Save Greers Ferry Lake

08/17/2024

Keeping our beautiful lake clean! Such an important annual event. Come out and pitch in.

USACE and the Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Tourism Association announce the 55th Annual Lake and River Cleanup

HEBER SPRINGS, Ark. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Greers Ferry Lake & Little Red River Tourism Association are seeking volunteers to pitch in on Sept. 7 during the 55th Annual Greers Ferry Lake and Little Red River Cleanup.
Volunteers wanting to continue the lake cleanup tradition are asked to report their cleaning location to the Greers Ferry Lake Project Office at (501) 362-2416.
Trash bags and other cleanup activity supplies can be picked up at the USACE park gatehouses located at Choctaw, Sugarloaf, Narrows, Devils Fork, Shiloh, Cove Creek, JFK, Old 25, Dam Site and Heber Springs Park. Volunteers can pick up supplies between 8 a.m. and noon on Sept. 7 and should take their bagged trash to a dumpster in one of the parks.
Day Use fees will be waived for those participating the day of the event.
Please remember to always wear your life jacket when on or near water.
For more information contact the Greers Ferry Lake Project Office at (501) 362-2416.
Recreation information can be found on the Internet at www.swl.usace.army.mil,
on Facebook at www.facebook.com/littlerockusace and on X at www.x.com/usacelittlerock.

08/23/2023

Annual Greers Ferry Lake cleanup is September 9th!

54th Annual Lake & River Cleanup PLEASE CHECK BACK FREQUENTLY FOR UPDATES Hi everyone we invite you to cleanup around the lake and rivers. Event Details Date: September 9, 2023 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Hi everyone we invite you to cleanup around the lake and rivers during this time. The GFL/LRRA cleanup...

03/19/2023

The Most Unexpected Mountain Hiking on an Island in Arkansas

if you’re looking for mountain hiking that’s a bit off the well-beaten path, Arkansas has a surprise—a mountain on an island—Sugar Loaf Mountain Island. It offers the only hiking trails on an island in the entire state.

Sugar Loaf Mountain Island Trail is a unique and adventurous hiking trail in the middle of Greers Ferry Lake. Greers Ferry Lake is home to the Fairfield Bay Marina where those who want to visit Sugar Loaf can hop aboard the Sugar Loaf Shuttle, a ferry that will take you to the island. It's the only shuttle in the world to the only island trail in Arkansas!

The ferry leaves from the Fairfield Bay Marina four times a day. You can catch it at: 10:00am, 12:00pm, 2:00pm, and 4:00pm. The cost to ride the Fairfield Bay Marina Shuttle runs a little over $10 per person with a discount for kids ages 4-12.

The marina always recommends that you make a reservation before planning your hike. Call 501-884-6030 for times and reservations. If you’’d rather get there yourself, you can also get to the island by canoe. It’s only a little over a one-mile paddle trek to the island.

The island’s mountain juts about a thousand feet into the sky and the views are some of the most amazing in the entire region. The Sugar Loaf Mountain Island Trail is a 2.5 mile loop that can be surprisingly challenging. There are a lot of steps and steep climbs so be aware.

On the island, a posted sign shows a map view of two trail options leading to the top of Sugar Loaf. One is a short, 1.5-mile roundtrip while the other is about a mile longer roundtrip but offers even more spectacular views. On the south end of the island, you can also climb a “trail” of wood stairs to an overlook at a height of around 500 feet overlooking Greers Ferry Lake.

The trails are among the first in the country to be designated National Scenic Trails. If you keep a steady pace, the hike should take 1 hour up and 1 hour down. This means that you won’t have a lot of time to rest on top of the mountain before the shuttle arrives to pick you up again.

Since you’ll have your phone—you might not have service—you’ll have your camera, and this is the perfect spot to capture images that will set your Instagram on fire. Most people snap a few pictures and begin the trek back down to the dock.

The views are incredible and quite unexpected for such a neat spot in Arkansas! As a hiking destination, not only is this spot is unexpected—it’s unforgettable.

Sugar Loaf Mountain Location:
35.54583, -92.27222
35°32’45″N, 92°16’20″W

Fairfield Bay Marina
4350 Hwy 330 S
Shirley, AR 72153
(501) 884-6030

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03/02/2022

September 10, 2022 is the 53rd Annual Lake and River Cleanup. So thankful that this tradition continues to steward and preserve the beauty and integrity of our lake.

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07/08/2021

July 7, 2021 late afternoon on beautiful Greers Ferry Lake. Photo credit: Jeannean Robinson.

02/20/2021