Steamboat Rock State Park

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Steamboat Rock State Park

IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape

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location Grant County , Washington , USA
surface 14.25 km²
Geographical location 47 ° 52 '  N , 119 ° 8'  W Coordinates: 47 ° 51 '47 "  N , 119 ° 8' 0"  W
Steamboat Rock State Park (Washington)
Steamboat Rock State Park
Setup date 1972
administration Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
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The Steamboat Rock State Park is a 3,522 acres (14 km²) great State Park in the State of Washington , near the north end of Banks Lake in Grand Coulee . The park's name comes from the landschaftsdominierenden object, the Steamboat Rock ( German  steamship Rock , a) Basalt - Härtling , the 800 ft rises (about 240 m) above the lake that surrounds him almost completely. The Härtlings Plateau covers more than 600 acres (2 km²) and was used by nomadic indigenous tribes and the early white settlers. During the last ice age , the monolith stood as an island in the new bed of the Columbia River , where it was divided by ice dams. When the dams broke and huge floods created the Channeled Scablands , the Columbia returned to its original course, leaving Steamboat Rock as a prominent feature in the arid Grand Coulee.

tourism

The park covers 50,000 ft (15,240 m) shoreline and is open to day and camping tourists year-round. There are trails for walking, cycling and horse riding; water sports activities are also possible: boating, swimming, water-skiing and fishing. Winter sports options include cross-country skiing, ice fishing, and ice climbing.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Cassandra Tate: Steamboat Rock State Park . In: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History . HistoryLink. October 11, 2005. Retrieved November 24, 2007.
  2. a b Steamboat Rock State Park . Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved August 27, 2018.

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