Amistad National Recreation Area
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Contact Information:
Amistad National Recreation Area
HCR 3, Box 5J
Hwy 90 West
Del Rio, TX 78840
http://www.nps.gov/amis/
Size: 58,500 acres
Visitation: 1,152,768 (2003)
Location: Amistad National Recreation Area is located in southwest Texas, west of San Antonio between Del Rio and Langtry.
Description: Amistad is an international recreation area on the United States-Mexico border. The Amistad Reservoir on the Rio Grande includes 850 miles of lake shoreline, of which 540 are in Texas. Boating and water sports highlight activities in the U.S. section of the reservoir. In addition, the area is rich in archeology and rock art, and contains a wide variety of plant and animal life.
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Getting there: Accessible via US 90 from the east and west and US 277/377 from the north and south.
History: Amistad National Recreation is administered under cooperative agreement with the International Boundary and Water Commission as Amistad Recreation Area, November 11, 1965. The reservoir, at the confluence of the Rio Grande, Devils and Pecos rivers, was created by Amistad Dam in 1969. Authorized as a national recreation area November 28, 1990.
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