Camping and Travel Daily Image No. 12
Petit Jean State Park campground, Arkansas, July 26, 2008
Petit Jean State Park, situated on Arkansas’ Petit Jean Mountain, which rises above the south bank of the Arkansas River between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges, is 3,471 acres in size and was the first park in Arkansas’ system of state parks. Buildings of log and stone, constructed during the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), are found in many areas of the park and impart a rustic feel. CCC Company V-1781 was formed on Petit Jean Mountain on July 15, 1933, working from 1933 to 1938, building roads, trails, pavilions, overlooks, cabins, two recreational lakes, and historic Mather Lodge, the only CCC lodge in an Arkansas park. (Read more)
