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Wild Women Wednesday Hiking Group
                                    Wednesday, November 26, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Ladies, are you looking for someone to go hiking with? Join the Pinnacle Mountain Wild Women and a park interpreter for a hike on one of the Pinnacle Mountain State Park's gorgeous trails or a…
                            
                        
            
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        27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
                                    Thursday, November 27, 2025 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
                            
                        
            
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        27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025 - Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
                            
                        
            
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        Annual Opt Outside Sunrise Summit Hike
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 6 a.m. - 8 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join the thousands of people across the United States that every year choose to avoid the holiday shopping and instead #OptOutside to hit the trails! Embark with a park interpreter as we hike to the…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt-Outside Green Friday Hike
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Get outdoors instead of going to stores in celebration of Green Friday! Take a guided hike along the Lake Sylvia Loop Trail to get active after the holiday week. This hike is 0.8-mile, moderate with…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside Canoe Float
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Opt outside this year! Rather than going shopping or seeing a movie after the Thanksgiving holiday, opt outside this year with the ones you love for a blissful float along the Maumelle River. A Park…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside: Keys to the Kingfisher
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join the thousands of people across the country that every year choose to avoid the holiday shopping and instead #OptOutside on Green Friday to hit the trails! Meet a park interpreter as we meander…
                            
                        
            
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        Bear-ly Believable!
                                    Friday, November 28, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Throughout the spring and summer seasons, Arkansas' black bear populations have been eating everything they can find to prepare for hibernation in the winter months. Join a park interpreter to learn…
                            
                        
            
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        27th Annual Mountain Rendezvous
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 12 a.m. - 11:59 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Experience a primitive camp, as well as some of the survival skills used by Arkansas pioneers. Watch a variety of demonstrations including muzzleloading rifles, tomahawk throwing and more!…
                            
                        
            
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        Strut Your Stuffing ~ Gobbler Wobbler 2.5
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Get ready to gobble up the fun and join us at Cane Creek State Park for an effort to shed some of that stuffing from Thanksgiving. Enjoy a 2.5-mile hike on our Delta View Trail. Bring water and wear…
                            
                        
            
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        Survival Skills Weekend
                                                                            Start or add to your knowledge of surviving in the great outdoors. This weekend will be filled with survival skills workshops and bush craft such as map and compass, fire starting, shelter building,…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside: Migrating Birds of Pinnacle Mountain State Park
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Each fall, millions of birds journey across Arkansas as they migrate along the Great Flyway. Why do they travel such incredible distances, and what challenges do they face along the way? Join a park…
                            
                        
            
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        Eco-Artistry: Leaf Printed Coasters
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Take time to enjoy the beautiful nature that surrounds Camp Ouachita while creating a craft. At this program, you will learn the trees that are above us by looking at their leaves. Then, you will…
                            
                        
            
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        Ceremonial Site Tour
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            The Plum Bayou Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by American Indians from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is…
                            
                        
            
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        Arkansas State Park Jeopardy
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Are you an Arkansas State Park fan? Test your knowledge about The Natural State and the parks inside with this nature-themed jeopardy! Bring your family and see who can get the most points in this…
                            
                        
            
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        Opt Outside: Nature Soundscapes Walk
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter for a guided walk on the Kingfisher Trail, where we'll focus on experiencing nature through sound! This is a paved 1/2-mile trail that is ADA and stroller accessible. Make sure…
                            
                        
            
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        Dutch Oven Cooking Demo: Pizza and Popcorn
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Exhausted the recipes of leftover Thanksgiving turkey? Join us at Cane Creek State Park for pizza and popcorn at Pavilion 2! Experience the rich flavor and hearty texture that only cast-iron cooking…
                            
                        
            
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        Ceremonial Site Tour
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            The Plum Bayou Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by American Indians from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is…
                            
                        
            
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        Stories Told in the Dark
                                    Saturday, November 29, 2025
                                            / 5 p.m. - 6 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                             Gather ‘round the glow of the campfire with a park interpreter for an evening of storytelling under the night sky. From tall tales to local legends, these stories come to life in the flicker of…
                            
                        
            
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