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.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 10:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Join
the 5 South stringband as they perform old-time, Celtic, and bluegrass
fiddle tunes and songs featuring Arkansas State Fiddle Champion Kailee Spickes
and her…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Visit the Trimble House, Royston Townhouse, and the Sanders
Home and Farmstead. There will be
concentration on fine houses, showing their furnishings and their size, as well
as…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Join Park Interpreter Terry on a journey to when your park was being built. Walk in the footsteps of the boys who built your park and find out what life was like for them. This is an easy 1/4-mile…
Tuesday, September 21, 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…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 - Saturday, September 25, 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!
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 12 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…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visit the Trimble House, Royston Townhouse, and the Sanders
Home and Farmstead. There will be
concentration on fine houses, showing their furnishings and their size, as well
as…
Tuesday, September 21, 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…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 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…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Birds come in all shapes and sizes. Some also have some unique features. Join Park Interpreter Terry and let your imagination run wild as you create and name your own special bird!
COVID-19 SAFETY…
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
/ 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Spend an evening paddling on Beaver Lake while guided by a park interpreter. We will learn the basics of paddling as we explore a calm area of Beaver Lake and take in the showstopper, the…
Heart Healthy
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 10:15 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
Join the 5 South stringband as they perform
old-time, Celtic, and bluegrass fiddle tunes and songs featuring Arkansas State
Fiddle Champion Kailee Spickes and her brothers on guitar, upright bass,…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 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…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.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…
Wednesday, September 22, 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…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 2 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…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 3 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…
Wednesday, September 22, 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…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Enjoy a leisurely boat ride with a park interpreter as you explore the wildlife, history, and geology found on Lake Ouachita. Seating is limited, so make sure to make reservations and pay at the…
Wednesday, September 22, 2021
/ 5:15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m.
Enjoy Lake Fort Smith's history,
scenery, geology, wildlife, and possible waterfalls and sunset colors on this
boating adventure! Meet Park Interpreter Mystina at the marina dock.…