Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
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Meredith National Recreation Area |
Contact Information:
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 1460
Fritch, TX 79036
806-857-3151
http://www.nps.gov/lamr/
Size: 46,349 acres.
Location: Lake Meredith National Recreation Area is located on the Texas Panhandle near Fritch, adjoining the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument. Includes multiple access points; visitors from Amarillo may take either TX 136 north or TX 287 north.
Description: A popular water recreation area in the Southwest, 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.
Activities: Lake Meredith is a popular recreation destination. Five boat launch ramps and a marina make boating and fishing popular activities. Other popular water-based activities include waterskiing, sailing, sailboarding, scuba diving, and swimming. For camping enthusiasts, Lake Meredith offers the three general types of campgrounds: the caprock campgrounds, situated on bluffs above the lake; the canyon campgrounds, located in canyons away from the lake; and the shoreline campgrounds, situated along the lake shoreline. Camping at the lake is on a first-come, first-served basis and is limited to 14 days annually per visitor. Trailer hookups and showers are not available.
History: Administered under cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation on March 15, 1965. Name changed from Sanford National Recreation Area on October 16, 1972.
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