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Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Delta Heritage Trail
  • Louisiana Purchase

Region

  • Lower Delta

Park Activity

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Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Bonnie Marberry
  • Chris Pistole
  • Grady Spann
  • Haley Johnson
  • Heather Johnson
  • Ivory Detter
  • Jackie Rupp
  • Jason Baumgartner
  • Jeanette Larson
  • Jenn Menge
  • Jonathan Wirges
  • Josh Williams
  • Kayla Gomance
  • Kristina Root
  • Kylee Cole
  • Leita Spears
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Sarah Reap
  • Waymon Cox
  • Zachary Fisher
  • [X] Ryan Smith

Date Published

  • March 2021
  • [X] July 2020
  • [X] May 2020

The Delta as the 1815 Surveyors Experienced: Louisiana Purchase State Park

Jul 2020
  ⁄  
Ryan Smith

Louisiana Purchase Historic State Park, a small lesser-known park in the eastern part of Arkansas near Brinkley, protects the initial survey point for all lands acquired in the United States’ Louisiana Purchase. The park also provides you access to see a granite monument marking the location on an elevated boardwalk in a headwater swamp. This special site is not only a...

Granite monument in swamp with water at its base. Trees growing in background as far as viewer can see.

Delta Heritage Trail’s Railroad Legacy

May 2020
  ⁄  
Ryan Smith

A trip to Delta Heritage Trail State Park in southeast Arkansas is a journey on a historic rail route that transports you through time, connects you with communities, and reveals rich Delta heritage.

Kids riding their bikes down Delta Heritage Trail
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