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Petit Jean State Parks
Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Women in the Woods Campout
Saturday, November 08, 2025 - Sunday, November 09, 2025
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
“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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Women in the Woods
Join women empowering women in the outdoors. Lake Chicot State Park is hosting a space where you will make connections to the calm waters, scenic cypress trees, abundant wildlife,…
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Women in the Woods
Join women empowering women in the outdoors. Lake Chicot State Park is hosting a space where you will make connections to the calm waters, scenic cypress trees, abundant wildlife,…
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A Mountainous Event
Friday, November 21, 2025 - Saturday, November 22, 2025
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
Layer upon layer, Mount Magazine State Park is stacked with special things that keep visitors coming back year after year! Enjoy a day full of enriching themed programs and self-guided activities that…
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27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
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27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
Thursday, November 27, 2025 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
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Opt Outside Battlefield Tour
Friday, November 28, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 10 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
/ 1 p.m. - 2 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
/ 3 p.m. - 4 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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27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
Friday, November 28, 2025 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
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Ozark Holidays Craft Show
Saturday, November 29, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Get away from the fuss and
flurry of the modern city and come to where holidays are about people and
craftsmanship is done by hand. Shop the Ozark Folk Center State Park Craft
Village during the Ozark…
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Christmas Open House
Saturday, December 06, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Join us to celebrate the beginning of the Christmas
season on top of beautiful Petit Jean Mountain. There will be live holiday music, crafts available for the whole family
to make in…
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Christmas Open House
Saturday, December 06, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
DeGray Lake Resort State Park invites you
to celebrate the holiday season in the comfort of the park's beautiful lodge. Come
in from the cold to make a nature-themed craft or tree ornament while…
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39th Annual Christmas and Candlelight
Friday, December 12, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Experience the awe and natural beauty of candlelit streets as you stroll through our historic village. Decorations, music, and more set the mood for this historic holiday experience. The homes of…
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39th Annual Christmas and Candlelight
Saturday, December 13, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Experience the awe and natural beauty of candlelit streets as you stroll through our historic village. Decorations, music, and more set the mood for this historic holiday experience. The homes of…
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A Railroad Christmas Celebration
Saturday, December 13, 2025
/ 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Get into the holiday spirit with the staff at the Mammoth Spring State Park. Activities include a guided hike around spring lake, Christmas caroling at the Spring and a tour of the 1886 Frisco Train…
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Sensory Sunday
Sunday, December 14, 2025
/ 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plantation Agriculture Museum is committed to creating an inclusive and educational experience for all visitors, including those with autism and other sensory sensitivities, for whom a typical trip to…
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Merry Makers Craft Day
Saturday, December 20, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Enjoy making charming crafts with your family while sipping hot cocoa or wassail and nibbling on holiday treats at Plantation Agriculture Museum's Merry Makers Craft Day. Create memories as well as…
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Winter Solstice Celebration
Saturday, December 20, 2025
/ 2:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Walk into the past with us to discover what archeologists have uncovered about the people who lived here over 1,000 years ago. The story of the Plum Bayou people will be revealed, including why…
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Annual Eagles Et Cetera Festival
Thursday, January 22, 2026 - Sunday, January 25, 2026
/ 11 p.m. - 10:59 p.m.
Join us for the annual Eagles Et
Cetera Festival, the longest-running eagle awareness event in Arkansas, which
has taken place for over four decades. Celebrate the remarkable
conservation story of our…
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