Amistad National Recreation Area
Water-based recreation at the confluence of three rivers.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 29°26′13″N 101°03′00″W (29.4370, -101.0500) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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Amistad National Recreation Area is a National Park Service unit encompassing the area around the Amistad Reservoir at the confluence of the Rio Grande, Devils River, and Pecos River near Del Rio in Val Verde County, Texas. The reservoir was created by the Amistad Dam, completed in 1969, on the Rio Grande at the United States–Mexico border. The name Amistad, Spanish for 'friendship,' reflects the shared history between Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, and Del Rio.
Recreational activities
The lake provides year-round water-based recreation such as boating, fishing, swimming, scuba diving, and water-skiing. The recreation area also offers picnicking, hiking, camping, and hunting. Thousands of monarch butterflies pass through during their fall migration from southern Canada to central Mexico.
Hunting is permitted under state and federal law; bow-hunting is allowed for white-tailed deer, javelina, turkey, rabbit, mouflon sheep, aoudad sheep, blackbuck antelope, and feral hog in prescribed areas during certain times. Shotguns may be used for dove, quail, duck, and rabbit. Elite scuba divers explore deep underwater caves beneath the reservoir, requiring exotic gas mixes, pre-placed cylinders, and extensive decompression; these caves are hazardous and require extensive training.
Did You Know?
- The National Park Service initially managed the site as the Amistad Recreation Area under a cooperative agreement with the International Boundary and Water Commission effective November 11, 1965.
- The area is rich in archeology and rock art.
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- Wikipedia: Amistad National Recreation Area (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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