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The Natural Beauty of the Upper Delta Jul 2022 ⁄ Arkansas State Parks Staff Calling all nature lovers! Discover the unrivaled beauty of Arkansas’ Upper Delta Region by exploring the area’s state parks. Check out these parks to help you start planning your next big adventure. From wildlife viewing and lake trips to birding and fishing, all kinds of outdoor fun await you in this region. Discovering the Uncle Sam Jul 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! In recent weeks, we have learned that the Uncle Sam Diamond—the largest ever found in the United States—is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C. While Uncle Sam is one of America’s most significant diamonds, most people don’t know the fascinating story of how... More than just a dirt field Jun 2022 ⁄ Tayler Markham Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! With summer here, we are planning exciting new programs for park guests in the months to come. This summer will be a special one for the Crater of Diamonds, as we celebrate 50 years as an Arkansas State Park! Best parks for a family getaway Jun 2022 ⁄ Arkansas State Parks Staff Arkansas State Parks are perfect for your family getaway. With activities for everyone and every age, you’ll have plenty to do at any one of our state parks. Check out our list for some ideas on parks you should visit. 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... Crater of Diamonds celebrates 50 years as an Arkansas State Park Mar 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Crater of Diamonds State Park celebrates its 50th year as an Arkansas state park this year and will hold an anniversary celebration on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23. Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, Ark., has managed North America’s only public diamond mine since the State of Arkansas purchased the 37.5-acre deposit of diamond-bearing ore and 800... Two Yellow Gems Top a Year of Discoveries at the Crater of Diamonds Jan 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Last year, visitors from 34 states and one foreign country found 354 diamonds in Arkansas, weighing a total of more than 62 carats. Arkansans found 108 gems, while travelers from outside of the state registered 246. Guests found 28 diamonds on top of the ground in the park’s diamond search area; most of the others were found by... Pagination Previous page ‹ Previous Page 2 Next page Next ›
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
Crater of Diamonds to celebrate 35,000th diamond found at park since 1972 Aug 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Crater of Diamonds State Park will celebrate an important moment in its history in the coming weeks, as staff prepare to recognize the 35,000th diamond found and registered there since the state park opened in 1972. “It’s amazing to work at a place with so much history,” Park Superintendent Caleb Howell said. “Every diamond found here has a story to go along with it, but...
The Natural Beauty of the Upper Delta Jul 2022 ⁄ Arkansas State Parks Staff Calling all nature lovers! Discover the unrivaled beauty of Arkansas’ Upper Delta Region by exploring the area’s state parks. Check out these parks to help you start planning your next big adventure. From wildlife viewing and lake trips to birding and fishing, all kinds of outdoor fun await you in this region.
Discovering the Uncle Sam Jul 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! In recent weeks, we have learned that the Uncle Sam Diamond—the largest ever found in the United States—is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, in Washington, D.C. While Uncle Sam is one of America’s most significant diamonds, most people don’t know the fascinating story of how...
More than just a dirt field Jun 2022 ⁄ Tayler Markham Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! With summer here, we are planning exciting new programs for park guests in the months to come. This summer will be a special one for the Crater of Diamonds, as we celebrate 50 years as an Arkansas State Park!
Best parks for a family getaway Jun 2022 ⁄ Arkansas State Parks Staff Arkansas State Parks are perfect for your family getaway. With activities for everyone and every age, you’ll have plenty to do at any one of our state parks. Check out our list for some ideas on parks you should visit.
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...
Crater of Diamonds celebrates 50 years as an Arkansas State Park Mar 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Crater of Diamonds State Park celebrates its 50th year as an Arkansas state park this year and will hold an anniversary celebration on Friday, April 22, and Saturday, April 23. Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Murfreesboro, Ark., has managed North America’s only public diamond mine since the State of Arkansas purchased the 37.5-acre deposit of diamond-bearing ore and 800...
Two Yellow Gems Top a Year of Discoveries at the Crater of Diamonds Jan 2022 ⁄ Waymon Cox Greetings from Crater of Diamonds State Park! Last year, visitors from 34 states and one foreign country found 354 diamonds in Arkansas, weighing a total of more than 62 carats. Arkansans found 108 gems, while travelers from outside of the state registered 246. Guests found 28 diamonds on top of the ground in the park’s diamond search area; most of the others were found by...
