Hawk Springs State Recreation Area is a public recreation area on Hawk Springs Reservoir, located southeast of
Hawk Springs and north of
La Grange in
Goshen County,
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to t ...
. The
state park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the sub-national level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural ...
occupies of land on the reservoir's western shore and is managed by the Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails Division.
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Activities and amenities
The park has a boat ramp, picnicking area, and campsites.[ The reservoir is home to a ]great blue heron
The great blue heron (''Ardea herodias'') is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North America and Central America, as well as the Caribbean and the Galápagos I ...
rookery, accessible by boat. Other area waterfowl include blue-winged and green-winged teals, gadwalls, wood ducks, and pintails
The pintail or northern pintail (''Anas acuta'') is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America. It is migratory and winters south of its breeding ra ...
. Largemouth bass
The largemouth bass (''Micropterus salmoides'') is a carnivorous freshwater gamefish in the Centrarchidae ( sunfish) family, a species of black bass native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico, ...
, walleye
The walleye (''Sander vitreus'', synonym ''Stizostedion vitreum''), also called the yellow pike or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States. It is a North American close relat ...
, and channel catfish
The channel catfish (''Ictalurus punctatus'') is North America's most numerous catfish species. It is the official fish of Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska, and Tennessee, and is informally referred to as a "channel cat". In the United States, the ...
are found in the reservoir.[
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References
External links
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area
Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails
Hawk Springs State Recreation Area Brochure and Map
Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails
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State parks of Wyoming
Protected areas of Goshen County, Wyoming
Protected areas established in 1987
1987 establishments in Wyoming
IUCN Category III