Special Notice
Lake Fort Smith State Park in northwest Arkansas near Mountainburg closed on January 2002 and will reopen in May 2008 at its new site. The park was relocated due to the combining of Lake Fort Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs into a single, 1,400-acre reservoir to provide additional water storage for the Fort Smith, Arkansas, municipal water supply. For updates, contact: 479-369-2469.
Mountainburg
Lake Fort Smith State Park
To contact the park: 479-369-2469
Nestled in a scenic valley of the Boston Mountain Range of the Ozark Mountains, this state park is slated to open in March 2008. The park will offer outdoor adventure including camping, fishing, kayaking, swimming, and hiking. For backpackers, the park will serve as the western terminus of the 180-mile Ozark Highlands Trail.
Reopening this year at its new site on the western side of 1,400-acre Lake Fort Smith, this park was relocated here from its former location duew to the enlarging of Lake Fort Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs into a single reservoir to provide additional water storage for the Fort Smith, Arkansas, municipal water supply.Sporting new facilities, Lake Fort Smith State Park features campsites [20 Class AAA and 10 Class B], a group lodge with kitchen, picnic sites, a pavilion, swimming pool, marina with boat rentals, hiking trails, and a visitor center featuring exhibits, a meeting/classroom, and a patio featuring an outdoor wood-burning fireplace that will offer a view towards the lake.
For updates on the construction of these new facilities contact the park.
- Contact Information
- P.O. Box 4
Mountainburg, AR 72946
- Email: lakefortsmith@arkansas.com
- 479-369-2469
- ArkansasStateParks.com
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