Lake Fort Smith State Park, AR, Oct 2024
The total drive is about 311 miles.
Driving Directions
- (0.0 miles) Head to the camp loop exit
- (0.7 miles) Right on N 1415 Rd
- (2.6 miles) Right on E 900 Rd leaving the park
- (2.7 miles) Left on Clinton Parkway
- (2.7 miles) Immediate Right on US-40 / KS-10 / South Lawrence Trafficway
- (35.0 miles) Stay in left two lanes to merge onto I-435 East
- (48.6 miles) Take exit 71 A by staying in the right lanes for I-49 South / US-71 South towards Grandview / Joplin
- (49.3 miles) Take exit 1 by staying in right lanes for I-49 South / US-71 South towards Joplin
- (303 miles) Take exit 34, on right, to East Front Avenue/AR-282 towards AR-282 / Chester
- (304 miles) Left on East Front Avenue / AR-282
- (305 miles) Sharp left on US-71 N
- (309 miles) Right on Shepherd Spring Road
- (311 miles) Right on Becky Wright Lane
- (311 miles) Second left into parking at park office, RV parking in front of entrance.
Rest Stops
- 54.7 miles, Exit 177, QuikTrip (left, small)
- Right on W Frontage Rd, left on KS-150 E, right on White Ave, right on E 147th st
- 65.5 miles, Exit 167, Flying J Travel Center (left, pull-thru, Dennys), (near: Sonic)
- 74.3 miles, Exit 158, Loves Travel Stop (right, McDonalds, Subway)
- 75.7 miles, Exit 157, Sapp Brothers Travel Center (right, pull-thru)
- 101 miles, Exit 131, Walmart (left). Caseys (new, unknown), (near: Burger King, Taco Bell, McDonalds, Sonic)
- 130 miles, Exit 101, Pilot Travel Center (right, small), n(near: Burger King, Taco Bell,
- 154 miles, Exit 77, Caseys (left/right, small, some pull-thru), Walmart (right, right), (near: DQ, McDonalds, Taco Bell, Sonic)
- 195 miles, Exit 39, Flying J Travel Center (left, pull-thru, Dennys), QuikTrip (right, small)
- 206 miles, Exit 27, Loves Travel Center (left, McDonalds)
- 243 miles, Exit 91, Lowes Home Improvement (left, large), (near: McDonalds)
- 260 miles, Exit 78, Workmans Travel Center (right, small), (near: McDonalds)
- 280 miles, Exit 58, Tobo Travel Plaza/Phillips 66 (right, few pull-thru, McDonalds)
General Notes