Wild River Country

Wild River Country
Slogan	Arkansas' Largest Water Park "Everyone's a ten!"
Location	North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Coordinates	34°49′05″N92°20′33″W / 34.818101°N 92.342620°W / 34.818101; -92.342620
Opened	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Closed	2020;5 years ago (2020)
Operating season	Memorial Day through Labor Day
Water slides	12 rides water slides
Website	Official Website

Wild River Country was an outdoor water park located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was the largest water park in the state of Arkansas. It was a popular attraction of the city and saw many visitors from all over the region. It however was unable to open for the 2020 season for legal reasons and was sold in auction.

Attractions

• Lazy River
• Water slides
• Wave pool area
• Kiddy play area, with small slides, water blasters & water falls
• Sand Volleyball

Specialty rides

• Cyclone, Two, Three, or Four person raft ride
• Vertigo, vortex water slide
• Pipeline, two-person roller coaster style ride
• Sidewinder, 200 foot serpentine ride
• Accelerator, vertical high-speed slide
• Wild River Rapids, A five level ride
• Vortex, A black covered body ride
• Black Lightning and White Lightning Twin body rides sharing a launch platform
• AquaLoop , Looping body slide

Closing of the Park in 2020

News article posted online in February 2020 described the park was to be auctioned off after having over five years of unpaid taxes totaling over $282,000. Calls to the phone number listed on the website were met with a busy signal, the official Facebook page was deleted and the website is no longer in working order. ^[1]

References

1. "Wild River Country scheduled for auction over unpaid taxes". 13 February 2020.

External links

• Wild River Country official site