DeGray Lake DeGray Lake, AR, on the Caddo River, is known for its camping facilities and geological formations. Located in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, lake visitors can enjoy boating, fishing, swimming and scuba diving as well. A group camp area, which includes a dining hall and eight sleep shelters, is also available. The project offers a visitor center and an excellent State park that has a lodge, marina, golf course and campground.
DeQueen Lake Located on the Rolling Fork River about 4 mi NW of DeQueen, with 4,000 acres open to hunters. Whitetail deer is the principal game. Other wildlife includes squirrel, cottontail and swamp rabbit, raccoon, bobwhite quail, and duck.
Dierks Lake At Dierks Lake, visitors are afforded many opportunities for an enjoyable outdoor recreation experience. Overnight accommodations, food, bait, tackle, etc. are available in the area. Visitors might want to take a day trip to some of the many local interesting sites including Hot Springs National Park and the Diamond Mines at Murfreesboro, Ark.
Felsenthal NWR Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1975, is located along the flood-plain of the Ouachita and Saline Rivers in southeast Arkansas. The refuge is dissected by an intricate system of creeks, sloughs, button-bush swamps, and lakes throughout a vast bottomland hardwood forest that gradually rises to an upland pine and hardwood forest community. Felsenthal Refuge is home for thousands of migrant and resident waterfowl, marsh and water birds, neotropical migrants, resident wildlife and has the highest density of endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers in the state. The refuge contains some of the region's richest cultural resources with more than 200 known archeological (Native American) sites. Felsenthal Refuge is home to the worldÂ’s largest green-tree reservoir (an area of carefully timed forest flooding). The refuge annually floods about 36,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forests to provide habitat for waterfowl and other wetland-dependent species. Wildlife-oriented public use has averaged nearly 300,000 visits annually.
Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Smith National Historic Site embraces the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. Commemorating a significant phase of America's westward expansion, it stands today as a reminder of 80 turbulent years in the history of Federal Indian Policy.
The main entrance to the Visitor Center is located on the south end of the Barracks/Courthouse/Jail building. Exhibits in the visitor center focus on Fort Smith?s military history from 1817 ? 1871, Judge Isaac C. Parker and the federal court?s impact on Indian Territory, U.S. Deputy Marshals and outlaws, Federal Indian policy, and Indian Removal including the Trail of Tears.
Gillham Lake On the Cossatot River about 6 mi NE of Gillham, there is good hunting on 5,400 acres. Game includes whitetail deer, squirrel, cottontail and swamp rabbit, and bobwhite quail. Most waterfowl are found in the downstream flood plain.
