State Tourism Director Announces List of Top 175 Places to Visit in Arkansas in Honor of State’s 175th Birthday


 
LITTLE ROCK (May 10, 2011) - During the Arkansas Travel Workers Rally at the State Capitol, Tourism Director Joe David Rice announced the tongue-twisting official name for the state’s 175th Celebration: Septaquintaquinquecentennial.
 
“Some of us just call it the 175th Birthday,” joked Rice about the difficult pronunciation of the word.
 
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism also announced the list of 175 Top Places to Visit, as determined by activity and searches on Arkansas.com, and encouraged residents to go to www.arkansas.com/175 and vote for their favorite destinations in the state.
 
"It seems every family has a place in Arkansas that is special to them,” said Rice. “Whether it’s a hiking trail, a museum, a state park or farmers market, this state has an almost unlimited number of options to enjoy.”
 
Online voting ends June 8. The Top 10 attractions which get the most votes will be announced Wednesday, June 15, Arkansas’s birthday as a state.
 
The list of 175 destinations is as follows:
 

Arkansas & Missouri Railroad
Arkansas Air Museum
Arkansas Arts Center
Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame
Arkansas Governor's Mansion
Arkansas Historic Wine Museum
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources State Park
Arkansas Post Museum State Park
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Railroad Museum
Arkansas River Trail
Arkansas Rock 'N' Roll Highway Museum
Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame Museum
Arkansas State Capitol
Arkansas State University Museum
Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas
Bathhouse Row
Belle Grove Historic District
Big Dam Bridge Pedestrian and Bicycle Trail
Big Lake National Wildlife Refuge
Blanchard Springs Caverns & Recreation Area
Blue Mountain Lake
Botanical Garden of the Ozarks
Buffalo National River Boxley Valley Historic District
Bull Shoals-White River State Park
Camp Nelson Confederate Cemetery
Cane Creek State Park
Central Arkansas Nature Center
Central Delta Depot & Museum
Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
Clinton House Museum
Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
Collin Raye Museum
Conway Cemetery State Park
Cossatot River State Park-Natural Area
Cove Lake
Crater of Diamonds State Park
Crowley's Ridge State Park
Daisy Airgun Museum
Daisy State Park
Davidsonville Historic State Park
DeGray Lake Resort State Park
Delta Cultural Center
Delta Heritage Trail
Delta Rivers Nature Center
Devil's Backbone Civil War Battlefield
Devil's Den State Park
Dickson Street Entertainment District
El Dorado Downtown Historic District
Eureka Springs Downtown Historic District
Fayetteville Underground
Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge
Forrest City Downtown Murals
Fort Chaffee Barbershop Museum
Fort Smith Museum of History
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith Regional Art Museum
Four States Auto Museum
Gangster Museum of America
Gann Museum of Saline County
Garvan Woodland Gardens
Grant County Museum & Heritage Square
Guachoya Cultural Art Center
Hampson Archeological Museum State Park
Haw Creek Falls
Headquarters House Museum & Garden
Heifer International's Heifer Village
Helena Museum
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Education Center
Historic Arkansas Museum
Historic Perot Theatre
Historic Washington State Park
Hobbs State Park–Conservation Area
Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge
Hot Springs Mountain Tower
Hot Springs National Park
Jacksonport State Park
Jacksonville Military History Museum
Jerome Historic Marker
John H. Johnson Museum
Josephine Tussaud Wax Museum
Lake Catherine State Park
Lake Charles State Park
Lake Chicot State Park
Lake Dardanelle State Park
Lake Fort Smith State Park
Lake Frierson State Park
Lake Ouachita State Park
Lake Poinsett State Park
Lake Saracen Walking Trail
Lakeport Plantation
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
Little Rock Nature Center
Little Rock Zoo
Log Cabin Museum
Logoly State Park
Louisiana Purchase State Park
Lower White River Museum State Park
MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History
Magic Springs Water and Theme Park
Mammoth Spring State Park
Mark Martin Museum
Martha Mitchell House
Maynard Pioneer Museum & Park
McCollum-Chidester House
Mid-America Science Museum
Millwood State Park
Mississippi River State Park
Moro Bay State Park
Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Mount Magazine State Park
Mount Nebo State Park
Museum of Contemporary Art at the Ozark
Museum of Native American History
Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie
National Park Aquarium
North Central Arkansas Art Gallery
Oaklawn Racing and Gaming
Old Hardy Town
Old Independence Regional Museum
Old Jail Museum
Old State House Museum
Osage Creek Performing Arts Center
Ozark Folk Center State Park
Ozark Heritage Arts Center & Museum
Ozark Medieval Fortress
Ozark Military Museum
Parkin Archeological State Park
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area
Peel Mansion Museum & Heritage Gardens
Petit Jean State Park
Pillow-Thompson Victorian House
Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum
Pinnacle Mountain State Park/Arkansas Arboretum
Plantation Agriculture Museum State Park
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park, formerly Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park
Powhatan Historic State Park
Prairie Grove Battlefield Historic State Park
Quapaw Quarter
Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Quigley's Castle
Reed's Bridge Battlefield
River Market District
Rohwer Internment Camp Historic Marker
Sam Walton's Five & Dime WalMart Visitor Center
Saunders Memorial Museum
Scott Joplin Mural
Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
South Arkansas Arboretum State Park
Southern Tenant Farmers Museum
Southland Park Gaming and Racing
St. Francis County Museum
State Line Avenue
Subiaco Abbey, Academy and Retreat Center
Susan Morrison Signature Gallery
Texarkana Museum of Regional History
Texarkana Regional Arts Center
The New Great Passion Play
The Old Mill
The Painted House Movie Set
Thorncrown Chapel
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
USS Razorback
Van Buren Downtown Historic District
Village Creek State Park
Walton Fine Arts Center
War Eagle Mill
Wegner Quartz Crystal Mines
White Oak Lake State Park
White River National Wildlife Refuge
Wild River Country
Wild Wilderness Safari
Withrow Springs State Park
Woolly Hollow State Park

 
For more information, contact Dena Woerner at dena.woerner@arkansas.gov or 501-682-7606.

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