title: White Rock Wildlife Management Area
text: # White Rock Wildlife Management Area
  
  The White Rock Wildlife Management Area (WMA) was designated in 1976 as 280,000 acres (110,000 ha) of protected area within the boundaries of the Ozark National Forest. The WMA is owned by the U. S. Forest Service and managed under the provisions of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, and is situated in the Boston Mountains of Northwest Arkansas.
  
  ## Description
  
  The Mulberry River runs through the southern part of the WMA and there are four major lakes; Shores Lake, Horsehead Lake, Lake Ft Smith and Lake Shepherd Springs. Fishing, hunting, trapping, and recreational activities such as canoeing, hiking, and observing fauna and viewing flora . Wildlife includes squirrels, deer, wild turkeys, black bears and fur-bearers. There are camping, picnic and swimming areas throughout the WMA. There are six districts in the WMA.
  
  The Pig Trail Scenic Byway runs from Brashears through Cass and south towards Interstate 49. Cass was an old sawmill town from 1915 to 1926 when the Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad ran from Combs to Cass.
  
  ## Districts
  
  * Pleasant Hill Ranger District
  
     * Horsehead Lake Recreation Area
  
     * Ozone Recreation Area
  
     * Pleasant Hill Shooting Range
  
     * Redding Campground
  
     * Wolf Pen
  * Mt. Magazine Ranger District
  
     * Cove Lake Recreation Area
  
     * Mount Magazine Complex
  
     * Spring Lake
  * Big Piney Ranger District
  
     * Bayou Bluff
  
     * Brock Creek
  
     * Haw Creek Falls
  
     * Long Pool Recreation Area
  
     * Rotary Ann Roadside Rest Area
  
     * East Fork Wilderness
  * Boston Mountain Ranger District
  
     * Lake Wedington
  
     * Natural Dam Picnic Area
  
     * Gray's Spring
  
     * Shores Lake Recreation Area (35°38′19″N 093°57′33″W﻿ / ﻿35.63861°N 93.95917°W﻿ / 35.63861; -93.95917﻿ (Shores Lake)) in Franklin County.
  
     * White Rock Mountain
  * Sylamore Ranger District
  
     * Barkshed Campground
  
     * Gunner Pool Campground
  
     * Blanchard Springs Recreation Area and Campground
  
     * Sylamore Shooting Range
  
     * Leatherwood Wilderness
  
     * Syllamore Mountain Bike Trail
  
     * Blanchard Springs Caverns
  * St. Francis Ranger District
  
     * Bear Creek Lake
  
     * Storm Creek Lake
  
  ## Communities
  
  * Bidville
  