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Petit Jean State Parks
Arkansas State Parks Calendar of Events
Kids' Fishing Derby
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.
Our pond is stocked with hungry catfish just waiting for your young angler to get a hook in the water. Come out to enjoy a morning of fishing with our interpretive staff. Prizes, games, and lots of…
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Huckleberry Nature Hike
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Join a park interpreter for a 3.5-mile guided hike that loops around Lake Bennet. This is a moderate hike and is expected to last about two hours. Make
sure to wear appropriate footwear and bring…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Pit Features, Mounds, and Post Holes Oh My!
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou
Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the
first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! During this program, we
will explore what archeologists are…
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Pollinators and their ‘Buds’
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the Lake Center to learn about the
wildflowers and pollinators of Woolly Hollow State Park, then create a paper flower souvenir. This program is fun for the whole family and…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Woolly Cabin Tour
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the Woolly Cabin to explore the history of the parks first settlers and what life was like in the 1800s.
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Flat Hat Chat: Monument Trails
Saturday, June 07, 2025
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Join a park interpreter next to our new visitor center at the Lichen Link trailhead and discover the unique network of trails here at Pinnacle Mountain State Park. Plan your path to adventure as we…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Casting 101: Arkansas Free Fishing Weekend
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Kick off Arkansas' Free Fishing Weekend by joining us in the field next to the playground to brush up on your casting! We will have a casting competition, and several games and challenges as we…
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Woolly Cabin Tour
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 12 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Join a park interpreter at the Woolly Cabin to explore the history of the parks first settlers and what life was like in the 1800s.
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Folded Together
Sunday, June 08, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
At the end of World War II, a group of six Japanese American families who had been held in the Rohwer War Relocation Center moved to a plantation in Scott. With those families were several children…
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Archeological Excavation: Self-Guided Tours
Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Saturday, June 14, 2025
/ 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you're invited! Visit the park between the hours of 8 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to see…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Archeology Pieces Together the Past
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will
host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re
invited! During this program, we
will have a few artifacts found during…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Walking Tour
Thursday, June 12, 2025
/ 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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Archeological Excavation: Mock Dig
Thursday, June 12, 2025
/ 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! While you’re here to see the actual archeological excavation,…
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Archeological Excavation: Guided Tram Tour
Thursday, June 12, 2025
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State Park will host an archeological excavation during the first two weeks of June, and you’re invited! This is one of the largest and most impressive archeological…
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