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Nearby, there is a covered, barrier-free fishing pier. There are 74 campsites and an outdoor amphitheater. The Dardanelle Area site features 18 camp sites. [2] The park's staff offer many interpretive programs, including guided hikes, nature talks, kayaking, lake tours and demonstrations, evening slide shows and movies.
Lake Dardanelle is a major reservoir on the Arkansas River in Arkansas, USA. and is an integral part of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS), which allows barge transportation from the Mississippi River to the Tulsa Port of Catoosa in northeastern Oklahoma. MKARNS went into service along its full length in 1971.
Largest oxbow lake in the United States; formerly the main channel of the Mississippi River. Park is located within a pecan grove within a bayou environment, offering 122 campsites, 14 cabins, swimming pool, boat shop/marina and interpretative visitor center. Lake Dardanelle: Pope: 246 acres (99.6 ha) 1966: Lake Dardanelle
A federal Indian trading factory under Matthew Lyon was established at Spadra in 1818, [7] [8] now at the west end of Lake Dardanelle on the Arkansas River, a Clarksville location now occupied by Spadra Marina. [9] A historical marker, dedicated in 1984, sits on Spadra Bluff, near the original river town of Spadra.
The Dardanelle Lock & Dam, constructed in the 1960s as a part of the McClellan-Kerr Navigation System, led to the formation of Lake Dardanelle. It is a source of hydropower, and helps regulate river traffic on the Arkansas River. In 2013 it had an operating budget just over 8.9 million dollars. [11]
Lake Dardanelle State Park; M. Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Dardanelle, Arkansas) Mount Nebo (Arkansas) O. Old Arkansas 22-Dardanelle Segment; S.
The route continues to Clarksville, home of the University of the Ozarks. [6] The route passes the Johnson County Courthouse, historic American Legion Hut, Clarksville Municipal Airport, and Lake Dardanelle before again crossing over I-40 and entering Pope County. [7] US 64 then parallels I-40 through Russellville and Morrilton.
The bridge was taken out on June 9, 1912, because of ice flows on the river. All traffic between Russellville and Dardanelle was at a halt as floating ice made the river hazardous for boats. [65] The Arkansas River rose rapidly at Dardanelle on January 11, 1913, rising 7 feet in 10 hours.