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Charlton Recreation Area Ouachita National Forest

37 individual camping units and 2 group camping sites:

• Loop C: 10 individual units with electricity, water and sewer 9 individual units with no utilities 1 group site* with no utilities

• Loop B: Closed until further notice

• Loop A: 18 individual units with no utilities 1 group site* with no utilities (Loop A is currently used for overflow camping.)

*A group site consists of 2 adjacent individual units.

• Picnic pavilion

• Playground

• Bathhouse

• Swimming and wading area

• 0.8 mile Prayer in the Woods Trail

• Access to the Charlton Trail and the nearby

Lake Ouachita Vista Trail

• Drinking water

• Flush toilets

• Sanitary dump station

• Amphitheater

• All facilities including group camping, picnic pavilion and amphitheater are first-come, first-served.

The native stone dam forms a small lake with a grassy beach providing a variety of water depths for swimmers. A diving platform is located near the dam.

There are three camping loops, with group sites available in loops A and C. Camp sites with electricity, water and sewer are available in loop C. Sites with electricity and water are available in loop B.

Each camping unit includes a table, tent/trailer pad, cooking grill, lantern post and parking spur. A water hydrant, garbage can, and restrooms with cold showers (warm showers in loop C) are within reasonable walking distance. Some travel trailers up to 35 feet in length can be accommodated at camping units and a dump station is available at the entrance to the campground.

Picnic, swim, hike, fish and camp along picturesque Walnut Creek, a cold, spring-fed mountain stream in the heart of the Ouachita National Forest. This historic recreation area features a captivating native stone dam that forms the swimming area and rustic bathhouse built by the Civilian Conservation Corps federal work program in 1935.

Directions From Hot Springs, AR, drive west on Highway 270 for 18 miles.

Area Latitude: 34.5168167 Area Longitude: -93.3818111 For a Pleasant Trip

• Hunting is not allowed in recreational areas.

• Please read and follow the posted regulations.

• You are responsible for your fires. Build them in stoves, grills and fire rings only.

• Be a good neighbor.

• No fishing in the swimming area.

• All pets must remain on a leash.

• There is a fee to use this facility. Please pay at the self-service fee station For More Information Womble Ranger District Ouachita National Forest PO Box 255 P.O. Box 1270 1523 Hwy. 270 E. Hot Springs AR 71902 Mount Ida, AR 71957

U.S Department of Agriculture Forest Service

Southern Region The U.S. Department of Agricul-ture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income is derived from any public assistance program. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA's TARGET Center at

(202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD).

To file a complaint of discrimina-tion write to USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 (voice) or (202) 720-6382 (TDD).

USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST • P.O. Box 1270 • Hot Springs, AR 71902 • 501.321.5202 • fs.usda.gov/ouachita R8-RG 394 Revised January 20122

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Loop C

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These facilities are closed during the winter season. Fees and schedule are available on-line at:

fs.usda.gov/ouachita Use the Recreation and Fee Schedule link. You can also call the Womble Ranger District.

Visitors are welcome to stay in the campground for up to 14 consecutive days.

For more hiking try the nearby Lake Ouachita Vista Trail or the Ouachita National Recreation Trail extending 192 miles east to west across the Ouachita National Forest.

The Womble Trail is also available for hiking and is highly regarded as one of the premier mountain biking trails in Arkansas.

Lake Ouachita abounds in water sport opportunities including fishing, boating, water skiing and scuba diving. Hotels, restaurants and camping facilities are available. Collecting quartz crystals is another of the area’s popular pastimes.

Contact the Mount Ida Chamber of Commerce or the Womble Ranger Station for information.

Five no-fee float camps, River Bluff, Dragover, Fulton Branch, Rocky Shoals and Shirley Creek are located along the Ouachita River for canoeing enthusiasts or those preferring a more primitive camping experience.

Campsite with electricity and water Campsite with electricity, sewer and water Campsite with no utilities Trail

Paved Road

Picnic shelter

Day use; parking

Pay station

Amphitheater

Restrooms

Accessible

Dump station

Telephone

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Charlton Recreation Area Ouachita National Forest

January 2012