Explore Lake Arrowhead State Park: A Recreation Paradise in Texas
By: Brian Hart
Revised by: Laurie E. Jasinski
Published: 1976
Updated: November 5, 2025
Lake Arrowhead State Park is a 524-acre, multipurpose recreation area located at the north end of Lake Arrowhead, a 16,200-acre lake, an impoundment on the Little Wichita River in western Clay County, ten miles southwest of Henrietta off Farm Road 1954. Established in 1970, when the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department purchased the land from Wichita Falls for $50,000, the recreation area provides facilities for camping, picnicking, boating, skiing, and fishing, including boat ramps, a lighted fishing pier, and a fish cleaning station. The park has five miles of trails for hiking, biking, and horseback riding as well as a disc golf course. Camping facilities include more than sixty campsites, five primitive campsites, and four equestrian campsites. Additionally the park has a pavilion for large group gatherings. Projects at Lake Arrowhead State Park include the long-term restoration of sections of the native prairie landscape. The park is home to a variety of wildlife, including bobcat, coyote, white-tailed deer, and armadillos. Birdwatchers may occasionally spot osprey, bald eagles, painted buntings, and bluebirds.
Bibliography:
Lake Arrowhead State Park, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (https://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lake-arrowhead), accessed November 4, 2025. Ray Miller, Texas Parks (Houston: Cordovan, 1984).
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Brian Hart Revised by Laurie E. Jasinski, “Lake Arrowhead State Park,” Handbook of Texas Online, accessed March 09, 2026, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/lake-arrowhead-state-park.
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