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.
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Visit the Trimble House, Royston Townhouse, and the Sanders
Home and Farmstead. There will be
concentration on fine houses, showing their furnishings and their size, as well
as…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Visit the Crouch House, the Royston Log House, and the
Presbyterian Church. The lives of black
citizens in Washington and their significant contributions to the community,
and the…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 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!
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Visit the Weapons Museum, the Print Museum, and the 1836
Courthouse, the
remaining businesses from the Business District of Washington. This tour will
focus on the types of…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Visit the Trimble House, Royston Townhouse, and the Sanders
Home and Farmstead. There will be
concentration on fine houses, showing their furnishings and their size, as well
as…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Visit the Crouch House, the Royston Log House, and the
Presbyterian Church. The lives of black
citizens in Washington and their significant contributions to the community,
and the…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Visit the Weapons Museum, the Print Museum, and the 1836
Courthouse, the
remaining businesses from the Business District of Washington. This tour will
focus on the types of…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 3:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Who goes there? Can you identify different park animals just by the signs they leave? Join a park interpreter to discover what creatures came before by examining their tracks and other "evidence" in…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The celestial wonders of the night sky are put on full display at DeGray Lake Resort State Park. Nestled in among the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains, sheltered from city lights and pollution, the…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Here is your chance to peer through a turtle shell, inspect a beaver-hewn log, or even touch a skunk pelt! A park interpreter will be in the lodge lobby with all of these things and more…
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Join a park interpreter at the mine entrance for a hike through the search area to visit locations where famous diamonds have been found! Contact: (870) 285-3113, [email protected]
Friday, June 25, 2021
/ 9 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for this guided viewing of our night sky. We will hike under the forest canopy out to an open rocky beach for some excellent views of stars, constellations, and…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Want to know what a real snakeskin feels like? Why do snakes shed their skins? Learn more about these scaly reptiles while we create bookmarks using real snakeskin. Meet in the visitor center…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Visit the Royston Log House and the Morrison Inn Kitchen. This tour will focus on the types of houses and the
lifestyles of early Arkansas settlers and the variety of chores done to…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Do you know how many months or years the litter
found in the park can take to decompose? You may be surprised. How does litter
impact the park, other guests, and the wildlife that live…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Join our staff for a guided tour through the oil field park. Explore our equipment displays of the machinery used in the discovery, extraction and storage of oil a century ago in…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Visit the Print Museum, Morrison Tavern
Taproom, and the Sanders House. This tour will focus on three socioeconomic stations available to women during the 19th century
by visiting…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Dirty, clean, or somewhere in between? Small creatures that live in the water can teach us about water quality. Join a park interpreter to catch and identify these critters in the creek across from…
Saturday, June 26, 2021
/ 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!