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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

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  • Lake Dardanelle

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Trail Type

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Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Cathy Combs
  • David Armstrong
  • Don Simons
  • Jenn Menge
  • Maggie Howard
  • Monika Rued
  • Pearl Jangjiravat
  • Robin Gabe
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  • Sasha Bowles
  • Waymon Cox
  • [X] Megan Ayres Moore
  • [X] Meg Matthews

Date Published

  • February 2021
  • September 2017

Video: Cruising Lake Dardanelle 

Feb 2021
  ⁄  
Megan Ayres Moore

Exploring Lake Dardanelle by boat allows you to surround yourself in the beauty of the Arkansas River Valley, an area that a wide variety of wildlife depends on for survival. These waters are home to an array of aquatic species, with a multitude of other animals in the forests surrounding the lake, and skies overhead. Lake Dardanelle State Park sits along the shores of 34...

Lake Dardanelle

Birding in Arkansas State Parks

Sep 2017
  ⁄  
Meg Matthews

Arkansas has some of the finest bird watching. Many of our parks have bird watching checklists, and park interpreters who are avid birders and can guide you to view many of the birds in Arkansas.

Birdwatching at White River
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