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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Sep 6
2:00pm - 3:00pm

State Park Explorer

Cane Creek State Park, 50 State Park Road, Star City, AR 71667 United States
Discover what it means to be an Arkansas State Parks Explorer. Drop by the visitor center to learn how to get started. The Explorer Program is intended for young people who care about nature, history, safety and fun. Connect your mind and heart to...
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Sep 6
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Preserving the Legacy

Jacksonport State Park, 111 Avenue St., Newport, AR 72112 United States
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum. Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat moved to Newport, and why the courthouse was almost...
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Sep 6
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Crater of Diamonds Trivia

Crater of Diamonds State Park, 209 State Park Rd, Murfreesboro, AR 71958 United States
Cue the theme music, it's time to play trivia in a game show like fashion to put your Crater of Diamonds knowledge to the test. Meet in the Diamond Discovery Center classroom.
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Sep 6
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Discovering Nature Journals Hike

Woolly Hollow State Park, 82 Woolly Hollow Road, Greenbrier, AR 72058 United States
Preserve your memories and experiences of the great outdoors in a nature journal! Meet a park interpreter at the lake center (backside of snack bar) to assemble your journal and take an easy, 0.6-mile hike along the cabin trail to see what we can...
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Sep 6
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Learn to Fish

Crowley's Ridge State Park, 2092 Hwy. 168 North, Paragould, AR 72450 United States
Have you ever wanted to learn how to fish? Stop on by Lake Walcott for fishing 101. The park does have rods available and bait, but you are more than welcome to bring your own. Participants ages 16 and up must possess a valid fishing permit with...
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Sep 6
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Letterboxing

Lake Dardanelle State Park, 100 State Park Drive, Russellville, AR 72802 United States
Letterboxing is an activity that has been around for centuries. All it takes is a journal, stamp, clues and a compass. Come to the visitor center Orientation Room to learn about letterboxing and test your compass skills.
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Sep 6
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Spear and Atlatl Demonstration

Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park, 490 Toltec Mounds Road, Scott, AR 72142 United States
Have you ever wanted to try your hand at throwing a spear? Join a park interpreter to learn how to throw a spear with the help of a little-known Native American tool called an atlatl. Through this fun experience, gain an understanding of a tool...
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Sep 6
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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Sep 6
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Donkey Power in the Ozarks

Ozark Folk Center State Park, 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View, AR 72560 United States
Join interpreter Cody Daniel for a lively look at how donkeys supported everyday life in the rugged Ozark Mountains. Discover why these sure‑footed animals were essential partners for early settlers—helping haul supplies, work small homesteads, and...
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Sep 6
2:30pm - 3:00pm

Bubbles from Petrochemicals?

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources, 4087 Smackover Hwy., Smackover, AR 71762 United States
Do bubbles come from petrochemicals? How did children in the 1920s get bubble solution? Join a park interpreter as we discover the answer to those questions and also make our own bubble wands (which might involve petrochemicals also). And of course...
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Sep 6
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Spider Craft and Story

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Kids, join park staff for a Native American spider story and craft. We will be making our own take-home spiders.
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Sep 6
3:00pm - 4:00pm

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 and the unique history of this area.
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Sep 6
3:00pm - 3:45pm

Ouachita Watercolors

Lake Ouachita State Park, 5451 Mountain Pine Rd, Mountain Pine, AR 71956 United States
Throughout time, water holds power at Lake Ouachita State Park. Discover the history and importance of Lake Ouachita and its powerful water by joining a park interpreter during this lakeside watercolor painting activity.
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Sep 6
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Fish Whisperer

Devil's Den State Park, 11333 West Arkansas Hwy. 74, West Fork, AR 72774 United States
Become a fish whisperer by discovering about how the fish survive at Devil's Den State Park and use that knowledge to find the best fishing spots. We’ll also use that knowledge to design your own 3D paper fish.
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Sep 6
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Cameron Bluff Stroll

Mount Magazine State Park, 16878 AR-309, Paris, AR 72855 United States
Stroll with a park interpreter into some intriguing history of early settlers on Mount Magazine State Park. Guests will also see some of Arkansas’ most scenic landscapes from Cameron’s Bluff. This hike includes mostly paved surfaces, some uneven...
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