The Tri-County Lake in Fordyce was the first Game & Fish Commission Lake in Arkansas. Covering 280 acres, the lake is a favorite spot for Black Crappie, Blue Catfish, Bluefish, Bowfin, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Green Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Longear Sunfish, Redear Sunfish , Spotted Gar , Warmouth.

Brandon's Sporting Goods, 870-352-3270, Thornton, AR 71766

Lake DeGray State Park

Lake Degray Resort is located on Scenic Highway 7, 50 miles northwest of Fordyce. The park offers visitors 13,800-acres of fishing and water sports, a 96-room island lodge and lakeside swimming pool, campsites among pine forests and along the lakeshore, an 18-hole championship public golf course (7,200 yards) and pro shop, tennis and trails, a full-service marina with party barge, houseboat, fishing boat and wave runner rentals, and a variety of interpretive naturalist programs, recreational activities, and year-round special events.

Logoly State Park Logoly State Park is located 50 miles southwest of Fordyce on US Highway 79 an is Arkansas's first environmental education state park. Interpreters at the park present workshops on ecological and environmental topics. The park's natural resources provide a living laboratory for students and nature lovers. Most of Logoly's 368 acres comprise a State Natural Area with unique plant life and numerous mineral springs. Facilities include six group tent sites (no hookups), a bathhouse with hot showers, standard pavilion (free to educational groups), picnic sites, trails, and a visitor center with an exhibit area and indoor classroom. P.O. Box 245, McNeil, AR 71752 , (870) 695-3561

Downtown Fordyce - Main street Antique Mall, Presbyterian Church featuring 36 stained glass windows and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and downtown murals.

Festivals - Have fun at our Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival, fourth Saturday in April and Annual Fordyce Autumn Jamboree and Craft Show in late October.

Dallas County Museum - Fordyce; walk through Dallas County history in our time line exhibit, Dr. T.E. Rhine exhibit (runners-up for doctor of the year in 1950s) and "Bear" Bryant exhibit.

Fordyce Country Club, 870-352-2264, Rt 2, Fordyce, AR 71742