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Great Arkansas Cleanup Visitor Center
Sunday, October 05, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
A Great Arkansas Cleanup is planned for Delta Heritage Trail State Park at the visitor center. Here is your chance to help clean up the park that belongs to all of us. It is a perfect opportunity for…
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Women's Outdoor Weekend
Friday, October 10, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025
/ 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Open the door to all your senses by getting away and reconnecting with nature. During this three-day, two-night adventure, we will offer sessions on basic camping, hiking, introduction to kayaking,…
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Monarch Health Hike
Friday, October 10, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Every year, monarch butterflies migrate through Arkansas in mid-October to return to their breeding grounds in Mexico. These lively bursts of color are always a delight to see on a hike or in your…
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Stringband Music & Arts Festival
Friday, October 10, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
This fall, retreat to the Ozarks for two days of spirited old-time stringband music and dance, handcrafted arts, and old-fashioned fun on October 10 & 11, 2025 at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in…
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Women's Outdoor Weekend
Saturday, October 11, 2025 - Sunday, October 12, 2025
/ 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Open the door to all your senses by getting away and reconnecting with nature. During this three-day, two-night adventure, we will offer sessions on basic camping, hiking, introduction to kayaking,…
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Great Arkansas Clean Up at Mount Nebo
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Mount Nebo State Park welcomes participants to help with trash and debris removal. We will focus on removing glass from behind the Large Pavilion, along 3C trail from Sunset Point to Sunrise Point,…
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Bark in the Park 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lake Frierson State Park is going to the dogs! Join us for B.A.R.K. Ranger hikes, doggy geocaching adventures, a tail-wagging costume contest, pawsome games, and fur-tastic programs. Meet local…
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Monarch Health Hike
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Every year, monarch butterflies migrate through Arkansas in mid-October to return to their breeding grounds in Mexico. These lively bursts of color are always a delight to see on a hike or in your…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Take the lead to help keep our community clean! Join us from 9 a.m. to noon for the Great Arkansas Cleanup at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park. Volunteers will help clean up and beautify the park…
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Sandbar Beautification - Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Spend the morning with park interpreters at Sandbar Campground to remove litter and debris from this high-use area of the park. This volunteer event is a part of the Great Arkansas Cleanup through…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup at Lake Charles
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
It’s cleanup time! Volunteers are needed to participate in this year’s Great Arkansas Cleanup at Lake Charles State Park. Each year the Great Arkansas Cleanup welcomes participants to join park staff…
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Keep Lake Poinsett on Point, Part of the Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Join members of the local community and Lake Poinsett State Park staff to help keep Arkansas Beautiful a little at a time! Volunteers are needed to help pick up litter near the park entrance and along…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful Cleanup
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Help Keep Arkansas Beautiful by volunteering at Mount
Magazine State Park! Projects include, but are not limited to, litter pickup
along roadsides and trails, trail beautification and improvement,…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Come to the museum and make a difference! Volunteer
for the Great Arkansas Cleanup and help keep your Arkansas State Park spotless.
Participate in a trash pickup as you walk around the park on your…
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Stringband Music & Arts Festival
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
This fall, retreat to the Ozarks for two days of spirited old-time stringband music and dance, handcrafted arts, and old-fashioned fun on October 10 & 11, 2025 at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in…
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Fall Fest in the Den: Old Timey Costumes and Crafts
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
During the Great Depression—when the park was first being built—families had to get creative with their celebrations. Costumes were often handmade, and decorations crafted from whatever materials were…
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Fall Fest Down in the Den
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Join us at Devil's Den State Park to celebrate the fall season like it's the 1930s! Much like the families that lived during the Great Depression, the era that our park was built by the Civilian…
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Fall Fest in the Den: Mother Nature's Trick or Treat Walkabout
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Dress up as your favorite animal and roam Camp Area E with Mother Nature! As you pass each campsite, stay alert for sightings of the park’s native wildlife and learn why candy—though delicious for…
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Star Party
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Join us for a night sky presentation by the Memphis Astronomical Society. Afterwards, we will move outside to view night sky objects through telescopes. If there is overcast or…
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Women's Outdoor Weekend
Sunday, October 12, 2025
/ 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Open the door to all your senses by getting away and reconnecting with nature. During this three-day, two-night adventure, we will offer sessions on basic camping, hiking, introduction to kayaking,…
Read more