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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Jul 4
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Feel the Furs

Mount Nebo State Park, 16728 West State Hwy. 155, Dardanelle, AR 72834 United States
Join us for a hands-on experience with the different furs of Arkansas wildlife. Feel the various pelts and discover all the functions that make each animal unique.
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Jul 4
3:00pm - 3:30pm

250 Years of Declaring Independence

Millwood State Park, 1564 Hwy. 32 East, Ashdown, AR 71822 United States
Join our park superintendent and participate in the reading of the Declaration of Independence in front of the visitor center looking at the flag raised at the park entrance. Be a part of this moment in history as we celebrate 250 years together this...
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Jul 4
3:00pm - 3:45pm

Spring Lake Wild Walk and Scavenger Scramble

Mammoth Spring State Park, 17 Highway 63 North, Mammoth Spring, AR 72554 United States
Get ready to party like it’s 1776. Join our State Park Interpreter for a birthday bash in honor of America’s 250th—complete with a fun‑filled hike around Spring Lake. We’ll wander through wildlife, swap stories about the park’s colorful past, and...
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Jul 4
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Daisy America 250 Bike/Walk Parade

Daisy State Park, 103 East Park, Kirby, AR 71950 United States
Join us at the playground for a special 4th of July campground bike parade. Participants may bring their bicycle or walk. We will decorate our bikes and step off the parade at 4:30 p.m. for a route around parts of the park while wearing our favorite...
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Jul 4
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Reptiles of Moro Bay

Moro Bay State Park, 6071 Hwy. 600, Jersey, AR 71651 United States
Join a park interpreter at the visitor center nature room and meet our live baby alligator. We will also learn what makes reptiles special and about some of the other ones that make their homes in and around Moro Bay State Park.
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Jul 4
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Nature BINGO Hike

Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area, 1980 Hwy. 278 West, Wickes, AR 71973 United States
The great outdoors consists of many elements, but will your BINGO card match what you can spot? Take a stroll in nature with a park interpreter and see who can score a BINGO first. This is a 0.75-mile hike rated easy.
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Jul 4
3:30pm - 4:00pm

Snake Smarts

Lake Catherine State Park, 1200 Catherine Park Road, Hot Springs, AR 71913 United States
Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater to test your snake smarts. Learn how to identify the venomous snakes of Arkansas. Participants will have the opportunity to meet a live speckled kingsnake.
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 5:00pm

CCC Softball

Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road, Morrilton, AR 72110 United States
This friendly game connects participants to the past at Petit Jean: Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) who built this park in the 1930s played softball as a form of recreation while living and working here. Meet the park interpreters...
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Do You Know Butterflies?

Mount Magazine State Park, 16878 AR-309 , Paris, AR 72855 United States
Butterflies are a unique species that is uniquely adapted to life on the Island in the Sky, Mount Magazine. How well do you know these creatures? Test both your butterfly knowledge and your bag toss skills with a park interpreter. This program is...
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Nature Bingo

Lake Fort Smith State Park, 15458 Sheperd Springs Road, Mountainburg, AR 72946-0004 United States
Join a park interpreter to play a fun game of nature bingo. As we play, we will discover more about the natural things found at Lake Fort Smith State Park. Fun and prizes for all ages.
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Pearling and Shelling on the White River

Jacksonport State Park, 111 Avenue St., Newport, AR 72112 United States
Discover the fascinating world of White River pearling as the residents of Jacksonport experienced it at the turn of the 20th century. See the equipment used by divers and learn about the multitude of uses for the mussel shells. Most especially...
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:30pm

Terrific Trees

Bull Shoals-White River State Park, 153 Dam Overlook Lane, Bull Shoals, AR 72619 United States
At Bull Shoals-White River State Park, you are never far from a tree. Do you know how to identify any of the trees you see? Join a park interpreter to discover some methods for identifying them.
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:45pm

Take Nothing But Pictures

Pinnacle Mountain State Park, 9600 Highway 300, Roland, AR 72135 United States
Have you ever been hiking in a park and discovered a pretty rock and wanted to take it? Or a beautiful flower and wanted to pick it? Join a park interpreter for a stroll on our newest trail, Owl Pass Monument Trail, where we will talk about the...
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:30pm

A Gathering for the Reading of the Declaration of Independence

Crater of Diamonds State Park, 209 State Park Rd, Murfreesboro, AR 71958 United States
Commemorate America 250 by attending a reading of the Declaration of Independence! Meet a park interpreter at the campground amphitheater. Almost every Arkansas State Park is hosting a similar program today - enjoy the special feeling of being part...
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Jul 4
4:00pm - 4:45pm

A Gathering for Reading of the Declaration of Independence

Lake Ouachita State Park, 5451 Mountain Pine Rd, Mountain Pine, AR 71956 United States
As Arkansas State Parks celebrate America250, a park interpreter will read aloud the Declaration of Independence. Following this reading, Lake Ouachita State Park would also like to pause and acknowledge the history that happened here before the...
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