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Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, October 12, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Purge the Privet
Monday, October 13, 2025
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater and help remove invasive privet to protect native habitats at Lake Dardanelle State Park. Learn to identify this harmful plant, then grab some gloves and…
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Mammoth Spring State Park Adopt a Highway Cleanup
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
/ 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
Come do your part to Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Join the state park team as they participate in cleaning up a large portion of HWY 63 in Mammoth Spring. Meet at the state park at 9:30 a.m. Call…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful Fall Cleanup at the Ozark Folk Center State Park
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
The Ozark Folk Center State Park is hosting a Keep Arkansas
Beautiful Clean Up on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. Starting at 10 a.m., we will clean up litter around the
parking lots, clear the trail…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful - Parkin Planter Project
Friday, October 17, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Parkin Archeological State Park and the Parkin Beautification Committee are partnering together to clean up the planters that line the streets of Parkin. There will be water and snacks provided. No…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 18, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Great Arkansas Cleanup is a state-wide volunteer
event sponsored by Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Cane Creek State Park is looking
for volunteers to get outdoors for a morning of reducing litter on our…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup at Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Saturday, October 18, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Do your part to keep Arkansas beautiful by volunteering in the Great Arkansas Cleanup at Queen Wilhelmina State Park. Meet at the Wonder House at 10 a.m. to register and pick up garbage bags, gloves,…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful Cleanup
Sunday, October 19, 2025
/ 12 p.m. - 1 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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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, October 19, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Volunteer Opportunity: Garden Day
Saturday, October 25, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Join Master Naturalists and other volunteers to help work on the native plant garden beds in the park! Remember to bring your gardening gloves and tools.
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, October 25, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Let’s take action against littering by cleaning one of your Arkansas State Parks. The Plum Bayou Mounds site has been used by mankind for over 1,300 years. Over that time period this land has seen a…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup at White Oak Lake
Sunday, October 26, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
We invite you to join park staff as we do our part to keep Arkansas beautiful. This year we will be focusing on trash removal in the campground and day use area following our Halloween event. The…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, October 26, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, November 02, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, November 09, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Purge the Privet
Monday, November 10, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater and help remove invasive privet to protect native habitats at Lake Dardanelle State Park. Learn to identify this harmful plant, then grab some gloves and…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, November 16, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, November 23, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, November 30, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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Preserving the Legacy
Sunday, December 07, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
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