Lake Wilson Park comprises approximately 320 acres of land with 28 acres of lake. The lake was Fayetteville’s first water supply reservoir, augmenting earlier water sources on the West Fork of the White River. The city stopped using it as a water supply in the 1960s after Beaver Lake opened. The park, which includes a … More Lake Wilson Park
Lake Sequoyah is a 389-acre man-made lake on the southeast side of Fayetteville, built in 1958 as an additional source of drinking water for Fayetteville. It is named for the 19th century inventor of the Cherokee syllabary, Sequoyah, also known as George Guest and George Gist, who lived the Arkansas Territory during the 1820s. After … More Lake Sequoyah Park
Lake Lucille is a 3.8 acre man-made lake north of North Street and circled by Lakeridge Drive. … More Lake Lucille
The upper end of Hilton Creek starts at a pond near the north end of Hungate Road. It runs west-northwest through open farmland before crossing Zion Road at the city limits and soon after crossing under Crossover Road passing through the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks and then flowing into Lake Fayetteville.
Henson Springs were along the Old Missouri Road where it ran north of present-day Lake Fayetteville. They were named for the Thomas Andrew and Sarah Caroline Henson family, who lived and farmed in that area.
The sources for Farmington Branch are on the northern end of Kessler Mountain and on the south side of Millsaps Mountain north of the intersection Old Farmington Road and West Steppingstone Drive. The North Fork of the branch runs south around the base of Washington Mountain. The South Fork begins high up in the hollow … More Farmington Branch
Freyschlag Spring was referred to as being two miles north of the Fayetteville Square. Based on the Freyschlag family’s farm holdings north of Fayetteville, this is very likely the large spring between Washington Regional Medical Center and Scull Creek.
The source for Clear Creek is northeast of Fayetteville not far beyond the intersection of Springdale’s Don Tyson Parkway and Habberton Road. It is the primary feeder for Lake Fayetteville and runs almost due west into it and then continues farther west after Lake Fayetteville’s spillway, flowing through Johnson, around the north side of Wheeler … More Clear Creek