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Covington is a city in, and the parish seat of, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 8,765 at the 2010 census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River. Covington is part of the New Orleans–Metairie–Kenner Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • 1. Virginia Safari Park Natural Bridge
    Natural Bridge is an unincorporated community in Rockbridge County, Virginia, United States. The community is the site of Natural Bridge, a natural arch which gives the town its name. Natural Bridge is located at the junction of U.S. Route 11 and State Route 130. Natural Bridge has a post office with ZIP code 24578, which opened on June 1, 1800.
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  • 3. Newport Aquarium Newport Kentucky
    The Newport Aquarium is an aquarium located in Newport, Kentucky, United States at Newport on the Levee. The aquarium has 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in 1,000,000 US gal of water, including the Scooter and Sweet Pea, two of the few shark rays in captivity. They are the first aquarium to have success in breeding shark rays. They also have a unique collection of alligators, including albino alligators and Mighty Mike . Newport Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, a leader in global wildlife conservation.The aquarium has many outreach programs, including the mobile shark cart and the WAVE Foundation, that seeks to e...
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  • 5. Anna Ruby Falls Helen
    Anna Ruby Falls is located near Unicoi State Park in White County near Helen, Georgia. The waterfall is accessible via a half mile paved trail from a public use area with a small admittance charge. The Anna Ruby Falls Trail is designated a National Recreation Trail in Georgia.Anna Ruby Falls is actually twin waterfalls created where two separate streams- Curtis Creek and York Creek- join at the base of the falls to form Smith Creek, which flows into Unicoi Lake. Both Curtis and York creeks begin on Tray Mountain, Georgia's sixth-highest peak: Curtis Creek drops 153 feet and York Creek drops 50 feet . The falls are named after Anna Ruby Nichols. The Anna Ruby Falls Scenic Area is a 1,600-acre area around Anna Ruby Falls and is part of the Chattahoochee National Forest, though access is only...
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  • 6. Snowshoe Mountain Resort Snowshoe
    Snowshoe is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, centering on the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort. It is situated in the Allegheny Mountains at a bowl shaped convergence of two high mountain ridges — Cheat and Back Allegheny Mountains — at the head of the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River. Snowshoe is site of the second highest point in the state and the peak elevation for Cheat Mountain, at Thorny Flat, which reaches 4,848 feet above sea level. Snowshoe has several commercial areas, with the most prominent being The Village at Snowshoe, located at the summit of the mountain . While the area is still best known for winter activities, today the resort has extensive mountain biking trails, a popular golf course, wedding and convention areas, a number...
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  • 10. Lake Moomaw Covington Virginia
    Gathright Dam is an earthen and rolled rock-fill embankment dam on the Jackson River 19 miles north of Covington, Virginia. The dam is 257 feet tall and 1,310 feet long and has a controlled spillway within the structure's southern portion. It creates Lake Moomaw, which has a normal volume of 40 billion US gallons . The dam serves flood control and recreational purposes and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.The Gathright Dam's intake tower contains nine portals that allow it to release water between reservoir depths of 12 to 87 feet . This allows the dam to manage the temperature and flow of water released downstream. This helps mitigate some of the negative environmental effects posed by the dam and manage fisheries downstream.
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