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Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Girl Scouts Love State Parks: Guardians of the Green Service Patrol
Sunday, September 14, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Join the mission to protect Arkansas's natural beauty! In this hands-on service event, Girl Scouts will learn how invasive species threaten the native plants and wildlife of Lake Chicot State Park.…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup: Glass Recycling Drop-Off
Sunday, September 14, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Recycling was an essential part of rural life for people living over a century ago and it should remain an important part of ours today. One item that can be hard to recycle is glass, so let…
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Girl Scouts Love State Parks: Candle Making
Sunday, September 14, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Girl Scouts, get in touch with nature as you create your own natural candle to take home. Supplies provided. #GSLoveStateParks
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KDLB 47th Annual Shoreline Cleanup
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Keeping DeGray Lake Beautiful is a Coordinating Partner of the Great Arkansas Cleanup, which takes place annually September through October. The event is the "nation's largest community improvement…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup 2025
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
The Great Arkansas Cleanup is a state-wide volunteer event sponsored by Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Volunteers are invited to help clean up roadways, and along the railroad tracks. Meet at the museum…
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Cast Iron Connections: Cooking with a Dutch Oven: Breakfast
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Gather around the fire for a hands-on cooking experience using a traditional Dutch oven. Participants will explore the history of cast iron cooking, learn basic techniques, and help prepare a tasty…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup: Lake Chicot Invasive Plant Removal
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Our resource is our mission at Lake Chicot State Park. During this years Great Arkansas Cleanup event, we are focusing on the improvement of our park's native ecology by removing areas of invasive…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful Cleanup
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Its time for the fall cleanup in partnership with Keep Arkansas Beautiful. This is a self-guided river cleanup. Volunteers can pick up litter along the banks of the river or by boat. Trash bags and…
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Hunter Education
Saturday, September 20, 2025 | Sunday, September 21, 2025
In order to purchase a hunting license in Arkansas anyone who was born after December 31, 1968, must complete Hunter Education. This is a 10-hour course that will be held from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on…
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Basic Crochet Workshop
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Crochet is a practical, historic skill that
leaves room for creativity. Join park staff to learn basic stitches and how to
read patterns and leave with your project, patterns, and the skills for so…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful at Powhatan HIstoric State Park
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Help keep Powhatan Historic State Park beautiful by joining park staff to volunteer with our annual Keep Arkansas Beautiful/Great American Cleanup events! Our spring event will focus on cleaning out…
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Dances of the Past Workshop
Saturday, September 20, 2025
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Dance experience is not required for this fun evening of dance and fellowship! Join the staff of Historic Washington State Park for an exciting class that will leave you with unforgettable…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Sunday, September 21, 2025
/ 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Louisiana Purchase State Park is looking for volunteers to get outdoors and help
clean up the park that belongs to all of us as part of Great Arkansas Cleanup. This is the perfect opportunity for a…
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Letterpress Printing Workshop
Monday, September 22, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Letterpress Printing WorkshopTaught by Troy Odom *** Click Here to register or for more information ***This one day class will include basic terminology, hand setting type and plate…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful
Friday, September 26, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Join us at Millwood State Park for the Great Arkansas Cleanup. The park will be conducting litter control along our Waterfowl Way Trail (1.5 miles) and the lake shoreline. Contact the park for more…
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Keep Arkansas Beautiful: Woolly Hollow Cleanup
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Meet our park staff to participate in the Great Arkansas Cleanup! Together we will pick up litter around the shoreline, trails, and day use area of the park. All supplies provided.
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Lake Sylvia Cleanup
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Help a park interpreter and Scouting America Troop 727 clean up around the old Girl Scouts Cabin ruins to preserve the beauty and history of this trail! At this event, we will learn about the history…
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Great Arkansas Cleanup
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Help protect Logoly State Park with a morning of park beautification and litter removal. Check in at the visitor center to get supplies, an area to work, and a free t-shirt (limited supply). This…
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National Public Lands Day: Together for Tomorrow Trail Beautification Hike
Saturday, September 27, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Observe National Public Lands Day from the trails at Cane Creek State Park! Meet at the trailhead by pavilion #1 at 8:30 a.m. for check-in and supplies. Dedicate at least an hour to help beautify our…
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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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