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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Lake Dardanelle
  • Lake Fort Smith

Region

  • North Central

Park Activity

Trail Type

Trail Difficulty

Author

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

Date Published

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

Promethea Silkmoth Video

May 2020
  ⁄  
Heather Johnson

Lake Fort Smith State Park in western Arkansas offers a variety of habitats for many different wild creatures. The forest here is a perfect home for the extraordinarily large promethea silkmoth, Callosamia promethea. At nearly four inches, the adults’ wings exhibit extraordinary camouflage to avoid predators.

promethea silkmoth
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