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Color Wheel Hike
Thursday, July 17, 2025
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter and pick a color! Take time to enjoy the great outdoors at Bull Shoals-White River State Park, and try to find your chosen color on this moderately difficult trail…
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Birdwatching 101
Friday, July 18, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter to learn the basics of birdwatching. Afterwards, put your new skills to the test on this short, 0.75-mile paved trail. Wear comfortable shoes for walking. Bring water and…
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Birding Hike on Big Bluff Trail
Friday, July 18, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Join a park interpreter to discover what birds we can see or hear on the Big Bluff Trail. This 1.75-mile trail is moderately strenuous with rocky, uneven terrain. Wear comfortable shoes and bring…
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"Sense"-able Hike
Thursday, July 24, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
When is the last time you stopped to watch a bird land in a tree? What about stopped to smell a cedar tree? Join a park interpreter to spend time outdoors and use all of your senses on…
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Wildflower Walk
Thursday, August 07, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Bull Shoals-White River State Park is home to a multitude of wildflowers that are lots of different shapes, sizes, and colors that bloom for a short time before giving way to the next…
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Birding Hike on Big Bluff Trail
Friday, August 08, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Join a park interpreter to discover what birds we can see or hear on the Big Bluff Trail. This 1.75-mile trail is moderately strenuous with rocky, uneven terrain. Wear comfortable shoes and bring…
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Lakeside Birding Hike
Saturday, August 23, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Join a park interpreter to discover what birds we can see or hear on the Lakeside Trail. This 1-mile trail is moderately easy with rocky, uneven terrain. Wear comfortable shoes and bring water, insect…
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Evening Hike
Saturday, August 23, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Experience the sights and sounds of Bull Shoals-White River State Park on an evening hike on the Big Bluff Trail. The hike will take participants to the Big
Bluff Overlook and back on a 1-mile…
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Color Wheel Hike
Thursday, August 28, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter and pick a color! Take time to enjoy the great outdoors at Bull Shoals-White River State Park, and try to find your chosen color on this moderately difficult trail…
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Nature Scavenger Hike
Saturday, August 30, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter to take a hike and see if you can find everything on a scavenger hunt list. Keep your eyes open, you never know what you’ll spot! The park interpreter will provide…
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Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium
The Ozark Folk Center State Park will host the annual Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium for students, practitioners and teachers of the herbal arts. The symposium takes place…
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Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium
The Ozark Folk Center State Park will host the annual Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium for students, practitioners and teachers of the herbal arts. The symposium takes place…
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Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium
The Ozark Folk Center State Park will host the annual Wild Herbal Field Trip & Medicinal Plant Symposium for students, practitioners and teachers of the herbal arts. The symposium takes place…
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A Railroad Christmas Celebration
Saturday, December 13, 2025
/ 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Come get into the holiday spirit with the staff at the Mammoth Spring State Park. Meet at the state park office at 5 p.m. where you'll be greeted by a park interpreter. There will be a guided hike…
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