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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Davidsonville
  • Mississippi River

Region

  • Lower Delta
  • North Central
  • Southwest
  • [X] Upper Delta

Park Activity

Trail Type

Trail Difficulty

Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Bonnie Marberry
  • Cathy Combs
  • Elizabeth Kimble
  • Grady Spann
  • Heather Runyan
  • Jason Parrie
  • Joe Jacobs
  • Kara Helton
  • Kelly Farrell
  • Kristina Root
  • Maggie Howard
  • Mary Buchman
  • Matt Manos
  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Meg Matthews
  • Monika Rued
  • Pearl Jangjiravat
  • Rachel Lewis
  • Robin Gabe
  • Sasha Bowles
  • Tara Gillanders
  • Zoie Clift
  • [X] Cara Curtis
  • [X] Sarah Reap

Date Published

  • June 2021
  • July 2020

Educator Lesson: Taste of the Land Mississippi River State Park

Jun 2021
  ⁄  
Cara Curtis

In this short video, join Park Interpreter Cara for a virtual experience using a cast-iron Dutch oven to create a squirrel and rice meal. By exploring the story of this regional comfort food, you’ll see that each ingredient reflects how past communities used the land that became Mississippi River State Park. While the food cooks, you’ll even travel to different locations...

Park Interpreter Cara at Mississippi River State Park

Rivers as Transportation 

Jul 2020
  ⁄  
Sarah Reap

Davidsonville Historic State Park was established in 1957 to preserve the first platted (planned) town in Arkansas: Davidsonville. Established in 1815 along the Black River in northeast Arkansas Territory, the town was the site of many of Arkansas’s firsts. Davidsonville held the first county seat for Lawrence County, Arkansas’s first post office, first courthouse, and...

Davidsonville Historic State Park
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