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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Lake Dardanelle
  • Petit Jean

Region

  • Central
  • North Central

Park Activity

Trail Type

Trail Difficulty

Author

  • Chris Pistole
  • Bonnie Marberry
  • Haley Johnson
  • Heather Johnson
  • Jackie Rupp
  • Jason Baumgartner
  • Jeanette Larson
  • Jenn Menge
  • Jonathan Wirges
  • Kayla Gomance
  • Kristina Root
  • Kylee Cole
  • Ryan Smith
  • Zachary Fisher
  • [X] Grady Spann
  • [X] Megan Ayres Moore

Date Published

  • November 2022
  • February 2021
  • November 2020
  • [X] May 2020
  • April 2020
  • September 2016
  • May 2016

Photo Essay: Life Below Lake Dardanelle

May 2020
  ⁄  
Megan Ayres Moore

What lives in a lake? If you are like most of us, your first thoughts were fish, snakes, and turtles. Believe it or not, that’s only a small part of the life below Lake Dardanelle!

damslefly nymph

Video: Peace and Relaxation on Cedar Creek Trail 

May 2020
  ⁄  
Grady Spann

Cedar Creek Trail is one of Petit Jean State Park’s many scenic trails. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the early 1930s, this trail's rock steps and bluffs offer a moderately strenuous challenge. However, there are endless places to stop, rest, and let yourself enjoy the peaceful sounds of flowing water and the cool, refreshing feeling of the forest’s...

Cedar Creek Trail at Petit Jean State Park
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