Fort Smith Park — Attraction in Fort Smith

My initial review of this place had been up for 2 years. I called it my serenity, but it's not anymore. Yes, they are doing improvements if that's what you are to call them. If you enjoy concrete then come on down. This used to be my place of wildness, Arkansas Beauty I guess. Now there are more parking lots, concrete gazebos, and many new concrete trails. Less grass, less wildlife, less enjoyment for me personally. Well I hope this does what they wanted to -- maybe make it more family-friendly --they spent 6 months constructing a smaller playground right across the trail from the playground that has been wonderfully used and more than sufficient that they already had. I have not seen the new playground used once the only upside to the new playground right next to the old playground is that you land on grass instead of possible dirt or gravel if you should happen to trip. My God had they taken the grass away it would have been a two-year project!!! Thank you guys ...where do I walk in the grass and enjoy the green, the trees, the squirrels and the birds? Now I must trip over an empty playground?. Enjoy the empty gazebo and extra parking lot folks ...,. I guess I will try to find someplace else . Thanks for the ride Fort Smith Park.☮️💜😂well I feel a little silly now. After closer inspection the little small playground that I was complaining about is not for a little small folks it's a small fenced an agility course for dogs!! I drove past it one day there was actually a little dog in there running around it has some agility pieces that a dog would use in an agility course the dog's owner was sitting inside her car eating a donut and the dog was wandering around looking sad and looking at the little playthings. It was cute but I felt sorry for the dog the big lady should put the donut down and go in with her dog! Sorry for the confusion folks I've had more dogs than I have...

Park is deceiving. I don't know what the long term plan is as this is my first visit but right now there are three very awful things here - the bathrooms. They appear to have been abandoned and they are very nasty. They should have them completely fenced off. I suspect the park is under renovations but there is no signage indicating that. The three stars I gave are because they have a nice boat ramp/ parking area, a nice new playground, and what looks like nice campsites. I would like to come back sometime and maybe camp while boating on the river, but we'll see. Take note, one of those nasty bathrooms are right next to the...

I visited Fort Smith park today and although it is very nice, the citizens of this area that use it need to take better care of the bark park. I was sad that someone let their dog dig up holes and some of the play ground area was torn up. And, even though there are bags to pick up the dog mess, people have ignored the hint and haven't been using them. We can do better as a community. It is a shame that something new and beneficial to OUR area has been torn up already. That said, I did manage to take pictures that I wanted to share. Someone please fix...