• The calm, inviting waters of the Spokane Arm. Photo Credit: NPS\LARO\John Salisbury

    Lake Roosevelt

    National Recreation Area Washington

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Park Newspaper Archive

Past issues of the Visitor Guide are posted on this page. Use them only to get a general idea of what happens through out the year, as ranger-led programs and other information vary from year to year. What happens next year will likely be different from what took place this year.
 

Lake Roosevelt's Visitor Guide, 2006-2007
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with pictures (PDF 405 kb)
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without pictures (PDF 202kb)

Lake Roosevelt's Visitor Guide, 2005-2006
-with pictures (pdf 556kb)
-without pictures (pdf 178kb)

Did You Know?

Park ranger patrolling the shoreline

A common rumor at Lake Roosevelt is that the National Park Service controls the lake level. This is not true. The lake level is controlled by Bureau of Reclamation computers that optimize lake levels for only five things: flood control, power production, irrigation, dam repairs, and salmon runs.