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.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
/ 11 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Did you know plants are sugar factories that feed us and all sorts of other animals? Take a look at the energy your body uses and where it comes from with Park Interpreter Steve.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
/ 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
There are some great conservation success stories from the last century, and the return of the bald eagle is one of those. Park Interpreter Chris will share their story and natural history…
Saturday, December 10, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Sunday, December 11, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Saturday, December 17, 2022
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Learn from Park Interpreter Steve why this rare tree, once common in the Ozarks, is so important and what we are doing at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area to try and save it.
Saturday, December 17, 2022
/ 11 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Do you know the destination of a trail? Do you know the purpose of “anting?” Join Park Interpreter Steve to learn more about your state park during this easy .25-mile hike on the ADA accessible…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, December 17, 2022
/ 7:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Join wildlife photographer Tim
Johnson on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to photograph
bald eagles and other wildlife. We will learn about the photography…
Saturday, December 17, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Sunday, December 18, 2022
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Sit back and relax on our front porch rocking chairs with our park history guru, Park Interpreter Steve, to learn more about how and when this area became a state park, why we are designated…
Sunday, December 18, 2022
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Do you know the symbols of Arkansas? Some are easy, and others you probably have never heard of. Did you know we have a state soil and a state beverage? Join Park Interpreter Steve to…
Sunday, December 18, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Celebrate the longest night of
the year and the return of longer days during this program at the education
pavilion! We’ll have a bonfire to sit around where you can make s’mores,…
Heart Healthy
Thursday, December 22, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Friday, December 23, 2022
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Join Park Interpreter Steve in a basic discussion on wild edible plants
including what you need to know to survive if lost in the woods. Would you
eat a bug to survive? During this…
Friday, December 23, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Saturday, December 24, 2022
/ 11 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
The choices you make when you are outside have an impact. This is a great program for all ages, but especially for young girls and boys who are just beginning to experience camping, hiking, and the…
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
/ 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Families, join Park Interpreter Chris as we learn how to identify common birds, how to use binoculars (which we provide), and why we count the birds. After that we’ll do our count around the visitor…
Heart Healthy
Wednesday, December 28, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…
Thursday, December 29, 2022
/ 3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife. Tours depart Rocky Branch…