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Show recreation in the country. Most of these are also concerned with recreation in some form in the Lower Colorado Region. The lands used for outdoor recreation in 1965 "within the Region total about 68 million acres and include private as well as public lands. Figure 7> page 1+7, depicts recreation land and water acreages by subregion and percent of regional acreages. About 218,700 acres of water were available for recreation use in 1965* (typical Bureau of Land Management developed recreation areas are the Cerbat Mountains area and Crystal Hills in Arizona, and the Red Rocks Recreation Area near Las Vegas, Nevada. A number of concession and permittee operated facilities have been developed by private indi- viduals to provide for water-oriented use along the Lower Colorado River and heavy use is made of many undeveloped areas along the River. Most of the public domain lands used for recreation purposes are the lower elevation desert areas. Except for intensive year-round use along the River, these lands are used for camping, sightseeing, etc. daring the fall, winter, and spring when the high country climate is not as inviting for these activities. The National Forests provided significant amounts of land for recreation use in 19&5. The major winter sports areas are within national forests. In the summer, when the desert temperatures rise, forest campgrounds which are located at higher elevations are used to capacity. The Region encompasses 21 national parks, monuments, and recrea- tion areas which are administered by the National Park Service. Zion National Park in Utah, and Grand Canyon National Park, Saguaro National Monument, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument in Arizona, are exam- ples of the scenic splendor available. Coronado National Monument in Arizona, and the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument in New Mexico, are preserved as historical monuments. Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which includes Lake Mead with 162,000 surface acres, and Mohave Lake with 28,200 surface acres, was visited by over 3§- million people in 1965. Typical state parks include the 18,000-acre Valley of Fire State Park, northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada; Buckskin Mountain State Park, along the Colorado River in Arizona; and Dixie State Park in Utah. South Mountain Park, part of the Phoenix park system containing more than 14,000 acres, is one of the world's largest city parks. The park system of Maricopa County, Arizona, contains more than 60,000 acres in 20 separate areas, many of which were undeveloped in 1965. |