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Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
National Trails Day
Saturday, June 07, 2025
Celebrate and enjoy Petit Jean State Park’s more than 20 miles of trails! This day will be filled with hikes and hiking related programs for all ages. Contact the park for a schedule. This…
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Kids' Fishing Derby
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Our pond is stocked with hungry catfish just waiting for your young angler to get a hook in the water. Come out to enjoy a morning of fishing with our interpretive staff. Prizes, games, and lots of…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Pit Features, Mounds, and Post Holes Oh My!
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou
Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the
first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! During this program, we
will explore what archeologists are…
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Flat Hat Chat: Monument Trails
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter next to our new visitor center at the Lichen Link trailhead and discover the unique network of trails here at Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Plan your path to adventure as we…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Casting 101: Arkansas Free Fishing Weekend
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Kick off Arkansas' Free Fishing Weekend by joining us in the field next to the playground to brush up on your casting! We will have a casting competition, and several games and challenges as we…
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Folded Together
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
At the end of World War II, a group of six Japanese American families who had been held in the Rohwer War Relocation Center moved to a plantation in Scott. With those families were several children…
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Archeological Excavation: Self-Guided Tours
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you're invited! Visit the park between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to see…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Thursday, June 12, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Mock Dig
Thursday, June 12, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! While you’re here to see the actual archeological excavation,…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Friday, June 13, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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How's It Growing?
Friday, June 13, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
How is a plant like a person? The answer might surprise you. We have more in common than you might think. Join park staff to learn the ways that all the parts of a plant work together to help it…
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Mountain Fishin' Derby at Petit Jean State Park
Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
The 2023 Mountain Fishin' Derby is here for Arkansas's free fishing weekend! Join park staff alongside Lake Bailey near the Boathouse to register your child and fish the morning…
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Summer Plant Survey
Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Help Plantation Agriculture Museum to better understand the environment of the park by helping us document the plants that live here. Visitors are invited to join park staff and identify the plants…
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Flat Hat Chat: Monument Trails
Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the Coachwhip trailhead and discover the unique network of trails here at Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Plan your path to adventure as we delve into the different routes,…
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Stick Mule Races
Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
All work and no play makes mules just as bored as it would people! Join museum staff to have some fun with the most agreeable mules around as we race wooden stick mules and celebrate these farm MVPs.
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Rocky Valley Trail to the East Quarry
Sunday, June 15, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
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,…
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Sensory Sunday
Sunday, June 15, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Plantation Agriculture Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and educational experience for all visitors, including those with autism and other sensory sensitivities, for whom a typical trip to…
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