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.
Filter
Park
Categories
Regions
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, January 28, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
The diverse habitats in and around Lake Dardanelle State Park create many opportunities to spot wildlife. The wildlife you encounter while camping may even be one of the most memorable parts of your…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.
Rodney Paul, a certified raptor rehabilitator, has live, rehabilitated birds for a glimpse into the challenges of healing injured raptors. Rodney is the owner of Raptor Rehab of Central Arkansas, one…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter and a few of the snakes that live in Arkansas. We will discover the characteristics of the venomous six and learn to tell them apart from harmless snakes. …
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Have you ever wondered about the daily lives of the Cherokee who inhabited this area before removal long before it was a park? Meet a park interpreter in the grassy area across from the visitor center…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Once only for the rich and powerful, the art of falconry persists today. Rusty Scarborough, master falconer, has live birds on hand as he introduces you to the world of falconry—an art rooted in…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Lives were forever changed here on December 7, 1862. Join us for a ½-mile walk along the ridgeline
where the heaviest fighting occurred during the Civil War Battle of…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
The cornerstone of this event! The Little Rock Zoo once again brings out a full array of birds including hawks, falcons, vultures and a bald eagle. Be prepared for “oohs and ahs” and many photo…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 4 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Nothing brings friends and family together like a little competition!
Join Park Interpreter Terry for a fun game with a natural twist.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 5 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Miss any of your favorite birds today? Here's your chance to see them again in an informal and up close setting along with a few surprise animal guests! Handlers from the Little Rock Zoo bring back…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
You will be the envy of all your friends when they see your cool bookmark decorated with real shed snake skin! Join Park Interpreter Terry and get started making this special, one-of-a-kind craft.
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Sign up early for this one-of-a-kind
adventure. We’ll take golf carts out on the golf course in search of owls
and other nocturnal creatures. Must be 18 to drive, limit two persons…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Things might seem to slow down in the winter, but they certainly don't stop! Explore the forest with trail specific scavenger hunts designed for self - guided hikes along the 1/5-mile long Trotting…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Join master falconer Rusty Scarborough on an actual hunt using live hawks. We’ll take a short boat ride to a nearby island where Rusty will turn loose a couple trained hawks in search…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
The Toltec Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by Native Americans from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is home…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Join a park interpreter for an interesting walk among the giant sandstone boulders and slot canyons of
the Bear Cave area. This is a relatively easy ½-mile hike that is great for…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
The Toltec Mounds site is one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Occupied by Native Americans from about 650 to 1050 AD, this site is home…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Meet a park interpreter to hike to the park’s archeology site, Rock House Cave. We will view American Indian rock art and discover more about the windows into the past that these images…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 5 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Meet Park Interpreter Reana and take a short stroll to the CCC Overlook where you can watch the sunset from one of the most scenic and picturesque locations in the park. Bring a flashlight for the…
Heart Healthy
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Hour-long tours will depart from the marina every hour starting at
8 a.m. Looking for an adventure? Join a park interpreter for a guided
eagle-watching tour on DeGray Lake. We’ll search for wintering…
Saturday, January 28, 2023
/ 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.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 Marina…