Editing Hot Spring County, Arkansas (section)

===Protected areas===
Hot Spring County contains two [[List of Arkansas state parks|state park]]s, [[DeGray Lake Resort State Park]] and [[Lake Catherine State Park]], and two [[List of Arkansas Wildlife Management Areas|Wildlife Management Area]] (WMA), DeGray Lake WMA, and Jack Mountain WMA maintained by the [[Arkansas Game and Fish Commission]]. The county also contains {{convert|320|acre|ha}} of [[Ouachita National Forest]] managed by the [[National Forest Service]].

[[File:DeGray Lake, Arkansas.jpg|left|thumb|DeGray Lake Resort State Park]]
DeGray Lake Resort State Park is a {{convert|984|acre|ha|abbr=off|adj=on}} in southwest Hot Spring County, and Arkansas's only resort state park. The 94-room DeGray Lodge and Convention Center includes a restaurant and 18-hole championship rated golf course. Traditional state park amenities for camping, hiking, fishing, boating, picnic tables, and horseback riding are also offered. The park is owned and operated by the [[Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism]] (ADPT). DeGray Lake WMA essentially bounds the portions of lake shoreline not bounded by the state park. The land is owned by the [[United States Army Corps of Engineers]] (USACE) and extends into Clark County.<ref>{{cite web |title= Wildlife Management Area Details |work= DeGray Lake WMA |url= http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=173 |publisher= Arkansas Game and Fish Commission |location= Little Rock |year= 2017 |access-date= March 5, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170306132155/http://www.agfc.com/hunting/Pages/wmaDetails.aspx?show=173 |archive-date= March 6, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

Near Malvern, Lake Catherine State Park is a small state park on the west side of Lake Catherine. The park offers 20 cabins, including five [[Civilian Conservation Corps]] cabins of natural wood and stone built in the 1930s, and 70 campsites. In summer, the parks offers a marina, boat rental, visitor center, guided tours, nature center and horseback trail rides.