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Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
What's for Lunch
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 2025
                                            / 5:30 a.m. - 6 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            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…
                            
                        
            
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        Hidden Creatures
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Humans wear camouflage to blend in while hunting and sometimes just for style, but animals have to use camouflage to survive in the wild. Meet a park interpreter in the visitor center Orientation Room…
                            
                        
            
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        Ranger Beads
                                    Wednesday, November 26, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Are we there yet? If you were hiking a trail or blazing your own path without the luxury of modern GPS technology, how would you know how far you had traveled or how far you had left to go to reach…
                            
                        
            
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        Golf Course Safari
                                    Wednesday, November 26, 2025
                                            / 6 p.m. - 7 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Tonight, we’ll take a caravan of golf carts out in search of nocturnal animals. Be sure to bring a flashlight! Space is limited and reservations are required. Reservations can be made…
                            
                        
            
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        Campfire Coffee
                                    Thursday, November 27, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter this morning for a lesson in campfire coffee. Learn some helpful brewing techniques before enjoying a cup yourself!
                            
                        
            
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        Daybreak Diamond Tour
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 8:30 a.m. - 9 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center, lower level to walk through the search area and learn about the best places to search for diamonds. Along the way, you’ll hear stories of past…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside Battlefield Tour
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…
                            
                        
            
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        Diamond Mining 101
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 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!
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside: Keys to the Kingfisher
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join the thousands of people across the country that every year choose to avoid the holiday shopping and instead #OptOutside on Green Friday to hit the trails! Meet a park interpreter as we meander…
                            
                        
            
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        Bear-ly Believable!
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Throughout the spring and summer seasons, Arkansas' black bear populations have been eating everything they can find to prepare for hibernation in the winter months. Join a park interpreter to learn…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside Historic House Tour
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            The families who settled here long before the Civil War share many of the same values and traditions we hold today. Explore the similarities and differences between our ways of life on this guided…
                            
                        
            
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        Beginner Birding
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Bull Shoals-White River State Park is a great place to begin your birdwatching journey! Discover field guides and other methods of bird identification. A park interpreter will also provide tips for…
                            
                        
            
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        Chunkey Champions
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Before the days of baseball, a different type of game dominated the United States. Join Park Interpreter Megan to learn about the indigenous game of Chunkey and then play the game for yourself. Do you…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside Battlefield Tour
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…
                            
                        
            
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        Watercolor Wonders
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Water is powerful! From shaping the landscape to shaping the activities we enjoy here, water has the power to shape life at Village Creek State Park. Join a park interpreter outside the visitor center…
                            
                        
            
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        The S.S.S. Experience
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Village Creek State Park’s natural beauty sets the stage for us to enjoy the perfect camping combo: The S.S.S. Experience (Sunsets, S’mores, and Songs). Join a park interpreter outside the visitor…
                            
                        
            
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        Campfire Trivia and S'mores
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Ready to test your state park knowledge and enjoy campfire s'mores? Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater for a night of trivia and s'mores. Bring your brain and your appetite for this exciting…
                            
                        
            
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        What's for Lunch
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 5:30 a.m. - 6 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            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…
                            
                        
            
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