Oahe Downstream Recreation Area by Congress transferred ownership of the recreation area to the State of South Dakota in 2002. Oahe Downstream Recreation Area Oahe Downstream Recreation Area is a state recreation area in Stanley County, South Dakota in the United States. The recreation area is named for being immediately downstream of the Oahe Dam and Lake Oahe, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir. The recreation area is located along the Missouri River and is popular for camping, fishing and other water-based recreation. The area is located about 7 miles upstream of Pierre - the state capitol. The recreation area was
Norris Dam State Park the Tennessee Valley Authority in the early 1930s. The Clinch River flows southwestward for from its source in southwestern Virginia to its mouth along the Tennessee River near Kingston. Norris Dam is located just over upstream from the mouth of the Clinch, near the Anderson-Campbell county line. Cove Creek, which flows down from its source in the Cumberland Mountains roughly to the northwest, empties into the Clinch approximately north of Norris Dam. The Powell River, which also rises in southwestern Virginia, empties into the Clinch approximately upstream from Norris Dam. Norris Lake spans a stretch of the Clinch from the