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Kayaking at Lake Charles State Park

Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas

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  • [X] Lake Dardanelle

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  • North Central

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  • Megan Ayres Moore
  • Sarah Reap

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Hiking With Man’s Best Friend

Nov 2020
  ⁄  
Megan Ayres Moore

Lake Dardanelle State Park, located in Russellville, Arkansas, provides a quiet and relaxing setting to enjoy the outdoors with the entire family, including man’s best friend. The park features a large amount of pet-friendly space including open grassy fields, picnic areas, and the Meadowbrook Trail, an easy ¾-mile walk through a wooded section of the park. Responsibly...

Hiker walking with dog

Photo Essay: Churn Your Own Butter

Nov 2020
  ⁄  
Sarah Reap

Davidsonville Historic State Park in northeast Arkansas preserves Arkansas’s first platted (planned) town and the stories of the people who lived here. The people of Davidsonville churned butter as a necessary chore to keep their households running smoothly, but today is a fun activity to connect us to the past. In this photo essay, we will explore the very important task...

A loaf of bread on a table with a container of butter and a piece of bread off to the side with butter on it
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