Forest Service Rd. 38, Athens, Arkansas. County/parish: Polk.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 30, 2007. NRIS 07000205.
Part of Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas MPS (NRIS 64500019).
1 contributing structure.Also known as:
The Sugar Creek Vista Overlook is a historic scenic overlook in Ouachita National Forest. It is located on Polk County Road 64 (also once designated Forest Road 38), just south of Dicks Gap. The overlook is a simple roadside pullout on the west side of the road, with an angular retaining wall about 84 feet (26 m) long. The wall was built out of quarried novaculite stone set with grapevine mortar joints in 1935 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). It is one of only two CCC-built overlooks in the national forest, and the only one built with these particular materials.
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
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