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Crater of Diamonds State Park: A wonderful and crazy place Mar 2016 ⁄ Waymon Cox The main thing that makes Crater of Diamonds State Park so unique is that our visitors are allowed to hunt for diamonds, and then are allowed to keep them.
Birds and Breakfast May 2025 ⁄ Meg Matthews Check out our birding events and programs and birding in Arkansas state parks. And here’s a great blog about birding by one of our park interpreters.
Make this Valentine’s Day Special at an Arkansas State Park May 2025 ⁄ Meg Matthews What better way to show your sweetheart how much you love them than to snuggle up in front of a fire inside a cozy cabin. Or perhaps watch a sunset from the perfect location?
Billy Lindsey Named Superintendent of Bull Shoals-White River State Park May 2025 ⁄ Meg Matthews Billy Lindsey has been promoted to the role of superintendent of Bull Shoals-White River State Park bringing a wealth of knowledge in management, tourism, supervision, and customer service
Arkansas State Park of the Year Awards May 2025 ⁄ Meg Matthews Lake Ouachita, Woolly Hollow, Village Creek, Logoly and Petit Jean state parks were selected as the Park of the Year (POY) for the five regions in the parks system at the recently held annual Superintendents Conference.
More Than 99 Carats of Arkansas Diamonds Found in 2019 May 2025 ⁄ Waymon Cox 2019 was a great year for diamond finds at Crater of Diamonds State Park. Visitors from Arkansas, 36 other states, and one foreign country found 491 diamonds during the year, including 336 white gems, 73 brown, and 82 yellow. The total weight for all diamonds registered last year was 99.14 carats, 22 carats heavier than all diamonds found in 2018!
