Camp Ouachita

07/21/2021

06/21/2021

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT - Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson announces today the creation of the Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation. With it, they will be taking on the stewardship and operation of Camp Ouachita in Perry County. He announced a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Forest Service to expand the use of the Lake Sylvia Recreation Area and the adjacent Camp Ouachita, a former Girl Scout camp with a restored lodge and cabins. Specific announcement is at about 10 minutes into the link below. Outdoor recreation in the Natural State supports around 96,000 jobs with an estimated combined wages or salaries of $2.5 billion.

On Monday afternoon, Governor Asa Hutchinson will be joined by Stacy Hurst, Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, and Congressman Frenc...

04/27/2021

Hike. Chill. Repeat. In the May / June 2021 Issue of Backpacker Magazine highlights Ouachita's own Flatside Pinnacle trail as an opportunity to get outdoors and enjoy one of the many national trail treasures. Come to the Gateway of 1.8 Million acres of the Ouachita National Forest. Your journey is about 30 minutes from Little Rock, Arkansas. Take Hwy 324 West, off Hwy 9/10 in Perry County. Hike. Chill. Repeat.

04/23/2021

Do you know a Carolina Wren from a Tufted Titmouse? What about a nape from a neck? If you enjoy Birding or Bird Watching, trek your way through the 1.8 Million acres of the Ouachita National Forest, by foot, bike or car. Get a good pair of binoculars, a journal book and consider taking a course in Ornithology from Cornell University. Come explore the Ouachitas, just 30 minutes from Little Rock.

Study birds with the comprehensive ornithology course from the Cornell Lab using the Handbook of Bird Biology, 3rd. Edition as your guide. Read each chapter in the Handbook, explore in more depth using the online materials embedded in this course, then take the exams to earn your badge and certi ...

04/21/2021

Did you know that about 1/10th of all the US National Forests are represented by the Ouachita National Forest? It's time to get out, walk, hike, drive, explore, forest-bath in 1.8 Million acres of the Ouachita National Forest.

01/18/2021

Here is a link (below) to UALR's online 1937 CCC Yearbook. There is discussion (see pic) of their beginning work of Lake Sylvia and Camp Ouachita.(Photo colorized)

https://ualrexhibits.org/ccc/1937-annual/

01/18/2021

Nationally Historic Camp Ouachita is rich in history. Here is another classic Camp Ouachita photo COLORIZED for fun.

01/17/2021

Nationally Historic Camp Ouachita is rich in history. Here is a classic Camp Ouachita photo COLORIZED for fun.