Cedar Lake National Recreation Center

Enhanced by nature’s picturesque mountains and stately forests, this peaceful 90 acre lake provides the backdrop for a vast array of outdoor pleasures. Popular activities include camping, picnicking, swimming, fishing, hiking, nature study, horseback riding, bird watching, and sightseeing. Convenient to the Talimena Scenic Drive, the Kerr Arboretum, the Heavener Runestone State Park, and Cedar Lake is one of 32 recreational developments of the Ouachita National Forest.

Constructed in the 1930’s by the Civilian Conservation Corps for erosion control purposes, Cedar Lake is now used primarily for public recreation.