Ricks Lake, Ouachita Mountains, Garland County, Arkansas     User input for Ricks Lake, Ouachita Mountains, Garland County, Arkansas: Be the first to submit input for Ricks Lake. Help improve this web site with your great input. Submit Input: Your Name: Write or Paste Input here: Upload picture:      Review Guidelines       Ricks Lake is a very beautiful lake in beautiful surroundings. Yeah, come up here to the Ouachita Mountains for a splendid time. Drift down the rapids of Saline River - Middle Fork in a kayak. You assume that's enough? Just getting warmed up. Enjoy a round of golf at Magic Hills Public Golf Course not far from Ricks Lake, and camping at Phil's Mobile Home Park is always a splendid experience. Do check out Hot Springs Reservoir next to Ricks Lake, it's a charming       lake; a great location to camp here at Ricks Lake is Pit Stop RV Park and Restaurant. Ricks Lake is one of the lakes here in the Ouachita Mountains. All the outdoors enjoyable things in the Ouachita Mountains will keep you coming back persistently. A spree to Hot Springs National Park is worthwhile; if you need a spot to stay Howard Johnson Inn is a perfect choice. There's some out of the ordinary stuff to distinguish at Ricks Dam near Ricks Lake; lots of                  people from Hot Springs come here. This lake is so wonderful. Paddling on Gulpha Creek is so much fun; dry warm beds await you at Shamrock Motel. The high level of precipitation makes Ricks Lake a reasonably wet place; through May this area sees the most rain, and the driest month of the year is January. Summer at Ricks Lake arrives with high temperatures in the 90's; the night is a little colder of course, regularly in the 60's. The winter brings highs down to the 40's, and overnight lows throughout the winter for Ricks Lake tend to be in the 20's.   Shamrock Motel, Hot Springs 4 miles away Just minutes to downtown Hot Springs, the Shamrock Motel is conveniently located off Highway 70 and Highway 270 with easy access to the Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs Muscle Car Museum, golfin... Howard Johnson Inn, Hot Springs 4 miles away FREE HIGH SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET LARGE OUTDOOR POOL RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE ON PREMISES MICRO/FRIG ON REQUEST EXPANDED CABLE TV W/ HBO ASK ABOUT OUR FAMILY FUN PACKAGES(MAGIC SPRINGS) Centrally l... Current weather conditions at Ricks Lake, Ouachita Mountains, Garland County, Arkansas Local climate location: NIMROD DAM 0 miles away   Coordinates: Latitude: 34.56667 Longitude: -93.09333 Ouachita Mountains Lakes Complete list of all the lakes in the Ouachita Mountains. Ouachita Mountains Outdoors Info Complete outdoors info for the Ouachita Mountains. Arkansas Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Arkansas Garland County Lakes Complete list of all lakes in Garland County Books about Ricks Lake List of books available on Amazon.com about Ricks Lake, Ouachita Mountains, Garland County, Arkansas. Outdoors Recreation Near Hot Springs, Arkansas Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Hot Springs, Arkansas, the metro area neareast to Ricks Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more. Arkansas Outdoors Index This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of Arkansas.     These outdoors activities are available near Ricks Lake.   Hotels Near Ricks Lake: Shamrock Motel, Hot Springs, 4 miles away Howard Johnson Inn, Hot Springs, 4 miles away Hot Springs Ar Travelodge, Hot Springs, 4 miles away Travelier Inn, Hot Springs, 5 miles away Best Western Stagecoach Inn, Hot Springs, 5 miles away   Camp Grounds Near Ricks Lake: Phil's Mobile Home Park, Hot Springs National Park, 3 miles away Pit Stop RV Park and Restaurant, Hot Springs National Park, 4 miles away Gulpha Gorge Campground, Garland County, 5 miles away Young's RV Park, Hot Springs National Park, 5 miles away   Whitewater Near Ricks Lake: Gulpha Creek, Garland CountyCounty, 8 miles away       Class II+ - 2.2 miles long (Ridgeway Road to Highway 270) Saline River - Middle Fork, Garland CountyCounty, 11 miles away       Class II(III) - 0.9 miles long (Iron Springs to Buffalo Gap Road) Trace Creek, Perry CountyCounty, 15 miles away       Class II+ - 3.5 miles long (NFR 780 to Highway 7)   National Parks Near Ricks Lake: Hot Springs National Park, Hot Springs - AR, 6 miles away   Golf Courses Near Ricks Lake: Magic Hills Public Golf Course, Hot Springs National, 6 miles away   Lakes Near Ricks Lake: Hot Springs Reservoir, Garland CountyCounty, 0 miles away