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===Protected areas=== [[File:Village Creek State Park Wynne AR 52.jpg|right|thumb|This segment of the Memphis to Little Rock Road in Village Creek State Park is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] and is preserved as a trail]] The largest protected area in Cross County is Village Creek State Park on Crowley's Ridge near Wynne. The park is known as a large section of preserved forest in its natural state within the Delta, a 27-hole golf course, catfish and bass fishing in the two lakes, horseback riding trails, and a hiking trail along the former [[Memphis to Little Rock Road|Memphis to Little Rock Military Road]].<ref>{{ cite web |first= Keith |last= Sutton |title=Fishing Arkansas state parks |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |location=Little Rock |date= May 9, 2010 |publisher= WEHCO Media |page= 146 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/13C478096659B408 |via=[[NewsBank]] }}</ref><ref>{{ cite web |first=Larry |last=Rea |title= Memphians Flock to Village Creek |work= [[The Memphis Commercial Appeal]] |location= Memphis, TN |date= August 7, 1998 |page=J10 |via= NewsBank |url= https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=NewsBank&docref=news/0F7B90B9C3BA7AC0 }}</ref> The [[Parkin Archeological State Park]] in Parkin preserves a prehistoric [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] [[Mound Builders|mound building settlement]]. The [[Brushy Creek Wildlife Management Area]] is a small property reforested in [[bottomland hardwood forest]] by the [[Arkansas Game and Fish Commission]] near Hickory Ridge.<ref>{{ cite web |title=Brushy Creek Wildlife Management Area |url= https://www.deltabyways.com/things-to-do/brushy-creek-wildlife-management-area/ |publisher=Arkansas Delta Byways Tourism Association |year=2020 |access-date= December 13, 2020 }}</ref> The [[Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission]] maintains the Wittsburg Natural Area as natural Crowley's Ridge habitat,<ref>{{ cite web |title= Cross County |url=https://local.arkansas.gov/local.php?agency=Cross+County |publisher= Arkansas Municipal League |location= North Little Rock |year= 2020 |access-date= December 13, 2020 }}</ref> but there is no legal public access to the area.
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