White Oak Lake State Park is a
state park
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in the southwest of the
U.S. state of
Arkansas, a few miles from
Bluff City. The
reservoir sits surrounded by tall pine trees, giving it a rich, wooded beauty. The state park offers camping facilities, hiking and mountain biking trails, boat and bicycle rentals, as well as playground facilities.
Because White Oak Lake was created in a woodland area, the lake features many submerged dead trees. These serve as excellent cover for bass, crappie, and bream, all of which are reasonably abundant in the lake.
Catfish also thrive at the lake.
The park features hiking trails of easy to moderate difficulty, of which the Beech Ridge and Silver Maples trails give a good understanding of the "West Gulf Coastal Plain forest" setting. Deer and
heron
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sightings are common at the park, while some
bald eagle
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s winter there.
White Oak Lake is reasonably popular with local residents, but its location in a part of Arkansas with few tourists keeps it from undue crowding or traffic. White Oak Lake is near the
Poison Springs Battleground State Park, a
Civil War battlefield.
Completed in 1961, the lake is 19 miles southeast of
Prescott, and 15 miles northwest of
Camden
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, off State Highways 387 and 24. It is the second largest lake created by th
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission at .
See also
*
List of Arkansas dams and reservoirs
*
List of Arkansas state parks
External links
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism: Official White Oak Lake State Park website
References
State parks of Arkansas
Protected areas of Nevada County, Arkansas
Parks in Ouachita County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Nevada County, Arkansas
Buildings and structures in Ouachita County, Arkansas
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