Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

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Visitor Finds 2.03-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Oct 2016

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Monika Rued

It took less than an hour for a family to discover a 2.03-carat white diamond on the side of a plowed furrow at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park.

Visitor Finds 2.03-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Video Blog: Chalk Up Buttercup, We’re Climbing at Mount Magazine

Aug 2016

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Monika Rued

Thinking about taking the "Pepsi Challenge and climbing 75 feet up Pinnacle Mountain? Check out our blog post for what you might expect, and pick up a few tips.

Archeology at Plum Bayou Mounds

Oct 2025

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Monika Rued

Preserved at Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park in Scott, Ark., are Arkansas’s tallest American Indian mounds. Three mounds remain where 18 once stood surrounded by an earthen embankment eight to 10 feet in height, a portion of which is still visible today.

French Colonial Day at White Oak Lake State Park

Oct 2025

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Monika Rued

White Oak Lake State Park in Bluff City, Ark., is hosting the Seventh Annual French Colonial Day free event with reenactors representing French and other European colonials.