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.
Filter
- Reset Filters
- Grid Events: Park: Historic Washington State Park
- [X] Historic Washington State Park
Park
Categories
Regions
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.
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - Wednesday, May 01, 2024
“In Their Wallet” tells the story of the many challenges
facing early Arkansans as they began building an economy with a sound money
system. The exhibit features money and coins…
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - Thursday, February 01, 2024
Like today, leisure and recreation were an essential part of
life for residents of Washington in the 19th century. Residents would take time
to participate in many different…
Thursday, September 28, 2023 - Saturday, September 07, 2024
In the nineteenth century, several local residents had a wonderful talent for painting and went on to become famous nationwide for their work. In this exhibit, some of the work of different…
Saturday, September 30, 2023
/ 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…
Saturday, September 30, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Ready to get dirty? Join park staff to reseal our historic log buildings by replacing old and damaged chinking. Come for the morning session from 9 a.m.-noon and/or the afternoon session from 1-3 p.m.…
Saturday, October 07, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Help park staff Keep Arkansas Beautiful at Historic Washington State Park with leaf removal! Join us for the morning session from 9 a.m.-noon and/or the afternoon session from 1-3 p.m. Tools will be…
Saturday, October 07, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Help park
staff Keep Arkansas Beautiful at Historic Washington State Park with leaf
removal! Join us for the morning session from 9 a.m.-noon and/or the afternoon
session from 1-3…
Friday, October 13, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
You won't believe what happened to 16 year-year-old Jenny
Vann in 1860s Washington! Join in the recreation of a nineteenth century
"wake" at an antebellum home in Washington. Guests…
Saturday, October 14, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
You won't believe what happened to 16 year-year-old Jenny
Vann in 1860s Washington! Join in the recreation of a nineteenth century
"wake" at an antebellum home in Washington. Guests…
Saturday, October 14, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Our local cemeteries are important parts of our community
history. Learn how to properly care and clean tombstones with the park curator.
The workshop will cover the basics of…
Saturday, October 21, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Halloween at Historic Washington State Park gives you a
chance to indulge your imagination. Light your candle lanterns and accompany an
interpretive guide through selected sites in…
Saturday, October 21, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the
world of Dutch ovens. Participants will prepare a full meal and learn how to
use and care for Dutch ovens. Register by…
Saturday, October 28, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Halloween at Historic Washington State Park gives you a
chance to indulge your imagination. Light your candle lanterns and accompany an
interpretive guide through selected sites in…
Saturday, October 28, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Join us at Historic Washington State Park’s Candle Shop and
be part of a hands-on experience making candles and learning the history of
candle making. Not only will you make your…
Friday, November 03, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Participate in Town in Conflict at Historic
Washington State Park with your school group. Turn back the clock to
the years of the war and see a town engulfed in a war that put…
Saturday, November 04, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Civil War was one of the most trying times in our
nation’s history. Historic Washington will be hosting “Town in Conflict,"
a look at the many aspects of life during the bloody,…
Saturday, November 11, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
This course covers the basics of safe harnessing and driving
mule teams. If you like hands-on learning opportunities and want to experience
the fun of wagon and carriage…
Saturday, November 18, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Join the park smiths at the forge for a hands-on class
covering advanced methods of blacksmithing. Participants will forge out and
temper various projects, such as flint and steel,…
Saturday, November 18, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
This workshop is designed to introduce participants to the
world of Dutch ovens. Participants will prepare various 19th century
sweets and treats and learn how to use and care for…
Sunday, November 19, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Join the park smiths at the forge for a hands-on class
covering advanced methods of blacksmithing. Participants will forge out and
temper various projects, such as flint and steel,…