54 state parks, historic sites and recreation areas in Arkansas

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• Arkansas Museum of Natural ResourcesWorking oil field equipment, a replica 112-foot derrick and a reproduction boomtown tell the story of south…
• Arkansas Post MuseumFive exhibit buildings trace life on Arkansas' Grand Prairie and in the Delta from 1877 onward, among them an…
• Blanchard Springs CavernsGuided cavern tours run here from May through October, operated by Arkansas State Parks under a cooperative…
• Bull Shoals-White River State ParkWorld-class trout water where the White River runs below Bull Shoals Dam, with a riverside marina, 109…
• Cane Creek State ParkWhere the Coastal Plain meets the Mississippi Delta, the trail system crosses rolling terrain and three…
• Conway Cemetery State ParkAn 11-acre historic site preserving the grave of James Sevier Conway, Arkansas' first governor, on what was…
• Cossatot River State Park-Natural AreaThe park follows 12.5 miles of the National Wild and Scenic Cossatot River, whose falls churn into Class V…
• Crater of Diamonds State ParkThe only place in the world where the public can search for natural diamonds in their original volcanic…
• Crowley's Ridge State ParkSet atop the unusual Crowley's Ridge formation, this park keeps the rustic log and stone character the…
• Daisy State ParkOn Lake Greeson in the Ouachita Mountains, Daisy pairs crappie and bass fishing with guided kayak tours past…
• Davidsonville Historic State ParkArkansas' first post office and first courthouses stood here, and excavations are still uncovering streets…
• DeGray Lake Resort State ParkArkansas' resort state park on DeGray Lake, with a 90-room lodge just offshore, a full-service marina, an…
• Delta Heritage Trail State ParkA rail-to-trail through the Arkansas Delta: 71 of an eventual 84.5 miles are open across a northern and a…
• Devil's Den State ParkOne of the most intact Civilian Conservation Corps parks in the country, tucked into Lee Creek Valley among…
• Hampson Archeological Museum State ParkA nationally renowned collection from the Nodena site, a 15-acre palisaded village that stood on the…
• Herman Davis State ParkA monument in Manila to Herman Davis, the World War I scout and sharpshooter named to General Pershing's list…
• Historic Washington State ParkA town on the old Southwest Trail where blacksmith James Black forged the legendary Bowie knife and Arkansas'…
• Hobbs State Park-Conservation AreaArkansas' largest state park: 12,173 forested acres along the southern shore of Beaver Lake, laced with a…
• Jacksonport State ParkSteamboats made Jacksonport a thriving river port in the 1800s, and its 1872 courthouse is now a free museum…
• Jenkins Ferry Battleground State ParkThe third battle of the Union Army's 1864 Red River Campaign was fought at this Saline River crossing, where…
• Lake Catherine State ParkThe only full-service marina on Lake Catherine is here, alongside 20 fully equipped cabins, 70 campsites and…
• Lake Charles State ParkA quiet 645-acre lake that has produced more 20-inch bass than anywhere else in northeast Arkansas, with bait…
• Lake Chicot State ParkTwenty miles long, Lake Chicot is Arkansas' largest natural lake and the largest oxbow lake in North America…
• Lake Dardanelle State ParkTwo park areas on Lake Dardanelle, a 34,300-acre reservoir on the Arkansas River, with a sport fishing…
• Lake Fort Smith State ParkThe western terminus of the 240-mile Ozark Highlands Trail, in the Boston Mountain valley above Lake Fort…
• Lake Frierson State ParkA laid-back park on 335-acre Lake Frierson with year-round fishing for bream, crappie, catfish and bass…
• Lake Ouachita State ParkArkansas' largest lake — 40,000 acres of clear water ringed by the Ouachita National Forest, with swimming…
• Lake Poinsett State ParkA small, quiet fishing park with boat rentals, a launch ramp and a bait shop on site. Easy trails, kayak…
• Lake Sylvia Recreation AreaAn 18-acre lake between pine and oak-clad mountains in the Ouachita National Forest, 38 miles west of Little…
• Logoly State ParkArkansas' first environmental education state park, where most of its 370 acres form a State Natural Area of…
• Louisiana Purchase State ParkAn elevated boardwalk over headwater swamp leads to the granite monument marking the initial point for every…
• Lower White River Museum State ParkMuseum exhibits follow the Lower White River from the steamboat era into shelling, timber, pearling and…
• Mammoth Spring State ParkNine million gallons an hour rise here, making Mammoth Spring a National Natural Landmark and the head of the…
• Marks' Mills Battleground State ParkOne of the three battles of the Union Army's 1864 Red River Campaign was fought here on April 20 over a wagon…
• Millwood State ParkBoat lanes wind through submerged timber, marshes and oxbow cutoffs on 29,260-acre Millwood Lake, an…
• Mississippi River State ParkWhere the Mississippi River, Crowley's Ridge and the Arkansas Delta converge, this park is the way into the…
• Moro Bay State ParkFishing runs year-round where Moro Bay and Raymond Lake join the Ouachita River, and the marina rents boats…
• Mount Magazine State ParkArkansas' highest point at 2,753 feet, and the state park system's most dramatic setting for technical rock…
• Mount Nebo State ParkA 1,350-foot mountain above the Arkansas River Valley, where the Civilian Conservation Corps built cabins…
• Ozark Folk Center State ParkMore than 20 working artisans demonstrate and sell their craft in the Craft Village, and live Southern…
• Parkin Archeological State ParkA National Historic Landmark preserving a 17-acre Mississippian village occupied from A.D. 1000 to 1550…
• Petit Jean State ParkArkansas' first state park, raised on Petit Jean Mountain by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1933 and…
• Pinnacle Mountain State ParkA day-use park just west of Little Rock built around Pinnacle Mountain, the Maumelle and Little Maumelle…
• Plantation Agriculture MuseumThe 1912 Steele-Dortch general store holds exhibits on Arkansas cotton farming from statehood in 1836 through…
• Plum Bayou Mounds Archeological State ParkThe largest and most complex prehistoric mound site in Arkansas, and one of four National Historic Landmarks…
• Poison Springs Battleground State ParkConfederate forces kept much-needed supplies out of Union hands here on April 18, 1864, cutting a Federal…
• Powhatan Historic State ParkAll seven of this river town's historic buildings still stand where they were built, on a hill above Black…
• Prairie Grove Battlefield State ParkOne of America's most intact Civil War battlefields — more than 1,000 acres where a single day's fighting on…
• Queen Wilhelmina State ParkA 40-room lodge on Rich Mountain, Arkansas' second highest peak, reached by the Talimena National Scenic…
• South Arkansas ArboretumTwelve wooded acres in El Dorado planted with West Gulf Coastal Plain natives alongside flowering camellias…
• Village Creek State ParkNearly 7,000 acres of forested hills and clear streams on Crowley's Ridge, with two lakes, 10 cabins and 33…
• White Oak Lake State ParkA quiet park on Lower White Oak Lake where fishing, birding and watchable wildlife are the draw. Hiking and…
• Withrow Springs State ParkThe park is the access point for War Eagle Creek, a Class I stream floatable in spring and fall depending on…
• Woolly Hollow State ParkLake Bennett was the Soil Conservation Service's first watershed project when it was built in the 1930s, and…

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