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.
Thursday, February 09, 2023 - Tuesday, February 28, 2023
You are invited to visit the museum and view our new temporary exhibit, DISCOVERY! 100th Anniversary of the Smackover Field." The exhibit features archival photographs and newspaper articles…
Thursday, February 09, 2023 - Saturday, September 16, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Throughout history, every generation has had traditions of how they lay their loved ones to rest after they have died. The way people laid their loved ones to rest in the 19th century…
Thursday, February 09, 2023 - Monday, March 27, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
James Black (1800-1872) was one of the early settlers to Washington, Hempstead County, Arkansas, moving to the area by the early 1820s. Black is famous for forging the legendary “Bowie Knife” for…
Thursday, February 09, 2023 - Saturday, February 11, 2023
Guests will join interpretive staff for a guided tour around the museum grounds and exhibits. Take a look into the world of early Arkansas settlers and lives they lived.
Heart Healthy
Thursday, February 09, 2023
/ 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Grab
your dancing shoes or acoustic instrument - Community Square Dances
return to the Ozark Folk Center in Mountain View this February! Admission is free for all to attend.Square
dances…
Thursday, February 09, 2023 | Friday, February 10, 2023
Students will learn the Tiffany method of stained glass which uses copper foil instead of lead. You will learn how to make a pattern, cut and grind glass, apply copper foil, solder and finish an 8”…
Thursday, February 09, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Throughout history, every generation has had traditions of how they lay their loved ones to rest after they have died. The way people laid their loved ones to rest in the 19th century…
Friday, February 10, 2023 - Sunday, February 12, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Enjoy historic Mather Lodge on Petit Jean Mountain and be treated to a romantic weekend. Activities such as guided trail hikes and interpretive programs are geared toward couples. Contact the park for…
Friday, February 10, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Enjoy a romantic evening with someone special at Williams'
Tavern. A surrey ride starts at 6 p.m., dinner and entertainment will follow at
7 p.m. Reservations are required. …
Friday, February 10, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Join Park Interpreter Mystina to play a fun game of nature bingo. As we play, we will discover more about the natural things found at Lake Fort Smith State Park.
Friday, February 10, 2023 - Sunday, February 12, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Meet a park interpreter in the Diamond Discovery Center to learn different methods of diamond searching here at Crater of Diamonds State Park.
Friday, February 10, 2023 - Saturday, February 11, 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 Prairie Grove. Meet…
Heart Healthy
Friday, February 10, 2023
/ 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Meet the park interpreters to set off on a leisurely walk along some of the most scenic, and overlooked, areas in Petit Jean State Park. This section of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Boy Scout…
Heart Healthy
Friday, February 10, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Throughout history, every generation has had traditions of how they lay their loved ones to rest after they have died. The way people laid their loved ones to rest in the 19th century…
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
This trial is based on scandalous actual events that were tried at the Jackson County courthouse in Jacksonport in the fall of 1885. The trial will be conducted in the same courtroom where it was…
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Enjoy a romantic evening with someone special at Williams'
Tavern. A surrey ride starts at 6 p.m., dinner and entertainment will follow at
7 p.m. Reservations are required. …
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Northern cardinals stand out at Mississippi River State Park with their bright orange beaks and year-round colors! Have you ever wondered why they're different from other songbirds in the area? Craft…
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Lake Dardanelle’s fishery is healthy and diverse. We’ll be using the fishery as inspiration to make some beautiful creations. Meet a park interpreter in the visitor center Lakeview Room to create…
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 10 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
Soldiers and their loved ones often wrote heartfelt letters describing the hardships of battle and the yearning for home so many felt during the Civil War. Historians study these…
Saturday, February 11, 2023
/ 2 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Thanks to the healthy fishery of Lake Dardanelle, you can experience the thrill of nature and the success of the catch. Join a park interpreter in the grassy area across from the visitor center to…