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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Cossatot River
  • Lake Chicot

Region

  • Central
  • [X] Lower Delta
  • North Central
  • Northwest
  • [X] Southwest
  • Upper Delta

Park Activity

Trail Type

Trail Difficulty

Author

  • Alex Hedegard
  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Billy Nations
  • [X] Brian Whitson
  • Cara Curtis
  • Chris Adams
  • Grady Spann
  • Haley Johnson
  • Heather Runyan
  • Ivory Detter
  • Jason Parrie
  • Joe Jacobs
  • Josh Williams
  • Kayla Gomance
  • Kelly Farrell
  • Leita Spears
  • Maggie Howard
  • Matt Manos
  • [X] Megan Ayres Moore
  • Meg Matthews
  • Monika Rued
  • Paul Butler
  • Robin Gabe
  • Ryan Smith
  • Sarah Reap
  • Seth Boone
  • [X] Shelley Flanary
  • Tara Gillanders
  • Tayler Markham
  • Waymon Cox
  • Zoie Clift

Date Published

  • February 2017
  • September 2016
  • March 2016

How Do You Pronounce Lake Chicot?

Feb 2017
  ⁄  
Brian Whitson

Many people may know about the origins of this lake, but may not realize why we call it Lake Chicot. In order to understand where the name Lake Chicot comes from one must look to the past.

Lake Chicot State Park Sign

Awaken Your Nocturnal Nature

Sep 2016
  ⁄  
Megan Ayres Moore

Many of your state parks offer evening programs that engage you with the world around you at night. Whether you're camping, hiking, stargazing, or an owl prowl.

Family Camping at Woolly Hollow

A Wild and Scenic River

Mar 2016
  ⁄  
Shelley Flanary

Do you hear that sound? Do you hear the music? What could it be? You are standing approximately just southwest of Little Rock, in one of the most spectacular river corridors in the central U.S.

Cossatot Falls
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