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The Iron Springs Recreation Area is a roadside picnic area on Arkansas Highway 7, north of Jessieville in the Ouachita National Forest. The area has three shelters for picnicking, vault toilets, and an accessible trail for viewing the springs in the area. The facilities were largely built by the
Civilian Conservation Corps The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
(CCC) in the 1930s, with two shelters and the nearby dam listed on the
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Setting and history

The Iron Springs picnic area is set on the west side of Arkansas Highway 7, about north of Jessieville, between the road and the Middle Fork Saline River. The river is impounded by a low fieldstone dam, built by the CCC in 1933, which features alternating chutes and steps, and impounds enough water to form a modest swimming hole. The picnic area includes three covered shelters, two of which were built by the CCC in 1933. The first is about , built with open log construction and topped by a gable roof. The north and south sides of the shelter have log balustrades, while the other two sides are open; a picnic table is set under the shelter. The second is more square in shape, with a pyramidal roof, but also has balustrades on the north and south sides. File:Iron Springs 006.jpg, CCC dam at Iron Springs, 2014 File:Iron Springs 005.jpg, Trail up the mountain, 2014 File:Iron Springs 007.jpg, Picnic area, 2014 File:Iron Springs Shelter No. 1.JPG, Iron Springs Shelter No. 1, 2016 File:Iron Springs Shelter No. 2.JPG, Iron Springs Shelter No. 2, 2016


See also

* National Register of Historic Places listings in Garland County, Arkansas


References

{{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Buildings and structures completed in 1933 Buildings and structures in Garland County, Arkansas Ouachita National Forest Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Garland County, Arkansas 1933 establishments in Arkansas