DeGray Lake Resort State Park, Lakeside state park in Bismarck, Arkansas.

DeGray Lake Resort State Park is a recreational area on the shore of a large reservoir in Arkansas. The grounds feature modern accommodations, golf courses, a marina with boat rentals, and numerous hiking trails.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began building DeGray Dam on the Caddo River in 1963, and calls for a state park grew soon after. The park was created in 1974, with the lodge and 18-hole golf course added by 1975. The dam's earth-fill embankment, visible as a broad tan slope, holds back the 13,800-acre DeGray Lake.

The park's name comes from DeGray Dam, built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on the Caddo River from 1963. The 94-room DeGray Lodge and Convention Center hosts family reunions, retreats and board meetings, and holds the Shoreline Restaurant and DeGray Day Spa. The 18-hole course plays 7,100 yards from the blue tees, with water on seven holes.

The park offers many lodging options, including a hotel with rooms and camping spots directly on the water. The grounds are best explored on foot or by boat, since the trails and paths are well developed and clearly marked.

DeGray Dam, an earth-fill embankment built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1963, holds back the 13,800-acre lake; its downstream face is a broad slope of bare tan soil. At the left base stands a concrete intake structure beside a rectangular white building, with the outflow channel running away below it.