Daisy State Park - Kirby, Arkansas - State Park With Camp Sites

Daisy State Park is located in the unincorporated community of Kirby within Northern Pike County, Arkansas, and is approximately 30 minutes drive from the city of Glenwood taking US-70 West. The park can be found at the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains towards the northern end of Lake Greeson. It is also situated near Ouachita National Forest and subsequently surrounded by timberlands.

Running through the park is a 7,000 acre fishing lake constructed by the United States Army Corp of Engineers in 1950 called Lake Greeson, and visitors are welcome to swim in the lake although they should take note that there is no lifeguard service here. The lake is predominantly used for fishing with many varieties of fish to be found here such as trout, black and white bass, stripers, crappie, catfish, and bluegill. Many anglers enjoy trying out the Little Missouri, which joins four other popular float streams and offers challenging spring and early summer trout fishing.

The park campground and picnic areas are open all year round and most of them are wheelchair accessible. There are over 100 camp sites here in five different locations all of which cater for group tent camping and feature showers and dump stations. Three locations also have water and electrical hook-up with either a 30 or 50 amp service and there are also restrooms, picnic areas, a standard pavilion and a playground featured at the park.

Visitors wishing to learn more about the park can go to the visitor center, which opens throughout the year at weekends only. Its hours of operation are 8am to 5pm Saturday and Sunday except between the Memorial Day and Labor Day holiday weekends when it opens from 8am to 8pm. An interpretive guide can be booked in advance to show group around the park and explain its many features.

One of several trails here is the Bear Creek Motorcycle Trail on Lake Greeson, which begins at Daisy State Park and is about 31 miles in length. The trail takes hikers and cyclists about one and a half miles east on park property before heading on to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land and traveling along the eastern shoreline of the lake to Laurel Creek Recreation Area. The trail is open throughout the year to ATV's, mountain bikes, dirt bikes and hikers with maps available at the visitor center or the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers resource manager's office for Lake Greeson at Murfreesboro.

There are a number of places for visitors to stay overnight or longer if desired including Self Creek Lodge and Marina in West Kirby, which is approximately nine and a half kilometers from the park. Another interesting place to visit is the Crater of Diamonds State Park, which is located in Murfreesboro and is approximately 20 kilometers away from Daisy State Park. This is purported to be the only diamond-producing site in the world open to the public, and enables visitors to dig for diamonds and take them home.