Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area
34°38′00″N 84°12′00″W / 34.63333°N 84.2°W / 34.63333; -84.2Area 23,330 acres (94.4 km2) Established 1991 Governing body United States Forest Service National Park Service U.S. Forest Service Bureau of Land
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Ed Jenkins National Recreation Area, originally designated as Springer Mountain National Recreation Area, is a national recreation area in Fannin and Union counties in the U.S. state of Georgia. It was established in Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest in 1991 by Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 102–207 and renamed the following year by Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 102–456. It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service and contains approximately 23,330 acres (9,440 ha). Springer Mountain, near the center of the recreation area, is the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.[1][2]
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National recreation areas of the United States
- Allegheny
- Arapaho
- Ed Jenkins
- Flaming Gorge
- Grand Island
- Hells Canyon
- Jemez
- Land Between The Lakes
- Moosalamoo
- Mount Baker
- Mount Hood
- Mount Rogers
- Oregon Dunes
- Pine Ridge
- Rattlesnake
- Robert T. Stafford White Rocks
- Sawtooth
- Smith River
- Spring Mountains
- Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks
- Whiskeytown–Shasta–Trinity
- Winding Stair Mountain
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