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.
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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.
How much do you know, or think you know, about the critters that make Jacksonport State Park their home? From mammals to birds to reptiles, this is a chance to hone your cognitive skills with other…
Enjoy a relaxing and scenic cruise on DeGray Lake! Discover the history of the lake, wildlife, view rock outcrops, and unique islands. Seating is limited—reservations can be made beginning noon the…
Ideally suited for their nocturnal existence, owls command the night skies on silent wings. Discover the incredible adaptations these creatures have developed that allow them to be predators of the…
Join Park Interpreter Andrea for an evening stroll from the visitor center to Sunset Point. Along the way, we will discover some of the history of the mountain and how its sunsets have been…
Join a park interpreter for a fascinating evening 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…
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What conditions are needed to view the planets and constellations in the night sky? Queen Wilhelmina State Park checks all the boxes! Join a park interpreter to take in the night sky through the lens…
Throughout the ages, the Ozark Mountains have revealed many hauntings, legends, ghost stories, and mythical monsters. Join park staff on this fun nighttime lake outing to hear some of these stories.…
Join park staff at Powhatan Historic State Park to help Keep Arkansas Beautiful! Whether you're a high school student looking to earn your volunteer hours or someone looking to get more active in…
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Join Lake Ouachita State Park staff to make memories and leave nothing but ripples during an overnight kayaking adventure! Come along a guided kayak trip to a pristine shoreline campsite. There you…
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Join Us for the Great Arkansas Cleanup at Lake Fort Smith State Park! Be a part of something bigger by volunteering for the Great Arkansas Cleanup at Lake Fort Smith State Park. Help…
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The Great Arkansas Cleanup is a state-wide volunteer event sponsored by Keep Arkansas Beautiful. Volunteers are invited to help clean up roadways, shorelines, trails, and the lake. Meet at…
Interested in trees of Arkansas? Join a park interpreter on this paved trail to discover the natural and cultural history of trees found throughout the state and how wildlife and people use them to…
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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…
Show your appreciation for your state
park on National Public Lands Day by volunteering to help us make it better! We’ll
meet at the visitor center pavilion first to organize and give away t-shirts.…
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This fall, retreat to the Ozarks for two days of lively stringband music & dance, handcrafted arts, and old-fashioned fun at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas.Stringband…
Our local cemeteries are important parts of our community
history. Learn how to properly care and clean tombstones with the park curator.
The workshop will cover the basics of tombstone care and…
The living embodiment of beauty at work, butterflies and their wings are captivating to watch as they flit from flower to flower. Do you have what it takes to run the butterfly life cycle race?…
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The families who settled here long before the Civil War share many of the same values and traditions we hold today. Explore the similarities and differences between our ways of life…
Nature
journaling – where science and art come together! Making observations and
recording them is one of the most important steps in science. Whether those
observations are written down as colorful…
What's that flying in the evening sky? Is it a bird? Is it a bug? No, it's a bat! Did you know that bats are an ancient species going back an approximately 50-60 million years. Today, there are over…