Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Are you looking for fun activities during your visit to an Arkansas State Park? Our park interpreters routinely schedule fun, family-friendly programs that are designed to help you have a more meaningful park experience and make memories of a lifetime. We offer more than 50,000 activities each year, including guided hikes, lake tours on park boats, birding adventures, kayak tours, living history demonstrations, nature games, historic site tours, bald eagle watches, spring wildflower walks, campfires, outdoor skills workshops, A.D.E.-accredited teacher professional development, and much more — there’s something going on all the time.
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The dates, details, and admission prices in this calendar of events were submitted to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and are accurate to the best of our knowledge. We recommend that you check with local sponsors before making a trip to any event.
On this guided tour, you will be taken to three historic sites based on the tour’s theme. Various themed tours are available, and the topic will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours…
On this guided tour, you will be taken to three historic sites based on the tour’s theme. Various themed tours are available, and the topic will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours…
On this guided tour, you will be taken to three historic sites based on the tour’s theme. Various themed tours are available, and the topic will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours…
On this guided tour, you will be taken to three historic sites based on the tour’s theme. Various themed tours are available, and the topic will be chosen on a first-come, first-served basis. Tours…
The town of Washington was established in 1824 when Arkansas
was still a territory. Located on the Southwest Trail that connected St. Louis
to Texas it witnessed many people of all backgrounds go…
Guests will join interpretive staff for a guided tour around the museum grounds and exhibits. Take a look into the world of early Arkansas settlers and lives they lived.
Heart Healthy
Make an 8” stained glass fall leaf panel in your choice of colors!
Students will learn the Tiffany method of stained glass which uses copper foil instead of lead. You will learn how to make a…
Interpretive staff have set aside this special day for homeschool groups! Students will be immersed in frontier days as the 19th century pioneers would have experienced it. Programming will be…
Soldiers’ written observations and drawings provide historians with first-hand descriptions of what the landscape, people, and community looked like in 1862. Today, we will use our senses to describe…
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The
Ouachita National Forest provides a protective zone for wildlife around the
lake. Meet a park interpreter at the Dogwood trailhead to take a guided 1/2-mile
hike and discover the…
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Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
Who goes there? Can you identify different park animals just by the signs they leave? Join a park interpreter to discover what creatures came before by examining their tracks and other "evidence" in…
Stop – do you see that? Do you hear it? Can you feel it? Nature is all around us at Millwood State Park, but how often do we take a
moment to take it in? On this short, 1-mile hike we are going…
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How much do you know about the plants, wildlife, and history of Rich Mountain? Meet in the hearth room to find out by playing a game of Jenga with a twist!
Join a park interpreter 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…
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Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet…
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No American food has more historical and cultural connections than corn. Join a park interpreter to enjoy this tasty treat and explore its rich history. Participants are invited to make homemade…
Do you have a favorite food? Birds do too! Discover what birds like to eat with a park interpreter, then we will make a birdfeeder you can take home! This program will last about 30 minutes.
Imagine you are lost and stranded in the wilderness without food or gear. What will it take to survive? Join a park interpreter to learn the basics of survival while making your own survival keychain…
The families who settled here long before the Civil War share many of the same values and traditions we hold today. Explore the similarities and differences between our ways of life…