White River

National Wildlife Refuge

Located Arkansas, Monroe, Phillips & Desha counties

North Unit

(North of Arkansas Hwy. 1)

South Unit

(South of Arkansas Hwy. 1)

Check Stations

All deer and turkey taken during any refuge hunt must be

checked at one of the following check stations:

Smokehouse Hill Entrance *

South Boundary on White River Levee *

Wild Goose Bait Shop at Lock No. 2

Rush’s Bait Shop in Tichnor

The Sports Scene in DeWitt

Community Store in St. Charles

Ed’s Bait Shop at Indian Bay

The Country Store in Ethel

Bottleneck Grocery and Bait

Ferguson’s in Crumrod

Maddox Bay Landing Bait Shop in Lawrenceville

Ellis Liquor Store in Clarendon

Stinson Liquor Store in Clarendon

Clouds Grocery in Casscoe

Delta Hardware, Elaine

*Open only during muzzleloader and modern gun hunts on the

South Unit.

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Holly

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East

Pond

Lake

Preston Ferry

Casscoe

Maddox

Bay

Upper

Forked

Lake

Lawrenceville

Brushy Lake

Brown’s

Shanty

Lake Indian

Bayo u

San dy Bayou

St. Charles

Goose Lake

Buck

Lake

Leak

Lakes Lambert Bayou

Anderson

Chute

Cottonwood

Point

Holly

Lake

Dawson Sloug h

T Lake

Kansas Lake

River

Round

Pond

Adams Bayou

Pryor

Lake

Crab

Lake

Little

Round

Pond

Poplar Creek Lake

Beaver

Dam

Lake

Horseshoe Lake

Lower

Forked Lake

Goose

Lake

Crocketts Bluff

Green

Big

Eagle Lake

Wire Lake Boggy Lake

Johnson Bay

Cypress Creek

Bayou

Lower

Crooked

Lake

Burnt Cypress Lake

Cut Bluff

Slough

Cooks

Lake

Brushy Lake Upper

Eagle

Nest

Lake

Maddox Lake

Cooter Lake

Maddox Bay

Round

Lake

Little

Eagle Lake

Eagle Nest

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Mud Lake Upper

Crooked

Lake

Mule

Lake

Green

Lake

Coahoma

Point

Aberdeen

Goose

Lake

Forked

Mud

Lake

Clear

Lake

Horseshoe Lake East

Lake

R e d Cat Lake

Walnut Ridge Roe

East Bayou

Bear

S lough

Passmore

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White

River

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Dead Man Point oc Roe Bayou

Clarendon

Big

Baptize Lake

Little

Baptize Lake

White

Hill Bayou

Twin Slough

Willow Lake

Upper

Hooked Lake Polecat

Lakes

SandyBayou

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White River

Stink ing B ay

Long Lake

Little Moon

Lake

Crowfoot

Lake

Hog

Thief

Lake

Water s Bayou

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M oon Lake

Eagle Nest Lake

Little Long Lake

Bellknap

Lake Indian 

Bay

Indian Bay

Big C reek

Little

White

Lake

Frazier Lake

Mud LakeTwin

Lakes

Willow Lake Cocklebur

Lakes

Horseshoe Lake

Price's

 Lake Big Island Chute Brushy Lake

Long

Lake

Little Jones

Lake Big White

 Lake

Gut Lake 

Turner

 Lake Covington Lake

Essex Bayou

Lower 

White 

Lake Gum

Pond

Bear Lake

Escronges Lake

Burnt Lake

Long Lake Eagle

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Lake

Grassy Lake

Crane

Lakes

Cocklebur Slough

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Columbus Lake

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Prairi e Lake

Moon

Lakes

Twin

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Fish

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Tupelo

Lake

Mud

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Brooks

Bayou

"T" Lake

Round Lake

Wolf

Lake

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Lake

H" " Lake

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Lake

Lower Eagle

Nest Lake

Dry

Lake

Brooks

Lake

Lost Lake

Ox Bow

Lake

Steelman

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Bayou

Little

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Lake

Willow Lake

JacksBay

Goose

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Elbow Lakes

Long Lake Ox Bow

Lakes

Mossy 

Lake

Paris h Lake

Lower Pa rish Lake

Prairie

Lakes

Big Round

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Willow

Lake Water

Storage Area

E a st Moon La ke

Alligator Si

Lake x Mile Ba you

Swan

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Paradise Bay

Wall

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LaboringBay

Locust

Bayou

White

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Motorized Vehicles

Prohibited

PHILLIPS CO.

DESHA CO.

Tichnor

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Lock No. 1 Arkansas River Canal

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LowerTaylor Lake

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Wolf Bayou

Honey

Six MileBayou

Sandy

Bayou

Tichnor

Blacktop

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Scale in Miles

Vicinity Map

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Clarendon

DeWitt

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White River

National Wildlife Refuge

Refuge Boundary

Area Closed to All Entry 

Area Closed to All Entry 

November 1–February 28

Waterfowl Hunt Areas-South Unit only

Area Closed to All Hunting

Kansas Lake AreaClosed to All Entry December 1-February 28

Refuge Lands Not Open to the General Public 

for Hunting, Fishing or Trapping

Private Land Not Open to the General Public 

Designated Camping Areas

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Swan Lake

Moon Lake

Indian Bay

Frazier Lake

Smokehouse Hill

Burnt Lake

Hudson's Landing

Floodgate

‘H’ Lake

Jacks Bay

Six Mile Camp

Alligator Lake Brown Shanty Lake

Willow Lake T Lake

Old River

Buck Lake

Jacksons Camp

Little White Lake

Horseshoe Lake

Long Lake

Escronges Lake

Columbus Lake

Prairie Lake

Wolf Lake

Prairie Lakes

East Moon Lake

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Unpaved roads

Paved roads

Levee

Gas Pipeline

Powerline

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Sport Fishing and Frogging Regulations

Fishing is permitted year around in LaGrue, Essex, Prairie,

Scrubgrass, Brooks Bayous, Big Island Chute, Moon Lake

and Belknap Lake next to Arkansas Highway 1, Indian Bay,

the Arkansas Post Canal and adjacent drainage ditches, those

borrow ditches located adjacent to the west bank of that

portion of the White River Levee north of the Arkansas

Power and Light Company powerline right-of-way, and all

refuge owned waters located north of Arkansas Highway 1.

All other refuge waters are open to sport fishing from

March 1 through November 30 unless posted otherwise.

A refuge Special Use Permit is required to fish with any type

tackle other than hook and line.

Frogging is permitted on all refuge owned waters open for

sport fishing as follows:

South Unit, frogging is permitted from the beginning of the

state season through November 30;

North Unit, frogging is permitted for the entire state season.

The use of bow and arrow for taking bullfrogs or fish is

permitted by Special Use Permit.

Take pride in your refuge. Report violations.