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Woolly Hollow State Park

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- elevation
  
535 ft (163 m)

Phone
  
+1 501-679-2098

Area
  
150 ha

Designated as world heritage site
  
August 1973

Woolly Hollow State Park

Address
  
82 Woolly Hollow Rd, Greenbrier, AR 72058, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturday8AM–5PMSunday8AM–5PMMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit

Management
  
Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

Similar
  
Jacksonport State Park, Lake Charles State Park, Crowley's Ridge State Park, Lake Poinsett State Park, Pinnacle Mountain State Park

Wooly Hollow State Park is a 370-acre (150 ha) Arkansas state park in Faulkner County, near Greenbrier, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built is based on a dam lake, Bennett Lake, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) beginning in 1933. Access to the park is available from Arkansas Highway 285.

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HistoryEdit

Originally, the land was a homestead by the Woolly family, and Woolly Cabin still exists on the property. The area was used by Dr. Hugh Bennett for soil studies in the 1930s. The CCC and WPA built a dam and lake, and it was used for watershed research. later named for Bennett. Before becoming a state park, the area was known as Centerville County Park.

Cabins and campingEdit

The park features 40 camp sites and a bathhouse.

TrailsEdit

Wooly Hollow State Park is home to the Huckleberry Trail, completed in 1935 by the CCC, the trail circles Bennett Lake. It was restored in 1981.

References

Woolly Hollow State Park Wikipedia