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.
Monday, March 27, 2023
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
What creatures spend their lives in and on the edge of Lake Bailey? Why are they important to the overall ecosystem of Petit Jean State Park? Meet a park interpreter for a short,…
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Monday, March 27, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Reana for a competition for only the most devoted visitors. We will be taking photos of what makes Petit Jean State Park so special. We will also learn what you can do…
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Monday, March 27, 2023
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What
kind of birds will we be expecting this spring? Meet Park interpreter Reana to discover the beautiful birds that call Petit Jean
State Park home. Afterwards, we will walk around…
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Tuesday, March 28, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Meet Park Interpreter Reana to learn about some of
the birds we have here at Petit Jean State Park and why they are important to
our ecosystem. Bring a bird guidebook if you have…
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Join a park interpreter to discover the woodpeckers
that inhabit Petit Jean State Park and some of the roles they play here. We
will take a short walk to see some of these birds…
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter BT to guess which mammal the furs and skulls belong to. You will also discover some interesting features about these animals.
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
/ 7:45 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter BT to discover more about the nocturnal birds of prey called owls that make Petit Jean State Park their home. Before the evening is over, we will invite a few owls…
Thursday, March 30, 2023
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Want to discover more than the bare facts about bears? Meet Park Interpreter BT for an exploration of the history and present-day status of bears around Petit Jean State Park.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter Jake to learn about some of the birds we have here at Petit Jean State Park and why they are important to our ecosystem. Bring a bird guidebook if you have one and join in the…
Thursday, March 30, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter Jake and take a short stroll to the CCC Overlook where
you can watch the sunset from one of the most scenic locations in the park.
Bring a…
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Friday, March 31, 2023
/ 7:15 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter BT to see a beautiful Petit Jean State Park spring sunset and to discover
the planetary movement that gives us the seasons of the year. The sun will set
at…
Friday, March 31, 2023
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for an interesting walk among the giant sandstone boulders and slot canyons of the Bear Cave area. This is a relatively easy ¼-mile hike that is great for the whole family.…
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Saturday, April 01, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Join Park Interpreter Jake to play a fun, family-friendly game of Petit Jean Animal Bingo. As we play, we will learn more about the animals found at Petit Jean State Park.…
Saturday, April 01, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Join a park interpreter for an interesting walk among the giant sandstone boulders and slot canyons of the Bear Cave area. This is a relatively easy ¼-mile hike that is great for the whole family.…
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Sunday, April 02, 2023
/ 2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter to guess which mammal the furs and skulls belong to. You will also discover some interesting features about these animals who live at Petit Jean State…
Sunday, April 02, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter Jake for a short stroll to the CCC Overlook where you can watch the sunset from one of the most scenic locations in the park. Bring a flashlight for the walk back to…
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Friday, April 07, 2023 - Sunday, April 09, 2023
Celebrate spring and the great outdoors at our Great Escape Weekend! Enjoy free nature-related and family-oriented activities. The celebration concludes with an Easter egg scramble for about…
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Friday, April 07, 2023
/ 7:30 p.m. - 8:15 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Jake for this
night hike down to the park’s archeology site: Rock House Cave. We will view
ancient, mysterious rock art and imagine what life was like for the American
Indians…
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Saturday, April 08, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
To know Petit Jean State Park, you must know Cedar Falls. Meet Park
Interpreter Jake to hike down to the
foot of Arkansas’s most iconic waterfall!
The Cedar Falls Hike is 2-miles…
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Sunday, April 09, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Join the park interpreters near the public swimming pool parking lot for an Easter Egg Scramble to look for about 2000 Easter eggs. Be sure to show up early – the eggs go fast! The Easter…
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