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Gray Spring Recreation Area

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Gray Spring Recreation Area--Forest Service Road 1003 Historic District
The picnic shelter
Gray Spring Recreation Area is located in Arkansas
Gray Spring Recreation Area
Gray Spring Recreation Area is located in the United States
Gray Spring Recreation Area
Nearest cityCass, Arkansas
Area60 acres (24 ha)
Built1934 (1934)
Built byCivilian Conservation Corps
Architectural styleRustic
MPSFacilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS
NRHP reference No.94001616[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 11, 1995

The Gray Spring Recreation Area is a picnic area with scenic views in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest of northwestern Arkansas. It is located on northern Franklin County, on Forest Road 1003, and includes a picnic shelter, comfort facilities, an outdoor barbecue pit, and picnic tables. The picnic area and Forest Road 1003 were built in 1934 by a crew from the Civilian Conservation Corps, and were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The road, which winds precariously around Black Mountain, retains a number of surviving CCC-built features, including a bridge and many stone culverts.[2]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Gray Spring Recreation Area-Forest Road 1003" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved September 20, 2015.