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e Siloam Springs Kayak Park is a
beautiful amenity about four miles south
of the City of Siloam Springs, located at
19253 Fisher Ford Road. e park includes
engineered rapids, a family swimming area,
fully accessible trail, picnic area, changing
area and an easily accessible riverbank. e
Kayak Park is free to the public and open
seven days a week, one hour before sunrise
until one hour aer sunset.
e Kayak Park is a $1.8 million facility
where swimmers, tubers and kayakers alike
can play and practice in the park's class 1
rapids or swim in the Illinois River. e
facility is family friendly and alcohol-free.
e rapids are a 100-yard run with standing
waves, dips and eddies. e run ends in a
quiet pool where paddlers can take their
boats out of the river and carry them back
upstream for another run.
"People can enjoy the river and there's
a lovely gravel beach area that people can
set up a picnic on and
just enjoy the scenery,"
said Siloam Springs
Communications Director
Holland Hayden. "It is just a little
bit out of town, but close to home."
For more information about the Siloam
Springs Kayak Park, call (479) 524-5779,
or visit siloamspringskayakpark.com.
Additional information may be found at
discoversiloamsprings.com.
Siloam Springs
Kayak Park brings
outdoor adventure to
Northwest Arkansas
By Sarah Haney | DiscoverNorthwestArkansas.com
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