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36th Annual NWA Mountain Bike Championships Race
Saturday, September 13, 2025
Devil's Den State Park proudly celebrates 36 years of mountain biking. It started in 1989 with the first bike event and has become a September tradition. All events are spectator friendly. For a full…
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NWA Mountain Bike Championships: Novice, Clydesdale, and Citizens Categories
Saturday, September 13, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Join us at the 36th Annual NWA Mountain Bike Championships at Devil's Den State Park, a cherished September tradition since 1989. This division welcomes novice riders, Clydesdale riders, and citizen…
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Girls Scouts Love State Parks: Ukulele Highpoint Hike
Saturday, September 13, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Perseverance of life at Mount
Magazine State Park should be music to your ears! Girl Scouts, in celebration of Girl Scouts Love State Parks, let a park interpreter share
some original ukulele songs on…
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Girl Scouts Love State Parks-Introduction to Mountain Biking
Saturday, September 13, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Welcoming all Girl Scouts for a fun-filled, hands-on demonstration of cycling. Meet with a park interpreter to discover the working parts of your bicycle, as well as safety tips and the opportunity…
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NWA Mountain Bike Championships: Cat 1, Cat 2, Single Speed, and E Bike
Saturday, September 13, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Join us at the 36th Annual NWA Mountain Bike Championships at Devil's Den State Park, a cherished September tradition since 1989. This category welcomes cat 1, cat 2, Single Speed, and E Bike to race.…
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Girl Scouts Love State Parks: Nightshift Hike
Saturday, September 13, 2025
/ 8:15 p.m. - 9:15 p.m.
When the sun goes down, the forest wakes up in a whole new way at Mount Magazine State Park. Girl Scouts, join a park interpreter on a guided night hike to meet the wild creatures who rule the dark,…
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National Public Lands Day
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Join Lake Dardanelle State Park for National Public Lands Day and the annual Great Arkansas Cleanup. National Public Lands Day (NPLD) is the nation's largest single-day volunteer effort for public…
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Living Forest 2025: The Wizard of Hobbs
Saturday, October 25, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Our most popular event of the year
returns as you will experience the forest at Hobbs State Park like never before – with
costumed animals and some “wicked” as well as “good” humans as you “follow…
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Opt Outside Battlefield Tour
Friday, November 28, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…
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Opt Outside Historic House Tour
Friday, November 28, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
The families who settled here long before the Civil War share many of the same values and traditions we hold today. Explore the similarities and differences between our ways of life on this guided…
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Opt Outside Battlefield Tour
Friday, November 28, 2025
/ 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a 1-mile walk along the ridgeline where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of Prairie Grove. Meet at the Borden…
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