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 dam to the base of River Ridge at the Claiborne-Grainger county line. The lake also spans the lower of the Powell River from the river's mouth to a few miles south of Harrogate, and the lower of Cove Creek. The Norris Dam Reservation, which is managed by the Tennessee Valley Authority, consists of the area immediately around Norris Dam and immediately downstream from the dam on both sides of the Clinch. The western half of the reservation, which is largely undeveloped, is known as the River Bluff Small Wild Area. Norris Dam State Park consists of two sections along the