This park, which centers around Lake June, is a lovely place to stop if you're visiting Stamps,…read moreArkansas. After Dr. Maya Angelou's death in 2014, this park (located in her childhood hometown of Stamps) was renamed in her honor. For anyone who has read Dr. Angelou's famed biographical novel "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", Lake June will hold special significance. It was mentioned 13 times in the book as "the pond", specifically talking about the segregation in Stamps at the time of her childhood, and how she would have to venture across "the pond" and railroad tracks to "whitefolksville". While this park is a beautiful, quiet spot in a general sense, it's its ability to bring Dr. Angelou's story to life than elevates it to something truly special. To end with a relevant quote from the book: "Each day I found some time to walk to the pond where people went to catch sun perch and striped bass. The hours I chose to go were too early or late for fishermen, so I had the area to myself. I stood on the bank of the green dark water, and my thoughts skidded like the water spiders. Now this way, now that, now the other way."