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                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Lake Dardanelle State Park’s diverse habitats sustain many living creatures, including animal architects. Join a park interpreter in the grassy area across from the visitor center to learn how the…
                            
                        
            
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        Music to Your Ears: A Ukulele Highpoint Hike
                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 5 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Perseverance of life at Mount Magazine State Park should be music to your ears! Let a park interpreter share some original ukulele songs on the way up to Arkansas' highpoint that highlight…
                            
                        
            
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        Star Party
                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Discover the Wonders of the Night Sky! Join park staff and the Northwest Arkansas Astronomical Society at the pavilion for an
evening of stargazing. Bring your own telescope or binoculars or explore…
                            
                        
            
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        Know Your State
                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            How well do you know the history and folklore of Arkansas? Join a park interpreter at the amphitheater for this fun quiz game where teams will compete for prizes. All ages welcome!
                            
                        
            
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        Nightshift Hike
                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 6:45 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            When the sun goes down, the forest wakes up in a whole new way at Mount Magazine State Park. Join a park interpreter on a guided night hike to meet the wild creatures who rule the dark, from stealthy…
                            
                        
            
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        Fall Star Party
                                    Saturday, November 15, 2025
                                            / 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Discover astronomy with the Memphis Astronomical Society. This is a family-friendly event for all ages! The first part of the program will be inside to teach guests what is in the night sky.…
                            
                        
            
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        Women in the Woods
                                                                            Join women empowering women in the outdoors. Lake Chicot State Park is hosting a space where you will make connections to the calm waters, scenic cypress trees, abundant wildlife,…
                            
                        
            
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        The Big Five Hike
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter for a big, 5-mile hike on Mount Magazine! Hiking in some of the same steps of people dating as far back as the 1800s, participants will experience the pure mountain…
                            
                        
            
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        Mysterious Forest Objects Tabletop
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Look at some mysterious objects found in
the forest around Hobbs, see if you can identify them, then learn more about
them. A 15-minute program begins every half hour. Come and go as you
please.  
                            
                        
            
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        Discover the Yancopin Bridge Guided Hike
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 12:45 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Here is your chance to discover the Yancopin Bridge! This bridge crosses the Arkansas River along the Delta Heritage Trail. Experience it for yourself on a 3-mile round trip guided hike led by a park…
                            
                        
            
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        History of Hobbs Tabletop
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                             Join a park interpreter to learn more about the
history that took place here, including the establishment of this state park,
and the interesting people that made history happen! A 15-minute program…
                            
                        
            
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        Let's Make a Deal: Arkansas River Edition
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            In the early 1800s, the Arkansas River connected diverse communities through trade and exchange. Goods carried stories, relationships shaped survival, and every deal mattered. Meet a park…
                            
                        
            
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        Highpoint Hike
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Reaching the highpoint provides more than just bragging rights- it provides a sense of home and habitat! Join a park interpreter for a hike to the highest point in Arkansas. Seasonally appropriate…
                            
                        
            
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        Mountain Songs in the Hearth Area
                                    Sunday, November 16, 2025
                                            / 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            The hearth is where the heart is! Join a park interpreter and enjoy a few original guitar songs that highlight some of the wonderful natural and cultural resources of Mount Magazine State Park. 
                            
                        
            
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        Eagle Tour
                                    Monday, November 17, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Lake Dardanelle State Park is proud to offer free winter lake cruises for the best chance of seeing our national symbol, the American bald eagle (weather permitting). Many other spectacular birds will…
                            
                        
            
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        Oh, I am on a Mountain!: A Dripping Springs Trail Hike
                                    Monday, November 17, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            While it’s great to immerse yourself in all the trees of Mount Magazine State Park, it can be easy to forget one is on Arkansas’ tallest mountain. A hike down Dripping Springs trail serves as one…
                            
                        
            
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        Equipped to Survive
                                    Monday, November 17, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                             Life
at Mount Magazine State Park is equipped to survive what can be a challenging
environment. Are you equipped to survive a quiz that tests your knowledge of
Mount Magazine State Park’s resources?…
                            
                        
            
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        Nature vs. Nurture
                                    Monday, November 17, 2025
                                            / 4 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            From instincts to experience, animals at Lake Dardanelle State Park learn what it takes to survive. Meet a park interpreter in the grassy area across from the visitor center to discover how…
                            
                        
            
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        What's for Lunch
                                    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
                                            / 5:30 a.m. - 6 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            We have 8,000 gallons of aquariums, filled with many of the fish species found in Lake Dardanelle. Join park staff in the visitor center as they feed the fish live food. See for yourself, what’s for…
                            
                        
            
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        Fashion a Fish
                                    Tuesday, November 18, 2025
                                            / 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter in the visitor center Orientation Room Learn about the wide variety of shapes and sizes of fish that live in Lake Dardanelle due to its health and diversity. After you discover…
                            
                        
            
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