Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Are you looking for fun activities during your visit to an Arkansas State Park? Our park interpreters routinely schedule fun, family-friendly programs that are designed to help you have a more meaningful park experience and make memories of a lifetime. We offer more than 50,000 activities each year, including guided hikes, lake tours on park boats, birding adventures, kayak tours, living history demonstrations, nature games, historic site tours, bald eagle watches, spring wildflower walks, campfires, outdoor skills workshops, A.D.E.-accredited teacher professional development, and much more — there’s something going on all the time.
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The dates, details, and admission prices in this calendar of events were submitted to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and are accurate to the best of our knowledge. We recommend that you check with local sponsors before making a trip to any event.
Thursday, April 15, 2021 - Monday, May 31, 2021
Washington, Arkansas was founded in 1824 as a community in
southwest Arkansas when Arkansas was still a territory. Arkansas Territory had an influx of settlers who
established small communities and…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Visit the Print Museum, Morrison Tavern
Taproom, and the Sanders House. This tour will focus on three socioeconomic stations available to women during the 19th century
by visiting…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Visit the Crouch House, Purdom Home, and the Royston Townhouse to see where the people of common occupations lived
and worked in 19th century Washington. This will cover the…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Visit the Royston Log House and the Morrison Inn Kitchen. This tour will focus on the types of houses and the
lifestyles of early Arkansas settlers and the variety of chores done to…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visit the Print Museum, Morrison Tavern
Taproom, and the Sanders House. This tour will focus on three socioeconomic stations available to women during the 19th century
by visiting…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Visit the Crouch House, Purdom Home, and the Royston Townhouse to see where the people of common occupations lived
and worked in 19th century Washington. This will cover the…
Thursday, April 15, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Visit the Royston Log House and the Morrison Inn Kitchen. This tour will focus on the types of houses and the
lifestyles of early Arkansas settlers and the variety of chores done to…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Visit the Weapons Museum, the Print Museum, and the 1836
Courthouse, the
remaining businesses from the Business District of Washington. This tour will
focus on the types of…
Friday, April 16, 2021 - Saturday, April 17, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
The Museum will be offering twice daily interpretive guided tours. Guests will join interpretive staff for a stroll around the museum grounds. Entry inside exhibits will be self guided while staff…
Heart Healthy
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Visit the Crouch House, the Royston Log House, and the
Presbyterian Church. The lives of black
citizens in Washington and their significant contributions to the community,
and the…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Spies played an important role for both the Federal and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Through covert operations, both male and female spies gathered intelligence about troop…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Visit the Print Museum, Morrison Tavern
Taproom, and the Sanders House. This tour will focus on three socioeconomic stations available to women during the 19th century
by visiting…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visit the Weapons Museum, the Print Museum, and the 1836
Courthouse, the
remaining businesses from the Business District of Washington. This tour will
focus on the types of…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Are you a fan of Crime Scene Investigation (CSI)? If you are, you’ll love Game Scene Investigation (GSI). Use your expert tracking and investigative skills to determine what happened in a field on a…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
"Who" likes owls? Join a park interpreter at the
amphitheater to discover the owls that live in DeGray Lake Resort State
Park. Discover how owls survive and thrive under the cover…
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Visit the Crouch House, the Royston Log House, and the
Presbyterian Church. The lives of black
citizens in Washington and their significant contributions to the community,
and the…
Friday, April 16, 2021 - Saturday, April 17, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
The Museum will be offering twice daily interpretive guided tours. Guests will join interpretive staff for a stroll around the museum grounds. Entry inside exhibits will be self guided while staff…
Heart Healthy
Friday, April 16, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Visit the Print Museum, Morrison Tavern
Taproom, and the Sanders House. This tour will focus on three socioeconomic stations available to women during the 19th century
by visiting…
Friday, April 16, 2021 - Saturday, April 17, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a guided tour of one of the nation's most intact Civil War battlefields! Lasting approximately one hour, visitors will explore battle lines across the eastern portion of…