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Beaver Lake
At roughly 28,200 acres, Beaver Lake is one of the lakes covered in Arkansas. The lake is in Washington County. Management is in the hands of USACE Little Rock District.
Coordinates36.2354, -93.9428
Surface area28,200 acres
Managed byUSACE Little Rock District
Swimming beaches on Beaver Lake
No named swimming beach is mapped yet for this lake. Access is through agency day-use areas and boat ramps listed below. We add beach pages only when we can confirm a name, coordinates and an operating agency.
Beaver Lake on the map
Lake center, swimming spots and access points.
Weather and water temperature
Air temperature and wind from Open-Meteo. Water temperature only when the lake has a public sensor.
Weather data by Open-Meteo
Beaver Lake: access and conditions
Public access at Beaver Lake covers 2 public recreation areas. Recreation areas nearby include War Eagle and Hickory Creek. Unless the operating agency says otherwise, treat these as unsupervised swimming.
The closest lakes in this guide are Table Rock Lake (Missouri, 42 mi), Lake Eucha (Oklahoma, 52 mi) and Lake Taneycomo (Missouri, 54 mi). Arkansas has 18 lakes on this site in total.
Season dates vary by park; the operating agency publishes them each spring. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown. Inland lakes are not monitored the way ocean beaches are, so posted signs matter more here.
There is no live level reading for Beaver Lake. The agencies that run this water do not publish one openly, and we do not estimate what has not been measured. For a lake this size, the park office is the fastest way to learn how the water sits today.
Recreation areas on Beaver Lake
2 public recreation areas mapped around the lake by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Facilities vary by area; check the managing office for opening dates and fees.
War Eagle Hickory Creek
Source: USACE Recreation Areas
Questions about Beaver Lake
Is there a beach at Beaver Lake?
No named swimming beach appears in the federal and state datasets this guide reads. Check the operating agency for day-use areas on the ground.
How big is Beaver Lake?
About 28,200 acres.
What other lakes are near Beaver Lake?
The closest in this guide is Table Rock Lake, about 42 miles away in Missouri.
Lakes near Beaver Lake
Other lakes in this guide, ordered by distance.
Table Rock Lake
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Lake Taneycomo
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Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
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Lake Hudson
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Tenkiller Ferry Lake
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Bull Shoals Lake
Fed by the White River, Bull Shoals Lake holds roughly 45,440 acres of water in Arkansas. It is managed by USACE Little Rock…
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