Woolly Hollow State Park
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| Woolly Hollow State Park | |||||||
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.jpg) Canoeing on Bennett Lake | |||||||
 Interactive map of Woolly Hollow State Park | |||||||
| Location | Faulkner County, Arkansas, United States | ||||||
| Coordinates | 35°17′17″N 92°17′21″W / 35.287981°N 92.289222°W[1] | ||||||
| Area | 370 acres (150 ha)[2] | ||||||
| Elevation | 535 ft (163 m) | ||||||
| Established | 1973[2] | ||||||
| Administered by | Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism | ||||||
| Named for | Woolly family homestead | ||||||
| Website | Official website  | ||||||
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Woolly Hollow State Park is a 370-acre (150 ha) Arkansas state park in Faulkner County, near Greenbrier, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built and is based on a dam lake, Bennett Lake, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) located at nearby Camp Halsey[3] and Works Progress Administration (WPA) beginning in 1933. Access to the park is available from Arkansas Highway 285.
Originally, the land was a homestead by the Woolly family, and a restored cabin is on the property. The area was used by Dr. Hugh Bennett for soil studies in the 1930s. The CCC and WPA built a dam and lake, and it was used for watershed research. later named for Bennett. Before becoming a state park, the area was known as Centerville County Park.[2]
