Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

What exactly is a Monument Trail, you ask? It’s a world-class mountain biking trail crafted by some of the world’s best trail builders to show off a specific area’s natural, iconic beauty. And Arkansas State Parks has the only four of these sustainably designed paths just waiting for you to visit. They include Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, Mount Nebo State Park...

Mountain biking the Monument Trails at Pinnacle Mountain State Park

5 Arkansas State Parks Summer Hot Spots

Summer isn’t just a season — it’s a state of mind. And Arkansas is the perfect place to explore that sun-kissed bliss of nights around a campfire, hair drying from a jump in the lake, making gooey s’mores feel. Explore 5 state parks to find where you should kick your heels up for the warm months.

Visitor Finds Two-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park

It’s thrilling when hard work pays off. For years, 26-year-old Christian Liden, of Poulsbo, Wash., has wanted to find the raw materials to make his own engagement ring. He started by panning for gold around his home state. After five years, he had accumulated enough for the ring. Liden recently embarked on a mining excursion that led him across the country to Arkansas’s...

Picture of Christian Liden's Washington Sunshine yellow diamond next to a quarter for scale

Answers to More Common Crater Questions

Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Many first-time guests to the Crater wonder the same things when they arrive. Here are answers to a few of the more common questions we hear.

Family searching for diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Visitor Finds 2.12-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Jul 2019

After spending about two hours searching for diamonds, Josh Lanik left Crater of Diamonds State Park with a brandy-colored gem weighing just over two carats.

Josh Larkin shows holds his brown diamond in the palm of his hand

Prospectors’ Gemboree at Crater of Diamonds State Park

Jul 2019