Lakes / Arkansas / Little River County / First Lake
First Lake, Arkansas
28 acres
Surface Area
Where It Sits, and How Deep It Goes
Locator - Arkansas
33.57 degrees N, 94.04 degrees W - Little River County. State and county outlines drawn from Census boundary data; the lake marker is placed by its USGS National Hydrography Dataset coordinates, not by eye. Schematic - not a survey map.
How First Lake Stacks Up
- Larger than 8% of the 623 lakes counted in Arkansas.
- About 85 miles from Hot Springs, as the crow flies.
Lakes Nearby
| Lake | County | Distance | Surface Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Lake | Little River | 0.8 mi | 53 acres |
| Mill Lake | Little River | 1.3 mi | 50 acres |
| Winham Lake | Miller | 2.1 mi | 62 acres |
| Bear Lake | Little River | 4.8 mi | 59 acres |
| Nacoosa Paper Retention Pond | Little River | 5.3 mi | 478 acres |
| Scott Lake | Little River | 6.6 mi | 34 acres |
Straight-line distance between lake centers.
Facts and Figures
Questions About First Lake
How Big Is First Lake?
First Lake covers 28 acres in Little River County, Arkansas.
What Is the Largest Lake in Little River County?
Nacoosa Paper Retention Pond is the largest lake in Little River County, at 478 acres.
Largest Lakes in Arkansas
| # | Lake | County | Surface Area | Max Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bull Shoals Lake | Marion | 44,979 acres | - |
| 2 | Lake Ouachita | Garland | 38,214 acres | - |
| 3 | Lake Dardanelle | Johnson | 34,067 acres | - |
| 4 | Greers Ferry Lake | Cleburne | 31,054 acres | - |
| 5 | Beaver Lake | Benton | 28,026 acres | - |
All 623 Arkansas lakes ranked by surface area
Sources: USGS NHD (The National Map NHD MapServer layer 12) named waterbodies FTYPE 390/436; counties via Census point-in-polygon lake data (ID 58619472). Verified October 30, 2026.