Greers Ferry Lake is one of the country's underrated walleye, hybrid striper, and smallmouth fisheries, and this cottage sits five minutes from Ramp Lane on the Drasco side. Roll out early, be on the water before the wind picks up, and be back for coffee before anyone at the cottage notices you left. Bring your boat, or fish from shore off the ramp.
The cottage itself is small, quiet, and tucked into a wooded one-acre lot in Drasco. Two bedrooms, one bath, a full kitchen, and enough room to stage rods, coolers, and gear without tracking the lake into the living room. Heat pump keeps things comfortable in every season. A covered porch, a fire ring, and a private drive round it out.
It works for more than anglers. Families use it as a low-key base for lake days, hikes, and the Sugarloaf Mountain island trail (the famous lake-island one you can see from the water, not to be confused with the Heber Springs Sugarloaf). Traveling healthcare staff and relocating professionals book it by the month. Anyone who wants an honest cabin in the woods, ten minutes from open water and twenty from Heber Springs, will feel at home here.
Inside: two bedrooms, one bath, full kitchen with cookware and coffee setup, washer and dryer, WiFi, streaming TV.
Outside: covered porch, fire ring, gas grill, private wooded acre, room to park a boat and truck.
Nearby: Ramp Lane launch on Greers Ferry (5 minute drive), Sugarloaf Mountain island trail, Greers Ferry Dam and the tailwater, Heber Springs restaurants and grocery (20 minutes), and the Little Red River trout water (30 minutes, in case the walleye aren't cooperating).
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