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Girl Scouts Love State Parks 2025: A Food Chain Card Game Adventure!
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - Sunday, September 14, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Test your knowledge of nature with Phases of the Forest, a fun, interactive card game inspired by the classic Phase 10! In this special version, players complete ecosystem-themed “Phases” by…
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Territorial Arkansas Living History Fest
Friday, September 19, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The past becomes the present at Davidsonville Historic State Park. Come explore the town as it would have been during a hey-day market week and explore the pattern of peoples and trades that made…
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Territorial Arkansas Living History School Day
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Trade the school books for hands-on-history at
Davidsonville Historic State Park as we celebrate 200 years since the construction of the oldest courthouse in Arkansas. Teachers, bring your class and…
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Star Party
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Join us for a night sky presentation by the Memphis Astronomical Society. Afterwards, we will move outside to view night sky objects through telescopes. If there is overcast or…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Join us for the Great Arkansas Cleanup, a statewide effort to keep our parks, roadsides, and waterways clean and beautiful! Help us keep Lake Frierson State Park litter-free while enjoying some of…
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Bark in the Park 2025
Saturday, October 11, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Lake Frierson State Park is going to the dogs! Join us for B.A.R.K. Ranger hikes, doggy geocaching adventures, a tail-wagging costume contest, pawsome games, and fur-tastic programs. Meet local…
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Ghost Walks
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Powhatan and Northeast Arkansas have a long, rich history. Century-old buildings, the Black River, and old cemeteries play host to Powhatan’s ghost stories, folktales, and legends. What makes the…
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Saddle Up for St. Jude
Saturday, October 18, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Join us in our effort to help St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. We will have children's horse and wagon rides, an auction, lunch, a barbeque dinner, music, and other activities with all of the…
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Trick or Treat at Village Creek
Saturday, October 25, 2025
/ 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Join Village Creek State Park and the Cross County Chamber of Commerce for Trick or Treat at Village Creek State Park. Local businesses will sponsor each campsite, providing decorations and candy for…
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Women in the Woods Campout
Saturday, November 08, 2025 - Sunday, November 09, 2025
“Keep close to nature’s heart…and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir Ladies, renew your spirit with time…
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Territorial Arkansas Living History Fest
Friday, May 01, 2026
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
The past becomes the present at Davidsonville Historic State Park. Come explore the town as it would have been during a hey-day market week and explore the pattern of peoples and trades that made…
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Territorial Arkansas Living History School Day
Saturday, May 02, 2026
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Trade the school books for hands-on-history at
Davidsonville Historic State Park as we celebrate 200 years since the construction of the oldest courthouse in Arkansas. Teachers, bring your class and…
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