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Lake Meredith National Recreation Area |
Description:
Contrasting spectacularly with its surroundings, Lake Meredith lies on the dry and windswept High Plains of the Texas Panhandle in a region known as Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain. Lake Meredith was created by Sanford Dam on the Canadian River and now fills many breaks whose walls are crowned with white limestone caprock, scenic buttes, pinnacles, and red-brown, wind-eroded coves. Above lies the mesquite, prickly pear, yucca, and grasses of arid plains. And up the sheltered creek beds stand cottonwoods, soapberry, and sandbar willows. The National Park Service administers the recreation area under a cooperative agreement with Bureau of Reclamation. Lake Meredith serves the area as popular water recreation area.
Accessibility:
Wheelchair ramps available at some boat ramps. Park headquarters and some comfort stations handicapped accessible.
Contact the park for more information.
Getting Around:
Multiple access points and roads exist within the park. Maps available from park headquarters. Driving on established dirt roads allowed within the park. Off road vehicle use allowed only in the creek bed at Big Blue Creek off road area or in Rosita off road vehicle area.
Activites:
Boating | Camping | Fishing | Hiking | Horseback Riding | Hunting | Swimming | Wildlife Viewing | Bird Watching | Scuba Diving | And more.
Facilities:
Picnic Areas | Groceries or Supplies | And more.
Directions to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Plane:
Amarillo International Airport is located in Amarillo south of the park.
Car:
Multiple access points exist for Lake Meredith. Visitors from Amarillo may take either highway 136 north or Highway 287 north.
Attractions:
Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Phone:(806) 488-2227
Nearby Parks:
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (12 miles)
Capulin Volcano National Monument (230 miles)
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site ( miles)
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