Arkansas State Parks Trip Ideas Park Crater of Diamonds Historic Washington State Park Region [X] Southwest Park Activity Diamond Digging Trail Type Trail Difficulty Author Chris Adams Tayler Markham Waymon Cox Date Published February 2025 December 2024 January 2024 April 2023 March 2023 February 2023 December 2022 November 2022 October 2022 [X] September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 [X] May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 January 2021 December 2020 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 May 2018 March 2018 October 2017 September 2017 June 2017 May 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 Discovering Conglomerates at the Crater Sep 2022 ⁄ Tayler Markham A conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made of other rocks glued together, like nature’s concrete! They have a variety of colorful rocks cemented together More to the Story: Sanders Kitchen Sep 2022 ⁄ Chris Adams The Sanders Kitchen, located on lot 1 of Block 32, is a part of the "urban farmstead" of the Sanders House at Historic Washington State Park. Other people may know it as the Sanders-Garland house. This name reflected the marriage of the Sanders' daughter, Sara, to Augustus Garland. This structure is a 1995 reconstruction based on archeological and photographic evidence of... Visitor finds 35,000th diamond at Crater of Diamonds since 1972 Sep 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox White gem marks latest significant milestone in state park’s 50-year history Summertime Diamond Searching Requires Planning, Attention May 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox The summer season at Crater of Diamonds State Park begins on Memorial Day Weekend. Summer is typically the busiest season at the park, as families spend their vacations searching for diamonds in Arkansas. Visiting the Crater of Diamonds in summer can be a lot of fun, if you prepare ahead and know what to expect. Visitor finds 2.38-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park May 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox A regular visitor found a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10 at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year. After more than a decade of searching and hundreds of diamond finds at the park, Adam Hardin found his first diamond weighing more than two carats. Hardin was wet-sifting soil from the East Drain of the park’s 37...
Discovering Conglomerates at the Crater Sep 2022 ⁄ Tayler Markham A conglomerate is a sedimentary rock made of other rocks glued together, like nature’s concrete! They have a variety of colorful rocks cemented together
More to the Story: Sanders Kitchen Sep 2022 ⁄ Chris Adams The Sanders Kitchen, located on lot 1 of Block 32, is a part of the "urban farmstead" of the Sanders House at Historic Washington State Park. Other people may know it as the Sanders-Garland house. This name reflected the marriage of the Sanders' daughter, Sara, to Augustus Garland. This structure is a 1995 reconstruction based on archeological and photographic evidence of...
Visitor finds 35,000th diamond at Crater of Diamonds since 1972 Sep 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox White gem marks latest significant milestone in state park’s 50-year history
Summertime Diamond Searching Requires Planning, Attention May 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox The summer season at Crater of Diamonds State Park begins on Memorial Day Weekend. Summer is typically the busiest season at the park, as families spend their vacations searching for diamonds in Arkansas. Visiting the Crater of Diamonds in summer can be a lot of fun, if you prepare ahead and know what to expect.
Visitor finds 2.38-Carat Diamond at Crater of Diamonds State Park May 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox A regular visitor found a 2.38-carat brown diamond on April 10 at Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park. It is the largest diamond found at the park this year. After more than a decade of searching and hundreds of diamond finds at the park, Adam Hardin found his first diamond weighing more than two carats. Hardin was wet-sifting soil from the East Drain of the park’s 37...
