.19
Golden Gate (Calif.) 74,815.56
Lake Chelan (Wash.) 61,946.72
Lake Mead (Ariz.-Nev.) 1,495,664.00
Lake Meredith (Tex.) 44,977.63
Lake Roosevelt (Wash.) 100,390.31
Mississippi (Minn.)53,775.00
Ross Lake (Wash.) 117,574.59
Santa Monica Mountains (Calif.) 153,672.77
Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity (Calif.) 42,503.46

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