Ouachita National Forest
Federal Building
Post Office Box 1270
Hot Springs, Arkansas 71902
Arkansas State Parks Department
One Capitol Mall, 4A-900
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 |
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Little Rock District
Post Office Box 867
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 |
 Designated Reach: April 22, 1992, and February 2, 1994. The segment of the Cossatot River from the confluence with Mine Creek in Polk County, near the town of Shady, Arkansas, downstream to Duchett's Ford, 4.6-miles below the State Highway 4 Bridge. Also, the segment of Brushy Creek from approximately 4.4 miles upstream of the Ouachita National Forest boundary just north of State Highway 246 to its confluence with the Cossatot River in the Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area in Polk County.
Classification/Mileage: Scenic — 26.6 miles; Recreational — 4.2 miles; Total — 30.8 miles.
Flowing south from the Ouachita Mountains, the Cossatot River is one of the most popular whitewater floating rivers in Arkansas with Class V rapids at Cossatot Falls.
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