You can find the latest COVID-19 updates from Arkansas State Parks on our COVID response page.
The boathouse is closed temporarily.
If you have questions please email the park directly at [email protected].
Due to the pandemic, housekeeping will not clean lodge rooms and cabins daily. Guests may request additional towels and toiletries by calling lodge guest services.
We are conducting prescribed burns in the Red Bluff and Tanyard Springs sections of the park. The Red Bluff section of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Boy Scout Trail will be temporarily closed. A prescribed fire, or “good fire” is a strategically planned and carefully managed fire application used to accomplish specific conservation/land management objectives for healthy forests and grasslands. Check out the Benefits of Prescribed Burning.
The CCC hike/bike trail will be closed starting at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 8 until Wednesday, May 11. Park visitors should stay off the asphalt surface during this time period.
Petit Jean State Park
What to know
Near the lodge are 33 cabins (21 with kitchens) located along the bluff with views of the canyon. Another cabin with a kitchen is a short drive away. Most of the cabins are rustic CCC-style with modern amenities, and a few are duplex designs. Upstream from Cedar Creek, a CCC rock dam forms Lake Bailey, 100 acres for fishing, kayaking, and pedal boating. Open in the summer months, the boathouse offers a snack bar, boat rentals, and supplies. The 125 park campsites (35 Class AAA and 90 Class B) are near Lake Bailey. Other options include a group camp area, a rally-style area, and four Rent-A-Yurts. The park also has an airport.
Two swimming pools, picnic areas, playgrounds, pavilions, boat launch ramp, tennis and basketball court, and an amphitheater are also on site. Hiking trails lead through forests and meadows, over canyons, and along streams and the mountainside. See where nature formed sheer bluffs, the spectacular 95-foot Cedar Falls, Seven Hollows, and such distinctive features as Bear Cave, the Grotto, Natural Bridge, and other formations like carpet rocks and turtle rocks. Interpreters lead programs and special events throughout the year showcasing the uniqueness of this park. Rarely do you find a place that will beckon you back again and again. Petit Jean is that place. Come discover the beautiful, mystical qualities of Arkansas’s first state park.
Petit Jean State Park is a certified Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Site. In the 1830s, Cherokee Indians along with members from the other Southeastern tribes of the United States passed by Petit Jean Mountain during their forced migration to present-day Oklahoma. Petit Jean State Park is located in Morrilton, Arkansas. You can view a portion of this historic route from the overlook at Stout’s Point. Learn more about the Trail of Tears in Arkansas state parks.
Make Your Reservation
Also near the lodge are six overnight duplex cabins (totaling 12 rental units) that include fireplaces, but no kitchens. However, these cabins include mini-fridges and microwave ovens. No grilling is allowed.
- 1 Bedroom ADA w/ full spa hot tub — Cabin #: 12
- 1 Bedroom Duplex Housekeeping ADA w/ 1 queen & 1 twin — Cabin #: 12a, 12b, 14, 15
- 1 Bedroom Duplex Housekeeping w/ 2 queen beds — Cabin #: 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11
- 1 Bedroom Rustic Housekeeping, w/ 1 queen bed, Cabin #: 1, 6, 9, 16, 17
- 1 Bedroom Rustic Housekeeping, w/ 2 full beds — Cabin #: 7, 8, 18
- 1 Bedroom w/ full spa hot tub — Cabin #: 13
- 3 Bedroom Rustic Housekeeping — Cabin #: 0
- Overnight Duplex cabin w/o kitchen — Cabin #: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Group Pavilions, Enclosed Pavilion
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Group Pavilions, Open Pavilion
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Boats
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Canoe, Solo Kayak
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Tandem Kayak
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Pool
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