AHSAHKA, Idaho – Staff at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Dworshak Dam Visitor Center announced their tour schedule for the 2013 summer recreation season -- starting May 24 through Labor Day weekend, tours will be offered daily at 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. All tours begin at the Visitor Center.
“These tours are very popular with our visitors,” said Lead Park Ranger Deb Norton. “There’s a short walk across the top of the dam to see a mechanically animated diorama of the dam’s construction era. Then we take folks up one floor to the outdoor observation deck -- about 725 feet above the base of the dam -- offering breath-taking views of the North Fork Clearwater River gorge and Dworshak Reservoir. It’s a unique view of the landscape one can’t get anywhere else.”
To get to the Dworshak Dam Visitor Center, drive five miles west of Orofino, Idaho, on state Highway 7; turn right onto Viewpoint Road and follow visitor center signs for about two miles; the visitor center is adjacent to the north dam abutment, located at North Fork Clearwater River mile two on the north river bank.
For more information regarding water levels, facilities access or recreation opportunities, call the visitor center at 208-476-1255, or stop by the visitor center.
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Release no. 13-037