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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

Park

  • Bull Shoals - White River
  • Delta Heritage Trail
  • Historic Washington State Park
  • Lower White River Museum
  • Mammoth Spring
  • Petit Jean
  • Pinnacle Mountain
  • Plantation Agriculture Museum
  • Plum Bayou Mounds
  • Woolly Hollow
  • [X] Ozark Folk Center

Region

  • Central
  • North Central

Park Activity

  • Boating / Marinas
  • Fishing
  • Hiking
  • Kayaking / Canoeing
  • Mountain Biking

Trail Type

  • Day Hikes
  • Mountain Biking

Trail Difficulty

Author

  • Arkansas State Parks Staff
  • Meg Matthews

Date Published

  • [X] October 2022
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Exploring Central & North Central Arkansas

Oct 2022
  ⁄  
Arkansas State Parks Staff

If you’re reading this, we bet you’re an outdoors lover. Someone who’s craving a little adventure. We’re right, aren’t we? Come play with us in Central and North Central Arkansas. Here, we’ve got water sports, mountain biking, hiking trails and historic sites to boot. Follow this guide to find your next big adventure.

40-acre Lake Bennett surrounded by trees and greenery with a covered dock at Woolly Hollow State Park

Vlog: Sheep to Shawl

Aug 2017
  ⁄  
Meg Matthews

At Ozark Folk Center State Park you can watch artisans in the craft village, like Jeanette who makes beautiful rugs and shawls by hand, using her own wool from her farm.

Spooling Yarn at Ozark Folk Center
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