Crystal Campground

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Crystal Springs Camp Shelter
Crystal Springs Camp Shelter.jpg
Crystal Campground is located in Arkansas
Crystal Campground
Location in Arkansas
Nearest cityNorman, Arkansas
Coordinates34°28′46″N 93°38′17″W / 34.47944°N 93.63806°W / 34.47944; -93.63806Coordinates: 34°28′46″N 93°38′17″W / 34.47944°N 93.63806°W / 34.47944; -93.63806
Arealess than one acre
Built1939 (1939)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.93001087[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 21, 1993

The Crystal Campground is located on Forest Road 177 in Ouachita National Forest, northeast of Norman, Arkansas. The campground has nine campsites and a picnic shelter, and provides access to outdoor recreational activities including hiking, swimming, and fishing. The swimming area is made possible by the Crystal Springs Dam, a 30-foot (9.1 m) fieldstone dam built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, that impounds Montgomery Creek to provide a swimming hole.[2] The campground's main picnic shelter was also built by the CCC at that time.[3] Both the dam and the shelter were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Crystal Springs Dam". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. ^ "NRHP nominatino for Crystal Springs Shelter". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-05.


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