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.
Saturday, February 04, 2023 - Tuesday, February 28, 2023
You are invited to visit the museum and view our new temporary exhibit, DISCOVERY! 100th Anniversary of the Smackover Field." The exhibit features archival photographs and newspaper articles…
Saturday, February 04, 2023 - Saturday, September 16, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Throughout history, every generation has had traditions of how they lay their loved ones to rest after they have died. The way people laid their loved ones to rest in the 19th century…
Saturday, February 04, 2023 - Monday, March 27, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
James Black (1800-1872) was one of the early settlers to Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, moving to the area by the early 1820s. Black is famous for forging the legendary “Bowie Knife” for…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
Guests will join interpretive staff for a guided tour around the museum grounds and exhibits. Take a look into the world of early Arkansas settlers and lives they lived.
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Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn different methods of diamond searching here at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a ½-mile walk along the ridgeline
where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of…
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Saturday, February 04, 2023
The museum staff is digitizing its extensive photograph collection and will have it available to view as well as copy. This program touches on old photography, research, or genealogy. This is a…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Flags are powerful symbols of heritage and history. Learn
about flag meanings and symbols as we look at the flags that flew over the Battle
of Prairie Grove on December 7, 1862. …
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
The animals that live on exhibit at Hobbs State Park are animal kingdom ambassadors to our 30,000+ annual visitors. Learn the important stories of each of our resident critters. Learn what…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Delta Heritage Trail journeys across a landscape that once was the home of numerous American Indians. Join us at the visitor center to explore how they fashioned pottery from items they found in the…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter and a few of the snakes that live in Arkansas. We will discover the characteristics of the venomous six and learn to tell them apart from harmless snakes. …
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
The watershed surrounding Lake Dardanelle is the backbone for the Arkansas River as the river journeys through the lake creating opportunities for people like you. Join a park interpreter in the…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Did you know plants are sugar factories that feed us and all sorts of other animals? Take a look at the energy your body uses and where it comes from with Park Interpreter Steve.
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
During the spring and summer, lots of insects start to call, forming an orchestra! Discover the sounds that some of the members of this orchestra make and what instruments they use. Then, become a…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 3:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
By learning basic knot tying skills, you can learn to set up your campsite quickly and efficiently. Meet a park interpreter in the visitor center Orientation Room to learn how to tie a few basic…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Why is there a state park here? Join Park Interpreter Trish for a story-telling
adventure about how this 12,054-acre tract came to be Hobbs State Park-Conservation
Area. Come learn…
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Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Sunset Point on Mount Nebo State Park gives visitors an exquisite view of the Arkansas River Valley and the surrounding mountains. It doesn't have to be sunset to enjoy these stunning views! Join a…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter to hike to the park’s archeology site, Rock House Cave. We will view American Indian rock art and discover more about the windows into the past that these images…
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Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Looking for an adventure? Join a park interpreter for a
guided eagle-watching cruise on DeGray Lake. We will spend the hour searching
for wintering bald eagles, ospreys, loons,…
Saturday, February 04, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…