Several lakes in the
Little Rock area provide excellent fishing, sailing and other water
activities. They include Lake Maumelle, Lake Winona, Lake Conway,
Greers Ferry Lake, Lake Ouachita, Lake Hamilton, Lake Catherine and
DeGray Lake.
Little Rock touts 50
parks with more than 5,000 acres, and North Little Rock has 12 parks.
There are many state and national parks within a 60-mile radius of
Little Rock that provide recreation and camping facilities. They
include Petit Jean State Park, DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Lake
Ouachita State Park, the Ouachita National Forest and Pinnacle
Mountain State Park.
Little Rock's Ray Winder Field is the home of the
Class AA minor league Arkansas Travelers, a farm club of the Anaheim
Angels.
Several University of Arkansas Razorback football games are
held each year at War Memorial Stadium.
Alltel Arena is the home court
of the Arkansas RimRockers, who won the American Basketball |
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Association Championship in March 2005, and the Arkansas Twisters of
the Arena 2 Football League.
The UALR Trojans will begin the 2005
season in the new 5,600 seat Stephens Center on the UALR campus.
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