Lake Frierson State Park
Lake Frierson State Park is a 114-acre (46 ha) Arkansas state park on Crowley's Ridge in Greene County, eastern Arkansas.
| Lake Frierson State Park | |
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Lake Frierson, September 2010 | |
Location of Lake Frierson State Park in Arkansas Lake Frierson State Park (the United States) | |
| Location | Paragould, Greene, Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas, United States |
| Coordinates | 35°58′21.2″N 90°42′58.3″W |
| Area | 114 acres (46 ha) |
| Established | 1975 |
| Named for | Lake Frierson, itself named after Charles Frierson |
| Visitors | 150,000 annually |
| Governing body | Park: Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Lake: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |
| Website | Lake Frierson State Park |
Containing a 335 acres (136 ha) reservoir built by the Soil Conservation Service, the park entered the system in 1975. The park skirts the Crowley's Ridge formation and offers fishing as well as hiking, camping, kayaking, and a visitor center.
In addition to the recreation opportunities at Lake Frierson, the area is home to a unique blend of forests in the state. Located partially in a forest similar to those found in the Appalachians, the park also contains the oak-hickory forest native to the Ozarks and a wide variety of rare trees in Arkansas on Crowley's Ridge's northern slopes, including the cucumber tree, northern red oak and tulip tree.