Blue Mountain Lake is a
reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
in
Arkansas
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,
United States
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. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake on the
Petit Jean River in west central Arkansas, Blue Mountain Lake has approximately 50 miles of shoreline, located between
Mount Magazine
Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and r ...
and the
Ouachita Mountains
The Ouachita Mountains (), simply referred to as the Ouachitas, are a mountain range in western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. They are formed by a thick succession of highly deformed Paleozoic strata constituting the Ouachita Fold and Thru ...
just west of
Havana, Arkansas
Havana is a city in northwest Yell County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 375 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Arkansas Scenic State Highway 309 leads from Havana to the top of M ...
.
Blue Mountain Dam was built in 1947 as a 115-foot-high, 2800-foot-long earthen structure, creating a reservoir with a surface area of about 4.5 square miles, about 50 miles of shoreline, and a maximum capacity of 258,000
acre-feet
The acre-foot is a non- SI unit of volume equal to about commonly used in the United States in reference to large-scale water resources, such as reservoirs, aqueducts, canals, sewer flow capacity, irrigation water, and river flows.
An acre-f ...
. Dam and reservoir are owned by operated by the
.
The lake offers fishing, boating, swimming and camping; it is also the focal point of the view from the lodge atop Mount Magazine, home of
Mount Magazine State Park.
Blue Mountain Lake is accessible from
Highway 10 west of Havana by turning south on
Highway 309. Waveland Park is the primary access point to the lake, with Lick Creek and Ashley Creek providing limited access as well.
References
Bibliography
*Farquhar, Carley (1966). ''The Sportsman's Almanac''. New York: Harper and Row.
*Sutton, Keith B (2000). ''Fishing Arkansas''. Fayatteville: University of Arkansas Press.
External links
USACE Profile: Blue Mountain Lake*
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture entry
Protected areas of Logan County, Arkansas
Reservoirs in Arkansas
Protected areas of Yell County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Yell County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Logan County, Arkansas
Dams in Arkansas
United States Army Corps of Engineers dams
Dams completed in 1947
Bodies of water of Yell County, Arkansas
Bodies of water of Logan County, Arkansas
1947 establishments in Arkansas
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