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383:"Old Growth in the East: A Survey. Arkansas"
452:The National Wilderness Preservation System
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175:Black Fork Mountain Wilderness Area
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796:National Wild and Scenic Rivers
568:Little Rock Central High School
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22:Black Fork Mountain Wilderness
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1070:Plantation Agriculture Museum
342:List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
1224:Wilderness areas of Oklahoma
1219:Wilderness areas of Arkansas
925:Hampson Archeological Museum
149:13,139 acres (53.17 km)
1138:Poison Springs State Forest
1080:Poison Springs Battleground
1045:Museum of Natural Resources
950:Jenkins' Ferry Battleground
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473:. Ouachita National Forest
347:List of old growth forests
313:. Wilderness areas within
226:(known as the fringe tree
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1090:Prairie Grove Battlefield
1015:Marks' Mills Battleground
660:National Wildlife Refuges
319:Bureau of Land Management
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1100:South Arkansas Arboretum
1005:Lower White River Museum
196:Ouachita National Forest
870:Bull Shoals-White River
555:National Historic Sites
189:. Created by an act of
741:Buffalo National River
624:National Military Park
279:U.S. Wilderness Areas
130:34.71556°N 94.42694°W
915:Delta Heritage Trail
865:Arkansas Post Museum
829:North Sylamore Creek
395:on 25 February 2009.
289:vehicles, including
224:Granddaddy Greybeard
1179:Arkansas portal
935:Historic Washington
736:Black Fork Mountain
200:U.S. Forest Service
166:U.S. Forest Service
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857:State Parks
771:Leatherwood
746:Caney Creek
713:White River
678:Cache River
545:Hot Springs
435:. TopoQuest
325:in season.
293:. Although
238:Black bears
229:Chionanthus
179:U.S. states
154:Established
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109:Coordinates
1193:Categories
1060:Petit Jean
1040:Mount Nebo
875:Cane Creek
703:Pond Creek
693:Logan Cave
688:Holla Bend
683:Felsenthal
563:Fort Smith
477:2008-02-25
462:2006-08-13
439:2008-06-30
421:2006-08-13
353:References
287:mechanized
121:94°25′37″W
118:34°42′56″N
77:counties,
756:East Fork
751:Dry Creek
708:Wapanocca
668:Bald Knob
632:Pea Ridge
283:motorized
216:Dwarf Oak
1085:Powhatan
1030:Moro Bay
1020:Millwood
824:Mulberry
809:Cossatot
761:Flatside
731:Big Lake
698:Overflow
673:Big Lake
591:Ouachita
520:Arkansas
336:See also
291:bicycles
265:Post Oak
254:pheasant
191:Congress
187:Oklahoma
183:Arkansas
103:Mena, AR
88:Oklahoma
79:Arkansas
67:Location
650:Buffalo
528:Federal
323:hunting
303:logging
299:fishing
295:camping
273:Hickory
995:Logoly
307:mining
271:, and
246:bobcat
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900:Daisy
848:State
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1156:List
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