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 4
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Native American Technology

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Join park staff in exploring the tools and weapons used by the people who occupied the Native American village site that was here for an estimated 600 years. We will be demonstrating spear throwing with the atlatl and giving visitors a chance to try...
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Sep 5
9:30am - 10:00am

Welcome to the Weekend Social: Layers of Time

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Kick off the weekend with us at Parkin Archeological State Park. We will be sharing an overview of the park and discussing the timeline of the history of the park. We will follow this program with a guided site tour.
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Sep 5
10:00am - 11:00am

Site Tour Hike

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Join park staff for an informative tour of the Native American village site at Parkin. The tour will follow a 3/4-mile paved walking path around the site and will last an hour.
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Sep 5
2:30pm - 3:30pm

Survival Bracelet craft

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Join us and make a paracord survival bracelet. This craft will allow you to make a fun accessory to wear on your next hike or camping trip. Small children may need help from an adult.
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Sep 6
1:00pm - 2:00pm

Site Tour Hike

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Join park staff for an informative tour of the village site at Parkin. We will be on a paved 3/4-mile walkway and the tour will last about an hour.
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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 7
10:00am - 11:00am

Site Tour Hike

Parkin Archeological State Park, 60 State Hwy 184, Parkin, AR 72373 United States
Join park staff on an informative tour of the village site at Parkin. We will be on a 3/4-mile paved walkway and the tour will take about an hour.
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