Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park Petit Jean Crater of Diamonds Plum Bayou Mounds Devil's Den Cossatot River Crowley's Ridge Lake Dardanelle Lake Fort Smith Lake Ouachita Mississippi River Mount Magazine Parkin Archeological Pinnacle Mountain [X] Village Creek Region Upper Delta Park Activity Trail Type Trail Difficulty Author Kara Helton Tara Gillanders Date Published August 2025 July 2022 June 2022 December 2021 March 2021 [X] February 2021 January 2021 November 2020 August 2020 June 2020 January 2020 January 2019 October 2016 [X] March 2016 Photo Essay: Creek Crawl Feb 2021 ⁄ Kara Helton Located in northeast Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge, Village Creek State Park encompasses nearly 7,000 acres with steep forested hills and creek-fed valleys. Part of our mission is to protect the park’s natural resources, and one way for park staff to do that is to monitor the biodiversity of our creeks. Since our creeks provide water to most of the park, when it is time to... Winter on the Ridge Mar 2016 ⁄ Tara Gillanders Winter may seem an unlikely season to go exploring outdoors, but it really can be amazing. This is the time of year to experience the geologic structure of Crowley’s Ridge in northeast Arkansas.
Photo Essay: Creek Crawl Feb 2021 ⁄ Kara Helton Located in northeast Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge, Village Creek State Park encompasses nearly 7,000 acres with steep forested hills and creek-fed valleys. Part of our mission is to protect the park’s natural resources, and one way for park staff to do that is to monitor the biodiversity of our creeks. Since our creeks provide water to most of the park, when it is time to...
Winter on the Ridge Mar 2016 ⁄ Tara Gillanders Winter may seem an unlikely season to go exploring outdoors, but it really can be amazing. This is the time of year to experience the geologic structure of Crowley’s Ridge in northeast Arkansas.