Labeled as The Natural State, Arkansas has a wide variety of resources and mixed geography which has a great part in the history of America's recreation. Arkansas is adjacent on the north by Missouri; on the east it is covered by the beautiful and historic Mississippi River, which separates it from Mississippi and Tennessee; on the south end, are Louisiana swamps; and on the west the bountiful plains of Oklahoma and Texas; all these factors combined have helped shape Arkansas into one of the country's most diversified and prized landscapes.