Lake Leatherwood City Park is a place of natural serenity encompassing 1610 acres which includes an 85 acre spring-fed lake. The lake is formed by one of the largest hand-cut native limestone dams in the country. The dam and several park structures were built in the early 1940’s by the WPA. Lake Leatherwood Park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The park offers a variety of recreational opportunities. For hiking and biking enthusiasts, the park maintains over 25 miles of trails with varying terrains. Please note that all trails are closed to motorized vehicles. Hikers and bicyclists will enjoy solitude, wildlife, cool springs, an intermittent creek, historic stone walls and bridges, unusual rock formations and the beauty of nature.

Fishing & boating fans will be glad to know that the park provides a paved boat ramp and a handicapped-accessible kayak & canoe launch! The waters of Lake Leatherwood are home to blue gill, crappie, bream, large mouth bass and channel catfish. Forgot your fishing pole? No worries, the well-stocked Bait Shop has fishing poles, bait, tackle & a surprising assortment of sundries for sale. Kayaks, canoes, row boats & paddle boats are available for rent.

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Birders will be thrilled to know that the park is home to over 120 different bird species including heron, duck, geese, bald eagles and wild turkey. The woodlands surrounding the lake support many species of wildlife, such as white-tailed deer, bobcat, raccoons, and snakes. Cabins and camping are available throughout the year.

Located at 1303 County Road 204, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632

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Basin Spring Park, the legendary Indian healing spring known to Native Americans, early pioneer settlers, and used for hundreds of years is the heart of Eureka Springs. The Native Americans camped in this valley, hunted the bountiful game, and drank the spring waters.

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The first crowds of health seekers encamped here in 1879. Drawn by the promise of miraculous cures, the city was named on this sited July 4, 1879. The first governing body, the Committee of Twelve was elected here in August 1879. the first town site survey was platted with the spring and surrounding reservation of protected land as its centerpiece. A plan of lots, blocks and streets, extending in all directions, encompassed many other nearby springs. In 1890, the Eureka Springs Board of Public Affairs created a formal setting for the spring with limestone walls, fountains, and walks.

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About 1921, the original wood gazebo was replaced with the band shell still regularly used for public performances. Following World War 1, the “Doughboy” statue was placed as a memorial to local men who served their country.

Basin Spring Park offers a picture-perfect resting place for busy shoppers. There is often live music performed in the historic bandshell. Basin Spring which now lies beneath the park, was the famous healing spring that drew visitors from all over the world at the turn of the 20th century. 

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Located at 4 Spring St., Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.

Harmon Park is located at 532 Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Arkansas and is home for the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission main office which is open Monday, Wednesday, Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The park has 6.45 acres and contains a playground, skatepark, restrooms, Dog Park and recently constructed Opera of the Ozarks platform for performances.

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It was in 1924, that the Harmon Foundation presented a certified check to the Mayor, Claude A. Fuller in the amount of $500 toward the purchase price of land that had recently been acquired by the City of Eureka Springs for a park known on the official city map as “Interstate Summer Normal and Educational Assembly Grounds”, in order to clear the title of encumbrances.

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In 2004, the Harmon Foundation presented a charitable grant donation of $5000 and again in 2005, in the amount of $4000 totaling $9000,to the Eureka Springs Parks and Recreation Commission, as a contribution to the community’s effort in providing the youth with a skate park, ADA accessible playground, restrooms, and a future spray park

Located at 532 Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.

The Eureka Springs Bark Park began with the love of a dog, Percy, a husky-beagle mix from an animal control facility in Michigan. Percy’s mom moved to Eureka Springs the year after Percy’s death in 2012, and shortly thereafter joined the Parks Commission to collaborate with the community and the Commission to build a dog park. In September of that year she founded a small grassroots committee consisting of other residents who shared the same vision of encouraging everyone to spend more time outdoors with their dogs. This type of park was in Eureka Springs Parks Department’s Master Plan for Harmon Park but needed people to step up to the challenge. Upon the creation of the new dog park committee, the Eureka Springs Parks Department agreed to allow the unused hillside of Harmon Park to become what is now the Bark Park. The Eureka Springs Bark Park is unique in that the materials were funded completely by the generosity of the community and local businesses and built by dedicated volunteers.

Located at 532 Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.

The Skate Park is located inside Harmon Park and was completed in 2004 by Dreamland Skateparks of Lincoln City, Oregon. The Skate Park has a concrete bowl, transitions, rails, and some awesome entry points for skaters of all ages.

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Located at 532 Spring Street, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.

Welcome to Black Bass Lake City Park, a facility completed by the Eureka Springs Park and Recreation Commission. From humble beginnings as a lumber source and spring water gathering location this area has long contributed to Eureka’s progress and well being. Black Bass Lake was created as a fire protection and drinking water reservoir from the abundant, pure springs in the upper reaches of Old Spring Gulch, including Sycamore, Standing Rock, and Arsenic Springs. The earthen and cut stone dam dates to 1894 and is one of the oldest still standing in the Ozarks. The city now receives water from Beaver Lake via the Carroll Boone Water District, but water is still pumped to a 100′ tall water tower on Hwy 62, as it has been for over a century.

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Located just below town in the headwaters of the West Leatherwood Creek valley, visitors descend Oil Springs Road passing historic Oil and Johnson Springs and a wonderful example of a cavernous overhanging ledge on the way to the park. The dam, the area below the dam, and the spillway area are NO access areas. General parking is by the kiosk and across the bridge. There are no facilities at Black Bass Lake.