Mount Magazine State Park
| Mount Magazine State Park | |
| Arkansas state park | |
 View from Cameron Bluff, 2008
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| Named for: Mount Magazine | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Arkansas |
| Region | Ozark National Forest |
| County | Logan County |
| City | Paris |
| Location | Visitor Center |
| - coordinates | 35°10′28.58″N 93°37′7.96″W / 35.1746056°N 93.6188778°WCoordinates: 35°10′28.58″N 93°37′7.96″W / 35.1746056°N 93.6188778°W |
| Highest point | Mount Magazine |
| - elevation | 2,753 ft (839 m) |
| - coordinates | 35°10′1.26″N 93°38′41.01″W / 35.1670167°N 93.6447250°W |
| Area | 2,234 acres (904 ha) |
| Biome | Forest |
| Founded | April 25, 1998 |
| Management | Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism |
| - coordinates | 35°9′49.39″N 93°38′48.27″W / 35.1637194°N 93.6467417°W |
 Location of Mount Magazine State Park in Arkansas
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| Website: Mount Magazine State Park | |
Mount Magazine State Park is a 2,234-acre (904 ha) Arkansas state park in Logan County, Arkansas in the United States. Sporadically inhabited since the 1850s, the Mount Magazine area first became part of the Ouachita National Forest in 1938, was re-designated as part of the Ozark National Forest 1941, and became a state park after a 22-year process of conversion from the U.S. Forest Service to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Mount Magazine is also Arkansas's highest point at 2,753 feet (839 m) The park contains Mossback Ridge, including the peak of Mount Magazine (called Signal Hill) which contains The Lodge at Mount Magazine, cabins, trails, and a hang gliding area.
Native Americans inhabited the mountain seasonally, often opting to permanently settle in the Arkansas River Valley surrounding the ridge. The Homestead Act of 1862 opened the mountain to settlers who began to populate the area, and the Summer Home School was opened in the late 1800s. The nearby town of Magazine was platted in 1900. The Great Depression forced many settlers off the mountain, with the Resettlement Administration eventually purchasing all private property on the mountain in 1934.
In 1938, Franklin Roosevelt reallocated the land to the U.S. Forest Service and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) began construction on a 27-room lodge the following year. In 1941, the area became a part of the Ozark National Forest, changing from the Ouachita National Forest designation received in 1938. The WPA and Civil Conservation Corps (CCC) also constructed a road to the mountain (which would become the Mount Magazine Scenic Byway), trails, two dams which created Cove Lake and Spring Lake, and an amphitheatre. In 1971, the Mount Magazine Lodge burned and was a total loss.
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