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All about Birds
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Cossatot River State Park is home to many shapes and sizes of our feathered friends. How much do you know about the birds of the park? Stop by and chat with a park interpreter about birds at this…
                            
                        
            
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        Turkey Tabletop: Let’s Talk Turkey!
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.The Eastern wild turkey is one of the largest birds in North America with fossil records dating back over 5 million years. Did you know that a turkey can fly fast enough to break…
                            
                        
            
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        Preserving the Legacy
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Join a park interpreter for a special 2-hour open self-guided tour of the 1872 Courthouse Museum! Learn how Jacksonport became the county seat, what the building was used for after the county seat…
                            
                        
            
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        Ceremonial Site Tour
                                    Sunday, November 23, 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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        Eagle Watch Cruise
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Looking for an adventure? Join a park interpreter for a guided eagle-watching cruise on DeGray Lake. We will spend the hour searching for wintering bald eagles, ospreys, loons, herons, grebes, ducks,…
                            
                        
            
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        All about Turkey!
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Learn all about the animal commonly associated with Thanksgiving: the turkey! Learn about this bird's habitat, diet, and behavior! Then, make a fun turkey-themed craft!
                            
                        
            
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        Trees: Stories From the Past Guided Hike
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Trees line the long path of Delta Heritage Trail State Park and have a story to tell. Here is your chance hear this story of how people used them in the past. Meet at the visitor center to join a park…
                            
                        
            
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        Visitor Center Explorers
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Escape the weather and visit a park interpreter at the visitor center! Explore our sensory station with furs of local animals, learn about reptiles and turtles, and experience many other wonders that…
                            
                        
            
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        Highpoint Hike
                                    Sunday, November 23, 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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        Bear Cave Hike
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:45 p.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 1/4-mile hike that is great for the whole…
                            
                        
            
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        The Hidden Hunt
                                    Sunday, November 23, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Nature has a secret hidden side, if you are willing to search for it. Meet a park interpreter to go on a scavenger hunt and investigate what you might miss at first glance. This program is great for…
                            
                        
            
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        Mountain Songs in the Hearth Area
                                    Sunday, November 23, 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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        Diamond Mining 101
                                    Monday, November 24, 2025
                                            / 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
                            
                        
            
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        Diamond Mining 101
                                    Monday, November 24, 2025
                                            / 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn the tricks of the trade at this demonstration of diamond searching methods!
                            
                        
            
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        Oh, I am on a Mountain!: A Dripping Springs Trail Hike
                                    Monday, November 24, 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 24, 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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        What's for Lunch
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 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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        Eagle Tour
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 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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        Eagle Watch Cruise
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 2025
                                            / 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Looking for an adventure? Join a park interpreter for a guided eagle-watching cruise on DeGray Lake. We will spend the hour searching for wintering bald eagles, ospreys, loons, herons, grebes, ducks,…
                            
                        
            
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        Hidden Creatures
                                    Tuesday, November 25, 2025
                                            / 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
                                                
            
                                                                            Humans wear camouflage to blend in while hunting and sometimes just for style, but animals have to use camouflage to survive in the wild. Meet a park interpreter in the visitor center Orientation Room…
                            
                        
            
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