Camp Ouachita Historic District
Perry County
The WPA built Camp Ouachita from 1936 to 1940 for Little Rock's Girl Scouts, in the Ouachita National Forest south of Perryville. Two generations of girls camped here until 1979. It is the only WPA-built Girl Scout camp left in the country, and it is being renovated.
- Kind of place
- Parks and recreation
- Built by
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- When
- 1936 to 1940
- Where
- Perry County
- Still there?
- Not confirmed lately
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Sources
Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.