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, February 21, 2020
/ 5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter BT for a
fun game of Nature Bingo. As we play the
game, we will learn more about the natural side of Petit Jean State Park.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
/ 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
Join Park Interpreter
Carrie to discover the many woodpeckers that make Petit
Jean State Park their home. The program
will include a short walk by Lake Bailey for a chance to see a…
Saturday, February 22, 2020
/ 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter BT to see a beautiful
Petit Jean winter sunset and to learn about the planetary movement that gives
us the seasons of the year. The sun sets at approximately 6…
Sunday, February 23, 2020
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Petit Jean, a strange and
fascinating mountain with many natural wonders, but that isn’t all that is
fascinating. Meet Park Interpreter Carrie to discover some stories surrounding the…
Sunday, February 23, 2020
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Carrie to put your knot tying skills to the test. We will also be exploring the park through
maps you can take on your adventure around the park. These new…
Friday, February 28, 2020
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join Park
Interpreter Carrie to put your knot tying skills
to the test. We will also be exploring
the park through maps you can take on your adventure around the park.
These new…
Sunday, March 01, 2020
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Carrie to put your knot tying skills to the test. We will also be exploring the park through
maps you can take with you on your adventure around the park. These…
Friday, March 06, 2020
/ 5:45 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Meet
Park Interpreter Carrie to watch the
sunset from one of the most scenic overlooks in the park. This beautiful
overlook has sat as a part of the park since the CCC built it in the…
Saturday, March 07, 2020
March is Archeology Month in Arkansas, and you
are invited to spend a day finding out about the archeological treasures of
Petit Jean Mountain, including the genuine American Indian…
Saturday, March 07, 2020
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Join
Park Interpreters BT and Carrie in the Mather Lodge Legacy Room for a discovery
of the American Indian people, who were the original inhabitants of
Arkansas. From the…
Saturday, March 07, 2020
/ 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Meet the park interpreters
at the main entryway of Mather Lodge to begin a car-caravan to our local
Arkansas Archeological Survey Station, situated on the grounds of the…
Saturday, March 07, 2020
/ 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
What if you had to
make your own dishes? How would you do it, and what would they look like?
Indians in Arkansas began making pottery around 2,500 years ago. Join the…
Sunday, March 08, 2020
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Petit Jean, a strange and fascinating mountain with
many natural wonders, but that isn’t all that is fascinating. Meet Park
Interpreter Carrie to
discover some stories surrounding the…
Monday, March 09, 2020
/ 7 a.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Join
Park Interpreter Carrie bright and early
to watch the sunrise above the beautiful Arkansas River Valley. The sunrise is at approximately 7:30 a.m.
Before the sunrise, we will be…
Thursday, March 12, 2020
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Join
Park Interpreter Carrie for a fun game
of Bird Bingo. As we play the game, we will discover more about our feathered
friends at Petit Jean State Park. This program is great for the whole family!
Friday, March 13, 2020
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Join
Park Interpreter Carrie at the amphitheater to discover the many woodpeckers
you can see here at Petit Jean State Park. The knocking you hear on the towering pines may be one of…
Friday, March 13, 2020
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Carrie to put your knot tying skills to the test. We will also be exploring the park through
maps you can take on your adventure around the park. These new…
Sunday, March 15, 2020
/ 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
What is a screech owl’s favorite tree for daytime napping? Meet Park Interpreter Carrie to discover more about these birds of prey that make Petit Jean State Park their home. Before the evening is…
Heart Healthy
Monday, March 16, 2020
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Join Park Interpreter Carrie to discover the bats of Petit Jean State Park and where they make their homes. This program will include a fun game to learn how bats are able to locate their food without…
Thursday, March 19, 2020
/ 7 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Meet
Park Interpreter Carrie to watch the
sunset from one of the most scenic overlooks in the park. This beautiful
overlook has sat as a part of the park since the CCC built it in the…