Arkansas State Park Events

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Our interpretive guides routinely schedule fun, family-friendly adventures that are designed to help you have a more meaningful park experience and make memories of a lifetime. We offer more than 15,000 activities each year, including outdoor recreation skills demonstrations and workshops, guided hikes, lake tours on park boats, birding walks, kayak tours, living history activities, nature games, bald eagle watches, spring wildflower walks, campfires, school field trips, and much more — there’s something going on all the time! Use the search filters to view specific parks, dates, or topics.

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May 22
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Woolly Cabin Tour

Woolly Hollow State Park, 82 Woolly Hollow Road Greenbrier, AR 72058 United States
Love history? Join a park interpreter to learn more about our park's story while touring the 143-year-old Woolly Cabin.
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May 22
2:00pm - 2:45pm

The Story of the Jackson Guards

Jacksonport State Park, 111 Avenue St. Newport, AR 72112 United States
Made up of the best young men of Jackson County, the Jackson Guards, Company G, left Jacksonport with great fanfare May 5th, 1861, the day before Arkansas seceded from the Union. Young and inexperienced, many difficulties faced the Jackson Guards...
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May 22
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Keeping Cool

Bull Shoals-White River State Park, 153 Dam Overlook Lane Bull Shoals, AR 72619 United States
The weather is heating up just in time for Memorial Day Weekend. Join a park interpreter to discover methods of keeping cool while enjoying the outdoors and recreating at Bull Shoals-White River State Park. Learn the signs of heat-related illnesses...
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May 22
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Skins, Scat, and Skulls

Lake Ouachita State Park, 5451 Mountain Pine Rd Mountain Pine, AR 71956 United States
Join a park interpreter at the Exploration Station in Camp Area A to learn about the local animals that call Lake Ouachita State Park home. Park interpreters will have pelts, skulls, and tracks to show you some interesting identifying characteristics...
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May 22
2:00pm - 2:30pm

Rabbits in the Sky and on the Ground

Lake Fort Smith State Park, 15458 Sheperd Springs Road Mountainburg, AR 72946-0004 United States
One of the many wild animals that makes Lake Fort Smith State Park its home is the Eastern Cottontail rabbit. Did you know there are also rabbits that live in the sky? Meet a park interpreter to discover how the cottontail rabbit lives and survives...
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May 22
2:30pm - 3:00pm

It's A Bat

Mount Magazine State Park, 16878 AR-309 Paris, AR 72855 United States
Let’s compare apples to oranges. Join a park interpreter to learn about bats at Mount Magazine State Park by comparing them to something you are most likely a bit more familiar with, birds.
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May 22
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Cotton Ginning Demonstration

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South Scott, AR 72142 United States
The cotton gin is a simple tool with a complex story. Discover more about this story as park staff gins cotton on the museum's demonstration gin. Feel the difference in cotton before and after it has been ginned and learn how much work it takes to...
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May 22
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Boat Tour

Moro Bay State Park, 6071 Hwy. 600 Jersey, AR 71651 United States
Hop aboard a relaxing cruise to see the waterways around Moro Bay State Park with a park interpreter as your guide. Wading birds, basking turtles, and fishing holes await. Seating is limited so those who wish to come should sign up (call 870-463-8555...
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May 22
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Boy Scout Trail Adventure Hike

Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road Morrilton, AR 72110 United States
Join a park interpreter at the Rock House Cave trailhead for a hike to one of the most scenic and hidden overlooks in the park. Along the way we will explore a rock glade, identify different plants and admire the beauty of Cedar Creek Canyon. Be sure...
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May 22
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Disaster - Floods and Tornados

Jacksonport State Park, 111 Avenue St. Newport, AR 72112 United States
Join a park interpreter to learn about two of the major disasters that have affected Jacksonport State Park both past and present.
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May 22
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Delta Heritage Trail Guided Hike: Lick Creek Trailhead

Delta Heritage Trail State Park, 5539 Hwy 49 Helena-West Helena, AR 72390 United States
Trek through the Arkansas Delta's quiet natural and cultural heritage. Meet at the visitor center before starting a caravan in your personal vehicles a short way to the Lick Creek Trailhead. From there, a park interpreter will lead a 1-mile guided...
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May 22
4:00pm - 5:00pm

Mountain Medicine Hike

Queen Wilhelmina State Park, Queen Wilhelmina State Park 3877 Highway 88 West Mena, AR 71953 United States
Settlers originally sought out Rich Mountain to help heal medical ailments, restore the weary, and bolster the soul. The mountain has a long history of providing a source of natural medicine. Join a park interpreter to learn about how the settlers...
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May 22
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Life in a Covered Wagon

Lake Fort Smith State Park, 15458 Sheperd Springs Road Mountainburg, AR 72946-0004 United States
Discover how the use of a covered wagon enabled pioneers to settle the area now known as Lake Fort Smith State Park. Daily life was full of hard choices of what to pack for the westward expansion. Meet a park interpreter and try your hand at...
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May 22
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Discovering Nature Journals

Woolly Hollow State Park, 82 Woolly Hollow Road Greenbrier, AR 72058 United States
Preserve your memories and experiences in the great outdoors in a journal. Meet a park interpreter at the lake center (backside of the snack bar) to make your own journal and learn some outdoor journaling tips. All materials are provided.
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May 22
5:00pm - 5:45pm

Rock House Cave Hike

Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road Morrilton, AR 72110 United States
Meet a park interpreter at the Rock House Cave trailhead to hike to the park's archeology site, Rock House Cave. We will view American Indian rock art and discover more about the windows into the past that these images provide. This hike is 1/4-mile...
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