Mount Nebo State Parks Steps

Dardanelle, Yell County

Photograph of Mt. Nebo State Park Cabins Historic District — Photo: Valis55, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons License. Source

Mount Nebo was a summer resort long before it became Arkansas's second state park in 1928. In the 1930s the CCC used logs and stone from the mountain to build most of the park's trails, cabins, bridges and a large pavilion. The stone steps, retaining wall and direction stones date to about 1935.

Kind of place: Parks and recreation
Built by: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
When: About 1935
Where: Dardanelle, Yell County
Still there?: Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Encyclopedia of Arkansas: Mount Nebo State Park
Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Facilities Built by the CCC in Arkansas

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.