White Oak Lake State Park

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White Oak Lake
Location	Ouachita County, Arkansas
Coordinates	33°42′07″N, 93°05′26″W
Lake type	artificial lake
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	2,776 acres (11.2 km²)
Surface elevation	197 ft (60 m)

White Oak Lake State Park is a state park in the southwest of the U.S. state of Arkansas, a few miles from Bluff City. The man-made lake sits surrounded by tall pine trees, giving it a rich, wooded beauty. The state park offers camping facilities as well as boat and bike rentals, playground facilities and swimming areas.

Because White Oak Lake was created in a woodland area, the lake features many submerged dead trees. These serve as excellent cover for bass, crappie, and bream, all of which are reasonably abundant in the lake. Catfish also thrive at the lake.

The park features hiking trails of easy to moderate difficulty, of which the Beech Ridge and Silver Maples trails give a good understanding of the "West Gulf Coastal Plain forest" setting. Deer and heron sightings are common at the park, while some bald eagles winter there.

White Oak Lake is reasonably popular with local residents, but its location in a part of Arkansas with few tourists keeps it from undue crowding or traffic. White Oak Lake is near the Poison Spring State Park, a Civil War battlefield.

White Oak Lake was completed in 1961. The lake is around 18 miles from Camden, Arkansas, and 22 miles from Prescott, Arkansas. White Oak Lake is the second largest lake created by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, at 2,776 acres.