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The Ouachita Mountains contain the Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs National Park and Lake Ouachita, as well as numerous state parks and scenic byways mostly throughout Arkansas. They also contain the Ouachita National Recreation Trail , a 223-mile-long (359 km) hiking trail through the heart of the mountains.
The thermal springs are situated in the Ouachita Mountains of central Arkansas. The springs emerge in a gap between Hot Springs Mountain and West Mountain in an area about 1,500 feet (460 m) long by 400 feet (120 m) wide at altitudes from 576 to 683 feet (176 to 208 m).
The lake is located near Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lake Ouachita is the largest lake completely in Arkansas , as the larger [ citation needed ] Bull Shoals Lake extends into Missouri. Lake Ouachita has over 690 miles (1,110 km) of shoreline and over 66,324 [ 3 ] acres (26,840 ha) of water.
The commission surveyed and set aside 264.93 acres (1.0721 km 2) encompassing the hot springs and Hot Springs Mountain to be a permanent government reservation. Another 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2 ) became the Hot Springs townsite, with 700 acres (2.8 km 2 ) awarded to claimants.
The following list contains lists of lakes and reservoirs in Arkansas by county. Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of Arkansas’s lakes, but not all. A lake is a terrain feature (or physical feature ), a body of liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the bottom of basin (another type of landform or terrain ...
Physical and human geographic features of Arkansas. The geography of Arkansas varies widely. The state is covered by mountains, river valleys, forests, lakes, and bayous in addition to the cities of Arkansas. Hot Springs National Park features bubbling springs of hot water, formerly sought across the country for their healing properties.
The Talimena Scenic Drive, which is Highway 1 in Oklahoma and Highway 88 in Arkansas, is a National Scenic Byway which meanders through the forest. The Scenic Drive passes through old-growth oak woodlands on Winding Stair and Rich Mountains. [5] Forest headquarters are located in Hot Springs, Arkansas.