2024 Map of Blue Mountain Dam

About this map

Blue Mountain Lake dominates the northern landscape of this region where Logan, Yell, and Scott Counties converge. The Petit Jean River flows into the reservoir near Waveland, a settlement marked by a concentration of local heritage sites including Rock Creek Cem and Alexander A Scott Cem. The terrain rises sharply to the south, transitioning from the water-carved valleys of Cedar Creek and Ladds Creek into the protected timberlands of the Ouachita National Forest. This modern survey illustrates the proximity of residential pockets like Quarry Heights to the primitive landscape of the Dry Creek Wilderness. Genealogists will find several family-named burial grounds preserved in the topography, such as Small Smith Cem and Moores Chapel Cem, which anchor the history of these upland communities between Potts Ridge and Potato Hill Mtn.