Visitor Maps and Guides for the Caney Ranger District
Near the state line of Arkansas, the 32,000-acre Caney Ranger District is a fisherman's dream with serene Caney and Corney Lakes. Visitors can enjoy a wide variety of recreation opportunities such as picnicking, camping, hiking, biking, boating, and fishing. A forest area restored from sugar cane and cotton fields, the Caney Lakes Recreation Area offers easily accessed shoreline that provides a scenic setting for a wide variety of recreation opportunities including a separate group use area and picnic shelter, water skiing, hiking and biking on the Sugar Cane National Recreation Trail, Beech Bottom Loop or Lost Man Loop Trails. At Corney Lake Recreation Area, the beautiful 2,300-acre lake offers scenery of bald cypress, tupelo gum bottomlands, and breezy upland pines.
Caney Ranger District (Claiborne and Webster Parishes) Maps and Guides
Caney Lakes Recreation Area has beautiful trails and the Beaver Dam campground situated around Upper Caney Lake and Lower Caney Lake. Three hiking trails are available: Sugar Cane National Recreation Trail (5.6 miles), Lost Man Loop (1.8 miles), and Beech Bottom Loop (2.1 miles).
Large RVs and campers may reserve their spot at Beaver Dam Campground by visiting recreation.gov.
Ever wonder if that little dirt road is legal to drive on the National Forest? Here's a downloadable booklet to provide that information.