The Collier Springs Picnic Area is located on Forest Road 177 in

Ouachita National Forest The Ouachita National Forest is a vast congressionally-designated United States National Forest, National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of extreme-eastern Oklahoma, USA. History The Ouachita National Forest is t ...

, northeast of

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. The picnic area is notable for the presence of the Collier Springs Shelter, which was built by crews of the

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in 1939. It is a rectangular open-air stone structure, with stone columns topped by hewn log beams that support the gabled roof. The shelter also acts as a protective cover for the eponymous spring, which is fed via a pipe to the nearby creek. Facilities at the picnic area also include a

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Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Government buildings completed in 1939 Ouachita National Forest Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Arkansas 1939 establishments in Arkansas Rustic architecture in Arkansas Picnic shelters {{MontgomeryCountyAR-NRHP-stub

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