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.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Calling all dog parents! Join a park interpreter in learning what it takes to be a B.A.R.K. Ranger on this PAWsome guided hike along the 1/2 mile Trotting Fox Trail. Then, stick around to get your…
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Before text messages and phone calls, letters were the primary means of communication for families and friends. Join us to experience the power in these messages and craft your own using 19th-century…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Plants and animals that live here in the park can be categorized into different groups. Join Park Interpreter Mystina to play a fun activity to see what belongs in certain groups and what…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
The Plum Bayou Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by American Indians from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is…
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Save the Frogs Day is a special day dedicated to calling attention to the declining numbers of frogs and toads across the world and what citizens can do to stop this. Join us at the visitor center as…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
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…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Lake
Chicot State Park is home to several wild American Alligator’s and our resident
alligator. Come meet this ambassador animal and learn about the important role that
alligators play in their native…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
How many of us have heard of the cotton gin? You might even know the name of the man credited with inventing the machine. But do you actually know what a cotton gin does and how it works? Join park…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter to learn about some of
the birds we have here at Petit Jean State Park and why they are important to
our ecosystem. Bring a bird guidebook if you have one…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
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…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
The common snapping turtle at Crowley’s Ridge State Park visitor center is very hungry! Join a park interpreter to find out more information about our turtle
friend and help make his belly…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Look at some mysterious objects found in the forests around Hobbs State Park, see if you can identify them, then learn more about them from Park Interpreter Steve.
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Are you an introvert? Maybe you're an extrovert? Perhaps you're a little of both. Join Park Interpreter Megan as we discover how bees have these types of social identities. Then stick around as we…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Most of us are familiar with the wildlife seen in Queen Wilhelmina State Park, but do you recognize the animal from only its skull? Each skull gives a set of clues to figure out what animal it is.…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Today we will have skulls from members of different classes of animals for you to compare and contrast. A park interpreter is available to help you discover what class of animal the various skulls…
Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Stilts, Sack Races, and Hoops and Graces are just part of the fun waiting for you at Pioneer Games! Join the park interpreter to get in touch with your inner pioneer. Meet at Hindman…
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Sunday, April 28, 2024
/ 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter and enjoy one of the most beautiful views in Arkansas, as well as a few original guitar songs that highlight some of the wonderful natural and cultural resources of…
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Thursday, May 02, 2024
Are you a K-3 teacher? During the Wild about Wildlife School Day event, park interpreters will present 20-minute educational programs at each station about Arkansas' wildlife. Every group will rotate…
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
/ 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Connect with nature through timeless tales or stories for the young and young-at-heart written by Crafter Janice Clark.Meet at the Bessie Moore Memorial Deck at 1 p.m. Village Programs at the Ozark…