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Woolly Hollow State Park is a Arkansas state park in
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, near Greenbrier,
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in the
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. The park was built and is based on a dam lake, Bennett Lake, 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) located at nearb
Camp Halsey
and
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(WPA) beginning in 1933. Access to the park is available from Arkansas Highway 285.Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
AHTD Faulkner County map
Retrieved on June 29, 2010.


History

Originally, the land was a homestead by the Woolly family, and a restored cabin is on the property. The area was used by Dr. Hugh Bennett for soil studies in the 1930s. The CCC and WPA built a dam and lake, and it was used for
watershed Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to: Hydrology * Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins * Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
research. later named for Bennett. Before becoming a state park, the area was known as Centerville County Park.


Recreation


Cabins and camping

The park features 40 camp sites and a bathhouse.


Trails

Woolly Hollow State Park is home to the Huckleberry Trail, completed in 1935 by the CCC, the trail circles Bennett Lake. The park also features around 10 miles of mountain bike trail for enthusiasts, consisting of a North Loop (4.9 miles) and a South Loop (5.2 miles). It was restored in 1981.


See also


References

{{authority control State parks of Arkansas Protected areas of Faulkner County, Arkansas Protected areas established in 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas