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  • Crater of Diamonds
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Find two August birthstones at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Aug 2024
  ⁄  
Sarah Reap

Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Rockhounds often have a special connection with their birthstones. The diamond search area at Crater of Diamonds State Park is a good place to find many birthstones, most notably diamonds—the birthstone for April—but also peridot and spinel, which are birthstones for August.

Find two August birthstones at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Arkansas State Parks: A Park for Everyone

Aug 2024
  ⁄  
Zoie Clift

Arkansas has one of the top state park systems in the nation and these destinations, which are open year-round and free to enter, can be found across the state in a range of landscapes.

Arkansas State Parks.

A bicentennial year for Washington, Arkansas

Aug 2024
  ⁄  
Zoie Clift

This year is a bicentennial year for Washington, Arkansas.

The 1874 Hempstead County Courthouse at Historic Washington State Park.
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