Lake Catherine State Park, Arkansas

Peace, quiet, and some seriously beautiful cabins and scenery are waiting for your adventurous touch at Lake Catherine State Park. This stunning lakeside park was built and perfected by the CCC, and today you can enjoy all their hard work out on the trails or on the water. There’s a swimming beach to catch summer rays, though we recommend taking a canoe out. Once in the water, you can fish, explore, and catch glimpses of the stunning stone cabins that dot the shoreline. Every hiking trail in the park ventures past Falls Branch Falls, and the lush forest of the Ouachita Mountains. Close to the town of Hot Springs, you can head that way for dining or rock mining before poppin’ your tent at one of Lake Catherine’s campgrounds.