Digital Discovery
DIGITAL DISCOVERY
Our interpretive programming is designed to connect guests' hearts and minds to the natural, historical, and cultural resources of Arkansas State Parks. We aim for every person to form a personal, meaningful "sense of place" with state parks. It's enjoyable, engaging, and experiential. Even if you can't visit a state park in person, our hope is that you find that connection through these videos, programs, photo essays, and articles.
Purple Martins on Lake Ouachita
Part of our mission at Lake Ouachita State Park is to provide access to Lake Ouachita, which is filled with many wonderful natural resources.
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Creek Crawl
Located in northeast Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge, Village Creek State Park encompasses nearly 7,000 acres with steep forested hills and creek-fed valleys. Part of our mission is to protect the park’s
The Rhythm of Rattle Making
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park
In this video, meet Park Interpreter Melissa Ray from Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park and learn how to recreate the rhythmic sound of American
Just Roll with It!
Along the DeGray Lake Resort State Park's trails and throughout the forest floors, the humble humpback dung beetle (Deltochilum gibbosum) faithfully carries out its repetitive, rather repugnant, responsibilities
Stories in Stones
Village Creek State Park is located in east Arkansas on Crowley’s Ridge. This park exists to help protect the unique natural, cultural, and historical resources of the ridge, including things like fossils
Double Rainbow After the Storm
Though it is a human-built lake by the Army Corps of Engineers, Lake Ouachita in southwest Arkansas is filled with plenty of natural beauty. Lake
Hiking With Man’s Best Friend
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
Churn Your Own Butter
Davidsonville Historic State Park
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
Life in a Rotten Log
Village Creek State Park is a 7,000-acre park located in northeast Arkansas. The park’s mission is to protect and conserve the natural, cultural, and historical
A Solution for Pollution
Crowley’s Ridge State Park in northeast Arkansas is one of Arkansas’s six original state parks, constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Today
Black Gold In 1920s South Arkansas
The oil-rich town of Smackover is in the heart of the Arkansas oil fields. The 1920s south Arkansas oil boom brought danger and destruction, but
Devil's Den State Park CCC Interpretive Trail Virtual Guided Hike
Devil’s Den State Park, nestled in Lee Creek Valley of the northwest Arkansas Ozarks, was selected as a state park site in the 1930s