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Twin Lakes State Park (Virginia)

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Nearest city
  
Green Bay

VLR #
  
073-0070

Area
  
200 ha

Added to NRHP
  
31 October 2012

NRHP Reference #
  
12000906

Designated VLR
  
September 18, 2008

Phone
  
+1 434-392-3435

Twin Lakes State Park (Virginia)

Location
  
Virginia, United States

Governing body
  
Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

Address
  
788 Twin Lakes Rd, Green Bay, VA 23942, United States

Twin Lakes State Park is a state park in Virginia. It is located in Central Virginia in Prince Edward County.

Twin Lakes State Park, centrally located in Virginia's Piedmont region, provides visitors from all over the Commonwealth with a variety of lakefront activities in a secluded setting. Swimming, camping, fishing, biking, canoeing and hiking are popular activities. The park is home to Cedar Crest Conference Center, a perfect facility for group meetings, family reunions, birthday parties, wedding receptions and company picnics.

The land for Twin Lakes State Park was initially bought from struggling farmers by the federal government during the Great Depression. Two parks, Goodwin Lake and Prince Edward Lake, were founded in 1939 and until the early 1960s were run as two racially segregated parks. The parks merged in 1976 and became Twin Lakes State Park in 1986.

info from Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/twin-lakes.shtml

References

Twin Lakes State Park (Virginia) Wikipedia


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