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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Crater of Diamonds

Region

  • Central
  • Lower Delta
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  • Upper Delta

Park Activity

  • Backpacking
  • Climbing
  • [X] Diamond Digging
  • Fishing
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  • Kayaking / Canoeing
  • Motorcycling
  • Mountain Biking

Trail Type

  • ATV
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  • Horseback Riding
  • Kayaking/Water Trails
  • Mountain Biking

Trail Difficulty

  • Easy
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Author

  • [X] Meg Matthews
  • [X] Monika Rued
  • Waymon Cox

Date Published

  • November 2020
  • February 2020
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  • June 2017
  • [X] May 2017
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  • September 2016

Opt Outside for Green Friday

Nov 2019
  ⁄  
Meg Matthews

Green Friday is an antidote to Black Friday where programs will be offered at many Arkansas State Parks on the day after Thanksgiving each year.

Wooly Hollow Mountain Bike

Teen Finds 7.44-Carat Diamond at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park

May 2017
  ⁄  
Monika Rued

An Arkansas teen found a 7.44-carat diamond at Crater of Diamond State Park after only searching for 30 minutes. It is the 7th-largest diamond found at the parks since 1972.

Teen Finds 7.44-carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park
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