The Big Ditch Lodge

A Retreat for your Family, Business or Church Group

The Big Ditch Lodge, perfect for any season, comes complete with Southern hospitality. Home-cooked meals are served up by your hosts, Irma and Billy Simpson, or you can cook something yourself. The private master bedroom and spacious bunkroom sleep 10, and the cozy living area features a wood-burning fireplace, air conditioning, satellite television, Internet access — all in the surroundings of an old-fashioned hunting lodge. Staying at the Big Ditch Lodge will be an experience you'll remember for a lifetime.

Arkansas — known as "The Natural State" — offers a variety of indoor and outdoor experiences. Whether hunting, fishing or just relaxing with us at the Big Ditch Lodge, you will find a wide variety of activities to enjoy. Within just a few miles of the Lodge, you'll find:

Mack's Prairie Wings Sport Shop in Stuttgart
World's Championship Duck Calling Contest, Wings Over the Prairie Festival and Duck Gumbo Cook-Off each Thanksgiving weekend in Stuttgart
Arkansas County Agricultural Museum in Stuttgart
Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluff
White River National Wildlife Reserve Visitor Center at St. Charles
Lower White River Museum at Des Arc
Arkansas Post Museum in Gillett

Little Rock, just a 45-minute drive from Big Ditch Outdoors, is the state's cultural center, offering a diverse collection of museums, theaters, restaurants and other activities:

Clinton Presidential Library and Museum
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
Museum of Discovery
Aerospace Education Center and IMAX Theater
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Murry's Dinner Playhouse
Central High School Visitor Center and Museum
Wild River County, Arkansas' largest water park
Arkansas Travelers baseball
Arkansas Twisters arena football
Numerous independently owned and chain restaurants and other entertainment venues

Arkansas festivals, fun, food & more.
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