Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park [X] Crater of Diamonds Davidsonville Region Southwest Park Activity Diamond Digging Geocaching Trail Type Trail Difficulty Author Waymon Cox [X] Sarah Reap Tayler Markham Monika Rued Emma O'Neal Meg Matthews Zoie Clift Date Published October 2025 September 2025 July 2025 May 2025 August 2024 July 2024 May 2024 March 2024 February 2024 November 2023 September 2023 March 2023 February 2023 December 2022 Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 2 Artifact highlight: grease table Nov 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Since the discovery of diamonds in Arkansas in 1906, prospectors have sought efficient new ways to search for this precious stone. Many of the early mine engineers who worked in the Arkansas mines had experience working in the African mines and would implement practices and equipment used in the African mines. Search Area Project Completed at Crater of Diamonds Sep 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Whether it’s the park bulldozer plowing fresh dirt or an excavator overturning several feet of soil, it is always exciting to see heavy machinery at work in the park’s diamond search area. Geocaching at Crater of Diamonds State Park Mar 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Geocaching is an outdoor scavenger hunt that people around the world participate in. It is a great way to get out on a trail and explore a new area you wouldn’t normally explore. Crater of Diamonds has several caches hidden within the park boundaries for you to find! A year of celebration and diamond discoveries Feb 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Last year was a special one for the Crater. Not only did the park celebrate its 50th anniversary, but more diamonds were registered in 2022 than the previous two years combined! Following is a recap of diamond finds and other significant events during 2022. A Good Time for a Diamond Find Dec 2022 ⁄ Sarah Reap 22,813 people entered the diamond search area in October 2021, superseding the 15,443 people we saw in October of this year. But how does that compare with diamond finds? Does higher visitation mean that more diamonds were found? Read this article to find out! Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 2
Artifact highlight: grease table Nov 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Since the discovery of diamonds in Arkansas in 1906, prospectors have sought efficient new ways to search for this precious stone. Many of the early mine engineers who worked in the Arkansas mines had experience working in the African mines and would implement practices and equipment used in the African mines.
Search Area Project Completed at Crater of Diamonds Sep 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Whether it’s the park bulldozer plowing fresh dirt or an excavator overturning several feet of soil, it is always exciting to see heavy machinery at work in the park’s diamond search area.
Geocaching at Crater of Diamonds State Park Mar 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Geocaching is an outdoor scavenger hunt that people around the world participate in. It is a great way to get out on a trail and explore a new area you wouldn’t normally explore. Crater of Diamonds has several caches hidden within the park boundaries for you to find!
A year of celebration and diamond discoveries Feb 2023 ⁄ Sarah Reap Last year was a special one for the Crater. Not only did the park celebrate its 50th anniversary, but more diamonds were registered in 2022 than the previous two years combined! Following is a recap of diamond finds and other significant events during 2022.
A Good Time for a Diamond Find Dec 2022 ⁄ Sarah Reap 22,813 people entered the diamond search area in October 2021, superseding the 15,443 people we saw in October of this year. But how does that compare with diamond finds? Does higher visitation mean that more diamonds were found? Read this article to find out!
