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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Cossatot River
  • Crater of Diamonds

Region

  • Southwest

Park Activity

  • Diamond Digging

Trail Type

  • Day Hikes

Trail Difficulty

  • Easy

Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Adam Leslie
  • Don Simons
  • John Morrow
  • Monika Rued
  • Robin Gabe
  • Waymon Cox
  • Jeanette Larson
  • Randy Pearson
  • Rebekah Spurlock
  • Tara Gillanders
  • [X] Meg Matthews
  • [X] Shelley Flanary

Date Published

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  • [X] March 2016

1.73-Carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Dec 2016
  ⁄  
Meg Matthews

Crater of Diamonds State Park is the only public diamond mine in the world. If a visitor finds a diamond its their's to keep. Recently, two guests who go to Crater of Diamonds on a regular basis found the third-largest diamond at the park in 2016. The diamond is a 1.73-carat white gemstone. The new owners of this diamond say they haven't yet decided what they will do with...

1.73-Carat Diamond Found at Crater of Diamonds

A Wild and Scenic River

Mar 2016
  ⁄  
Shelley Flanary

Do you hear that sound? Do you hear the music? What could it be? You are standing approximately just southwest of Little Rock, in one of the most spectacular river corridors in the central U.S.

Cossatot Falls
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