Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park Crater of Diamonds Historic Washington State Park DeGray Lake Resort Petit Jean Pinnacle Mountain Lake Dardanelle Moro Bay Plum Bayou Mounds Cossatot River Lake Ouachita Millwood Village Creek Woolly Hollow Devil's Den Hobbs State Park Conservation Area Logoly Ozark Folk Center Withrow Springs Bull Shoals - White River Daisy Lake Catherine Lake Fort Smith Mount Nebo White Oak Lake Cane Creek Crowley's Ridge Davidsonville Jacksonport Lake Chicot Lake Frierson Mississippi River Mount Magazine Queen Wilhelmina Delta Heritage Trail Hampson Museum Lake Charles Plantation Agriculture Museum Powhatan Courthouse Prairie Grove Battlefield Conway Cemetery Lake Poinsett Louisiana Purchase Lower White River Museum Mammoth Spring Museum of Natural Resources Parkin Archeological Region Northwest Upper Delta North Central Lower Delta [X] Southwest [X] Central Park Activity Diamond Digging Watchable Wildlife Hiking Kayaking / Canoeing Fishing Mountain Biking Boating / Marinas Swimming Climbing Geocaching Horseback Riding Backpacking Motorcycling Road Cycling Snorkeling / Scuba Diving Lake Tours Hang Gliding River Running Trail Type Day Hikes Mountain Biking Backpacking Barrier Free (ADA) Horseback Riding Kayaking/Water Trails Wilderness ATV Trail Difficulty Easy Moderate Strenuous Author Waymon Cox Arkansas State Parks Staff Meg Matthews Monika Rued Zoie Clift Chris Adams Tayler Markham Grady Spann Billy Nations Jenn Menge Kayla Gomance Sarah Reap Sasha Bowles David Armstrong Ivory Detter Matt Manos Paul Butler Robin Gabe Amy Griffin Haley Johnson Heather Runyan Jason Baumgartner Jason Parrie Joe Jacobs Josh Williams Kelly Farrell Leita Spears Leita Spears Maggie Howard Megan Ayres Moore Melissa Ray Ron Salley Shelley Flanary Tara Gillanders Date Published June 2025 February 2025 December 2024 October 2024 September 2024 January 2024 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 May 2018 March 2018 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › The Trails at Mena project Jun 2025 ⁄ Zoie Clift The Trails at Mena project vision includes a lift-served mountain bike and adventure park that will, through phased development, eventually connect the city of Mena to Queen Wilhelmina State Park. Millwood State Park: Arkansas’ 39th state park Feb 2025 ⁄ Zoie Clift Millwood State Park near Ashdown is located on the banks of Millwood Lake, which is renowned for fishing Logoly State Park home to first all-terrain wheelchair at Arkansas State Parks Dec 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Logoly State Park was dedicated as Arkansas’ first environmental education state park in the late 1970s. The state park now has another first to add to its educational mission. Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park: Arkansas’ first archeological state park Oct 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift As the name of Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park implies, archeology is an important aspect of this state park. History and outdoors highlighted at Woolly Hollow State Park Oct 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Woolly Hollow State Park is located at 82 Woolly Hollow Road in Greenbrier. Farming history featured at Plantation Agriculture Museum Sep 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Located in Scott, Plantation Agriculture Museum helps tell the story of Arkansas’ farming heritage. Winter hiking at Arkansas State Parks Jan 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Winter is a beautiful time to get outside and hit the trail at an Arkansas State Park. More to Washington than meets the eye Apr 2023 ⁄ Chris Adams On each tour at Historic Washington State Park, if people look down, they will sometimes notice an artifact, such as broken pottery, gracing the ground where a burrowing rodent has shifted it to the top of the surface. This artifact was hidden throughout the years and was biding its time, waiting for discovery. Like this pottery, the 1850s landscape we interpret lies at... Exploring the Rainbow at Crater of Diamonds State Park Apr 2023 ⁄ Tayler Markham Greetings from the Crater of Diamonds State Park! While diamonds come in all colors of the rainbow, diamonds found at the Crater of Diamonds are white, brown, or yellow. More than 60% of Crater diamonds are white, 20% are brown and less than 20% are yellow. A diamond’s color is influenced by its journey from deep within the earth to the surface. Park visitor finds 3.29-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park Mar 2023 A regular visitor to Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park recently discovered a 3.29-carat brown diamond in his wet-sifted gravel. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year and the largest since September 2021. David Anderson, of Murfreesboro, spotted the gem on Saturday, March 4, while wet-sifting soil from the West Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre diamond... Pagination Page 1 Next page Next ›
The Trails at Mena project Jun 2025 ⁄ Zoie Clift The Trails at Mena project vision includes a lift-served mountain bike and adventure park that will, through phased development, eventually connect the city of Mena to Queen Wilhelmina State Park.
Millwood State Park: Arkansas’ 39th state park Feb 2025 ⁄ Zoie Clift Millwood State Park near Ashdown is located on the banks of Millwood Lake, which is renowned for fishing
Logoly State Park home to first all-terrain wheelchair at Arkansas State Parks Dec 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Logoly State Park was dedicated as Arkansas’ first environmental education state park in the late 1970s. The state park now has another first to add to its educational mission.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park: Arkansas’ first archeological state park Oct 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift As the name of Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park implies, archeology is an important aspect of this state park.
History and outdoors highlighted at Woolly Hollow State Park Oct 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Woolly Hollow State Park is located at 82 Woolly Hollow Road in Greenbrier.
Farming history featured at Plantation Agriculture Museum Sep 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Located in Scott, Plantation Agriculture Museum helps tell the story of Arkansas’ farming heritage.
Winter hiking at Arkansas State Parks Jan 2024 ⁄ Zoie Clift Winter is a beautiful time to get outside and hit the trail at an Arkansas State Park.
More to Washington than meets the eye Apr 2023 ⁄ Chris Adams On each tour at Historic Washington State Park, if people look down, they will sometimes notice an artifact, such as broken pottery, gracing the ground where a burrowing rodent has shifted it to the top of the surface. This artifact was hidden throughout the years and was biding its time, waiting for discovery. Like this pottery, the 1850s landscape we interpret lies at...
Exploring the Rainbow at Crater of Diamonds State Park Apr 2023 ⁄ Tayler Markham Greetings from the Crater of Diamonds State Park! While diamonds come in all colors of the rainbow, diamonds found at the Crater of Diamonds are white, brown, or yellow. More than 60% of Crater diamonds are white, 20% are brown and less than 20% are yellow. A diamond’s color is influenced by its journey from deep within the earth to the surface.
Park visitor finds 3.29-carat diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park Mar 2023 A regular visitor to Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park recently discovered a 3.29-carat brown diamond in his wet-sifted gravel. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year and the largest since September 2021. David Anderson, of Murfreesboro, spotted the gem on Saturday, March 4, while wet-sifting soil from the West Drain of the park’s 37.5-acre diamond...
