Start or add to your knowledge of surviving in the great outdoors. This weekend will be filled with survival skills workshops and bush craft such as map and compass, fire starting, shelter building,…

Join a park interpreter to learn how to navigate using a map and compass to enhance your experiences while outdoors at Petit Jean State Park. This is a 3-hour course that will include about 1.5 hours…

If you are interested in operating a motorboat, PWC, or sailboat this summer, and you were born on or after January 1, 1986, you must have an Arkansas Boaters Education Card. If you don't have this…

Winter is prime time for spotting migratory birds at Village Creek State Park! Join a park interpreter to learn the basics of birding, then put your skills to the test as we look for birds in and…

Here is your chance to experience a place in the deep Delta woods that few people have passed through in decades, the Yancopin Bridge. Join a park interpreter for a 3-mile, round-trip hiking journey…

Once a cherished possession of explorers and settlers, the Dutch oven holds a significant place in Arkansas history. Join a park interpreter to learn how to cook outdoors and without electricity. This…

Join our park interpreter for a guided raptor-watch hike on our Delta View Trail. January is Eagle Awareness Month, and we are hitting the 2.5-mile trail on a search for our national symbol of freedom…

Clean up and plant an herb garden. We will sow seeds from the past as we recreate a “kitchen garden” near our summer kitchen exhibit. Children will also be given their own special biodegradable…

Meet a park interpreter on the upper level of the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!

The choices you make when you are outside make a big difference. The Leave No Trace principles are important for all ages, but especially for girls and boys who are just beginning to experience…

The Plum Bayou Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by Native Americans from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is…

Embark on a 0.50-mile walk along the easy Lake Trail, where history and wild beauty collide.

Has cupid's arrow missed its mark a time or two with you? Look no further than birds at Mount Magazine State Park for some great dating advice, presented by a park interpreter! The family-friendly…

We have 8,000 gallons of aquariums, filled with many of the fish species found in Lake Dardanelle. Join park staff in the visitor center as they feed the fish live food. See for yourself, what’s for…

When you walk around in nature and you see a track, do you take the track at face value as just a footprint, or do you look around to see what the big picture holds? Join a park interpreter in the…

Have you ever wondered what a deer feels like? What about a bear? Come explore the world of animal furs with a park interpreter at the trailhead.

Join park interpreter and long-time outdoor recreationist, Joe Larson, at the Seven Hollows Trailhead to learn Keep Arkansas Beautiful principles and how thoughtful, responsible recreation helps…

Join a park interpreter as we depart on the Rocky Valley Trail. We'll descend through the valley between the Fulk Mountains and ascend the other side up to the Dickinson Overlook at the East Quarry,…

Paint the winter landscape of the Arkansas Grand Prairie. Windswept fields lying dormant awaiting the bloom of spring, rustling prairie grasses that whisper gently in the wind and flocks of birds that…

Hair! It’s a useful thing, and one of the characteristics of most mammals, but not the only one! Visit this tabletop to discover various mammal skins and skulls in this hands-on display. A 15-minute…