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White Hall, Arkansas
offers a variety of attractions for visitors. The White Hall Museum is located at 9009 Dollarway Road (behind the local police station.) This museum displays local historic materials including a classroom, dolls, documents, photos, and newspaper clippings. Military memorabilia, the city's first fire truck, a section of the original "dollarway" road and a Cotton Belt caboose are also on display in the museum. Another White Hall attraction is the city’s library, which is the largest branch library of the Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Library System, and is located at 300 Anderson Road. The White Hall Library offers a collection of over 30,000 books, videos and books on cassette, which can be checked out, and access to over 150,000 items throughout the Library System. The Library has computers offering a variety of databases, word processing, educational programs, and access to the Internet and has basic photocopy and fax services. White Hall also offers a variety of shopping and dining venues.
White Hall is located in what is known as the Timberlands region of Arkansas. Each year thousands of sportsmen come to southern Arkansas for what is considered the best deer hunting in the state. They also come to fish the many lakes and streams of the area for lunker bass. The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Regional Park is known as the “Bass Capital of the World” and is host to over 30 fishing tournaments each year. Regional Park is also home to an 18-hole golf course and offers picnicking, a playground and one of the best softball complexes in the state. The Ben Pearson Memorial Archery Range is one of Regional Park’s most popular attractions. The 40-acre range has 56 targets scattered throughout a natural setting. Regional Park also has a 54-pad recreational vehicle park and an amphitheater. The city of Pine Bluff, which is just a short drive from White Hall, also offers eight city-owned, lighted tennis courts. There are several National and State Parks near White Hall. Within an hour’s drive, you can visit Toltec Mounds, Pinnacle Mountain and the Arkansas Territorial Restoration. Within two hours, you can be at the Hot Springs National Park, Petit Jean Mountain, Arkansas Post or Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Just 8 miles away, in the city of Pine Bluff, is the Arts and Science Center, Pine Bluff Symphony, the Jefferson County Historical Museum, Band Museum and the Arkansas Railroad Museum. Just a little further away is the exciting city of Little Rock, where you can attend concerts, the ballet, sporting events, such as Arena football, hockey, a Razorback game at War Memorial Stadium or a Travelers Baseball game. Other attractions in Little Rock include the Central High Museum, Children's Museum of Arkansas, IMAX Theatre, Little Rock Zoo, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, Museum of Discovery, the Old State House Museum, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Planetarium, Wild River Country Water Park and Willow Springs Water Park.
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