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Mount Magazine State Park is a 2,234-acre park located in Logan County, Arkansas.Inhabited since the 1850s, Mount Magazine first became part of the Ouachita National Forest in 1938, was re-designated as part of the Ozark National Forest in 1941, and became a state park after a 22-year conversion process from the U.S. Forest Service to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. [3]
Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. [3] It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs.
Mount Magazine: Logan: 2,234 acres (904 ha) 1983: None: The park contains Mossback Ridge, including the peak of Mount Magazine, Arkansas's highest point. Park also contains The Lodge at Mount Magazine, cabins, trails, and a hang gliding area. Mount Nebo: Yell: 2,984 acres (1208 ha) 1928: None
The Arkansas River Valley, also known as the Arkansas Valley, is a region in Arkansas defined by the Arkansas River in the western part of the state. Generally defined as the area between the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains, [1] the River Valley is characterized by flat lowlands covered in fertile farmland and lakes periodically interrupted by high peaks.
Paris is located in a valley near the Arkansas River in the Ozark Mountain region of northwest Arkansas. Its ZIP code is 72855.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 square miles (12.4 km 2), of which 4.5 square miles (11.7 km 2) are land and 0.3 sq mi (0.8 km 2) (5.43%) is covered by water.
The lake offers fishing, boating, swimming and camping; it is also the focal point of the view from the lodge atop Mount Magazine, home of Mount Magazine State Park. Blue Mountain Lake is accessible from Highway 10 west of Havana by turning south on Highway 309. Waveland Park is the primary access point to the lake, with Lick Creek and Ashley ...
Highway 309 was first added to the state highway system as a 0.5 miles (0.80 km) access road to the Ozark Municipal Airport by the Arkansas State Highway Commission on March 26, 1975. [10] The Commission requested a study regarding extending the route east to Highway 219 on July 31, 1975, [ 12 ] and requested an update to that study on March 22 ...
The Ozark National Forest, administered by the National Forest Service, preserves 1,200,000 acres (490,000 ha) of land in northwest Arkansas, including Arkansas's highest point, Mount Magazine in Mount Magazine State Park.