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Map of Arkansas Post National Memorial in Arkansas/The Robert E. Lee Memorial. A peninsula is shaded green and a darker green line along the surrounding waterways represents the Park Boundary. Surrounding areas are shown in beige and water in blue.

Extended Description

The apostrophe-shaped park curves from a wide northern boundary down and to the right. A Confederate Trench, represented with a darker green line, spans the width of the peninsula just over a third of the way down its length. Continuing south, Park Lake is just below the center of the park where the peninsula narrows. The Visitor Center, which has parking, restrooms, and is wheelchair accessible, is near the northeast shoreline of the lake.

State Route 169 travels from the left edge of the map, first crossing a bridge over the Little Post Bayou and continuing across the northern boundary of the park before turning south. One leg of the park road ends at the visitor center after passing the Confederate trench and sites with Parking, a Confederate Fort, Battle of Arkansas Post, and a fishing area. Just north of this, another park road branches west to also cross the Confederate trench and access a Picnic Area, which has parking, wheelchair access, and restrooms near the western coastline.

Back at the Visitor Center, sites along the eastern coastline in this area include the Colbert Incident, The Arkansas Posts, and De Tonti Post (cross). South of the lake and connected by a small grid of roads are the American Townsite, Fur Trading Factory, Arkansas State Bank, Montgomery’s Tavern, Notrebe’s Gin, Federick Notrebe (cistern), Arkansas Gazette, Cross, and the Arkansas River Overlook at the southernmost tip of the peninsula. Main Street runs down the tip of the peninsula and Front Street crosses its narrow width near the end.

A network of trails including the Nature Trail, the unpaved Post Bayou Nature Trail, and Connector Trail are connected by a single leg to the east-west park road that leads to the Picnic Area. There is parking at this northernmost terminus of the trails.

The Park Boundary hugs the southwest coastline of the peninsula, and text here reads “162-foot contour.” The rest of the boundary is marked with buoys around bodies of water that include Little Post Bayou in the northwest, Post Bayou in the southwest, the Arkansas River in the south, and Post Bend to the east. A note between the bayous to the west reads, “Maximum bayou depth: seven feet.” Where the Arkansas Post Canal connects with the Arkansas River, text reads “Maximum channel depth: 14 feet.” Moving up the eastern side of the map, a blue dotted line curving away from the peninsula indicates the “Approximate shoreline 1818-1840.” Between this and the current coastline to the north is a second blue dotted line, this one labeled “Shoreline 1863.” Just north of this is a gray square with pointed corners and text reading, “Approximate location of Fort Hindman (no longer exists).”

Legend

A legend along the left edge of the map reads as follows:

Triangle and circle on a green line for Park boundary buoy,

Gray dot for Wayside exhibit,

Green dashed line for Paved trail, and

White line against green for Old townsite road (paved trail).

Symbols represent Parking, Restrooms, and Wheelchair-accessible, and a scale measures distances of 0.25 kilometers and 0.25 miles.