The reservoir sits surrounded by tall pine trees, giving it a rich, wooded beauty.

The park features hiking trails of easy to moderate difficulty, of which the Beech Ridge and Silver Maples trails give a good understanding of the "West Gulf Coastal Plain forest" setting.

White Oak Lake is reasonably popular with local residents, but its location in a part of Arkansas with few tourists keeps it from undue crowding or traffic.

White Oak Lake is near the Poison Springs Battleground State Park, a Civil War battlefield.

It is the second largest lake created by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission,[1] at 1,656 acres (670 ha).