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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

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Kayaking Campout!

Apr 2016
  ⁄  
Arkansas State Parks Staff

Learn more about the overnight kayaking trip of the year Lake Ouachita State Park, which is one of the best ways to experience the lake and create cherished memories.

Kayaking Campout at Lake Ouachita

Wings on the Wind

Mar 2016
  ⁄  
Don Simons

As you scan the horizon with a good set of binoculars, there is a variety of wildlife to spot in state parks from hawks and eagles to monarch butterflies and song birds.

Red Tailed Hawk

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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