Lake Frierson State Park

Lake Frierson State Park
Lake Frierson, September 2010
Map showing the location of Lake Frierson State Park
Map showing the location of Lake Frierson State Park
Location of Lake Frierson State Park in Arkansas
Map showing the location of Lake Frierson State Park
Map showing the location of Lake Frierson State Park
Lake Frierson State Park (the United States)
LocationParagould, Greene, Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates35°58′21.2″N 90°42′58.3″W / 35.972556°N 90.716194°W / 35.972556; -90.716194
Area114 acres (46 ha)[1]
Established1975[2]
Named forLake Frierson, itself named after Charles Frierson
Visitors150,000 annually[1]
Governing bodyPark: Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism
Lake: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
WebsiteLake Frierson State Park

Lake Frierson State Park is a 114-acre (46 ha) Arkansas state park on Crowley's Ridge in Greene County, eastern Arkansas.

Containing a 335 acres (136 ha) reservoir built by the Soil Conservation Service, the park entered the system in 1975.[2] The park skirts the Crowley's Ridge formation and offers fishing as well as hiking, camping, kayaking, and a visitor center.[2]

In addition to the recreation opportunities at Lake Frierson, the area is home to a unique blend of forests in the state. Located partially in a forest similar to those found in the Appalachians, the park also contains the oak-hickory forest native to the Ozarks and a wide variety of rare trees in Arkansas on Crowley's Ridge's northern slopes, including the cucumber tree, northern red oak and tulip tree.[3]

  1. ^ a b Staff of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism (May 24, 2012). "Lake Frierson State Park". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Butler Center for Arkansas Studies and Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Lake Frierson State Park" (PDF). Arkansas State Parks and Tourism. 2003. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
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