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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Aug 15
9:00am - 9:45am

Beginner Birdwatching

Bull Shoals-White River State Park, 153 Dam Overlook Lane, Bull Shoals, AR 72619 United States
Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a great place to start your birdwatching journey. Join a park interpreter to learn about field guides, binoculars, and the best places in the park to find birds. Binoculars will be provided.
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Aug 15
9:00am - 9:45am

Bear Cave Hike

Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road, Morrilton, AR 72110 United States
Join a park interpreter at the Bear Cave trailhead for an interesting walk among the giant sandstone boulders and slot canyons of the Bear Cave area. This is a relatively easy 1/4-mile hike that is great for the whole family. Please wear sturdy shoes...
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Aug 15
9:00am - 11:00am

Mammals of Cossatot River

Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area, 1980 Hwy. 278 West, Wickes, AR 71973 United States
Are you ready to discover the wild side of Cossatot River State Park? Stop by to investigate the diverse wildlife of the area with a park interpreter. This is a come and go station.
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Aug 15
10:00am - 11:00am

Legacy of the Spring Hike

Mammoth Spring State Park, 17 Highway 63 North, Mammoth Spring, AR 72554 United States
Join a park interpreter for a 6/10th-mile hike around Spring Lake and learn about the 10th largest spring in the world.
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Aug 15
10:00am - 11:00am

Herbs and Herb Uses

Arkansas Post Museum, 5530 Hwy. 165 South, Gillett, AR 72055 United States
The settlers of the Arkansas Grand Prairie had many uses for wild and domesticated herbs. Join museum staff in the kitchen garden to learn about garden herbs that grow in the Delta and what uses they had in the households of the southern Grand...
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Aug 15
10:00am - 11:00am

Scavenger Hunt Hike

Jacksonport State Park, 111 Avenue St., Newport, AR 72112 United States
Are you up for the Scavenger Hunt Challenge? Join a park interpreter for a hike and game combined. Along the trail we’ll be on the lookout for many different items, animals, sounds and colors found in nature. This easy 1 1/4-mile long hike/game takes...
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Aug 15
10:00am - 10:30am

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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Aug 15
10:00am - 10:30am

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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Aug 15
10:00am - 11:00am

Discovery of Crowley's Ridge

Crowley's Ridge State Park, 2092 Hwy. 168 North, Paragould, AR 72450 United States
Join a park interpreter in learning about the formation of our famous ridge. Learn how the ridge is still active to this day. Meet at the visitor center.
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Aug 15
10:30am - 11:30am

International Geocaching Day: Geocaching 101

Plantation Agriculture Museum, 4815 AR Hwy 161 South, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Join park staff to learn the basics of geocaching and work together to find the cache hidden on the grounds of Plantation Agriculture Museum.
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Aug 15
11:00am - 11:45am

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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Aug 15
11:30am - 12:00pm

What's for Lunch?

Lake Dardanelle State Park, 100 State Park Drive, Russellville, AR 72802 United States
We have 8,000 gallons of aquariums, filled with many of the fish species found in Lake Dardanelle. Join park staff in the visitor center as they feed the fish live food. See for yourself what's for lunch.
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Aug 15
1:00pm - 1:30pm

"Meet a Tree" Hike

Petit Jean State Park, 1285 Petit Jean Mountain Road, Morrilton, AR 72110 United States
What would Petit Jean State Park be like without our trees? Meet a park interpreter at the amphitheater for a short hike to get to know the trees of the park and how they shape the land. This program lasts about 30 minutes.
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Aug 15
1:00pm - 1:45pm

"Walk Like a Morsbach" Hike

Mount Magazine State Park, 16878 AR-309 , Paris, AR 72855 United States
Join a park interpreter and walk like a Morsbach through Mount Magazine State Park's beautiful natural habitat and immerse yourself in a storied past. This mostly wooded 1-mile hike features some uneven terrain, and a few gradual hills. Season...
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Aug 15
1:00pm - 1:30pm

Herbs, History & Healing Hike

Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560 United States
Take a walk through the Heritage Herb Garden and learn how people and plants connect in the Ozarks. Meet next to the waterfall in front of the Apothecary Shop for this guided hike led by herbalist Linda Odom to see, feel and smell the plants as you...
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