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Brooks Memorial State Park is a public recreation area in the southern Cascade Mountains located eleven miles (18 km) northeast of Goldendale, Washington. The 682-acre (276 ha) state park features nine miles (14 km) of hiking and equestrian trails through ponderosa pine forest along a prong of the Little Klickitat River as well as camping, picnicking, wildlife viewing, and an environmental learning center, the Brooks Memorial Retreat Center.[2][3] The park also contains a disc golf course in the forest that was established in 2017.[2][4]

History

Park Memorial dedicated to Brooks

The park was established after the state acquired six parcels of land between 1944 and 1957.[2] The park was named in honor of Judge Nelson B. Brooks (1858-1928), a local administrator who was noted for establishing and improving roads in Klickitat County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Brooks Memorial State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c d "Brooks Memorial State Park". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  3. ^ "Brooks Memorial Retreat Center". Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission. Retrieved August 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "Brooks Memorial State Park". DGCourseReview. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  5. ^ W.F. Byers (June 21, 1928). "Life of Judge Brooks was one of service". Goldendale Sentinel. Retrieved November 5, 2018.

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