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.
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 - Saturday, September 16, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Throughout history, every generation has had traditions of how they lay their loved ones to rest after they have died. The way people laid their loved ones to rest in the 19th century…
Saturday, April 01, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
In this workshop you will make an Easter egg basket. All
supplies are provided and you take home your creations. Register by
calling the park at (870) 983-2684.
Saturday, April 15, 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, April 29, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Learn how people of early Washington grew medicinal plants
and prepared their own herbal remedies. Join our interpretive staff in a
hands-on workshop geared toward herb gardens and…
Saturday, April 29, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Join our interpretive staff in learning the basic of
nineteenth century printing equipment. Learn about the type and how to layout
an item to print. Register by calling the park at…
Saturday, May 06, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Experience 19th century justice in Washington as you take
part in our "Trial by Jury" series. The evening will begin with a
meal at Williams' Tavern Restaurant and then you will…
Friday, May 12, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Experience a ladies night out with a trip back in time.
Enjoy a special Victorian fashion tea and programming of special interest to
the ladies will be presented by park staff.…
Saturday, May 20, 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…
Saturday, May 27, 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, June 17, 2023
/ 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Enjoy an evening on the lawn of the 1874 Courthouse at Historic Washington listening to live music from the past to the present. Bring your own lawn chair. In case of inclement weather, activities…
Saturday, June 17, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 12 a.m.
Historic Washington welcomes our guests for a special
Juneteenth Day weekend living history program, entitled, “Free Man in a Slave’s
World”. This program allows visitors to meet…
Saturday, June 17, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Historic Washington welcomes our guests for a special
Juneteenth Day weekend living history program, entitled, “Free Man in a Slave’s
World”. This program allows visitors to meet…
Saturday, June 17, 2023
/ 4 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Historic Washington welcomes our guests for a special
Juneteenth Day weekend living history program, entitled, “Free Man in a Slave’s
World”. This program allows visitors to meet…
Monday, June 19, 2023 - Friday, June 23, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Historic
Washington State Park will host a day camp for children on June 19-23, 2023.
Communities are an important part of life that bind people together through
various activities…
Saturday, June 24, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This workshop will explore the history of spiritualism in
Arkansas in the 1800s and it’s evolution into modern paranormal research. You
will visit specific historic sites in…