List of Arkansas state parks
Encyclopedia
This is a list of state park
s and reserves in the Arkansas
state park system.
State park
State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...
s and reserves in the Arkansas
Arkansas
Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...
state park system.
- Arkansas Museum of Natural ResourcesArkansas Museum of Natural ResourcesThe Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is located in Smackover, Arkansas and focuses on the petroleum industry in Arkansas.-External links:*...
- Arkansas Post Museum
- Bull Shoals-White River State ParkBull Shoals-White River State ParkBull Shoals-White River State Park is a state park in northwestern Arkansas administered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.Located above and below Bull Shoals Dam, Bull Shoals-White River State Park stretches along the riverside White River and lakeshore of Bull Shoals Lake near...
- Cane Creek State ParkCane Creek State ParkCane Creek State Park is a park in southeastern Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.Cane Creek State Park is located in Lincoln County, near Star City, Arkansas at the edge of the West Gulf Coastal Plain and the Mississippi Delta region. The park is adjacent to the ...
- Conway Cemetery Historic State ParkConway Cemetery Historic State ParkConway Cemetery State Park is an historic location in Lafayette County, Arkansas, in the United States. It is administered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism....
- Cossatot River State Park-Natural AreaCossatot River State Park-Natural AreaCossatot River State Park-Natural Area is a state park and designated natural area located in Howard County, Arkansas, United States. The park is managed jointly by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission....
- Crater of Diamonds State Park
- Crowley's Ridge State ParkCrowley's Ridge State ParkCrowley's Ridge State Park is a state park in northeastern Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.Crowley's Ridge State Park is located at the former homesite of the original settler of the area, Benjamin Crowley...
- Daisy State ParkDaisy State ParkDaisy State Park is a state park in southwestern Arkansas administered by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Daisy State Park is located in Daisy, Arkansas in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains at the northern end of Lake Greeson, a fishing lake constructed by the United States...
- DeGray Lake Resort State Park
- Delta Heritage Trail State Park
- Devil's Den State ParkDevil's Den State ParkDevil's Den State Park is a Arkansas state park in Washington County, near West Fork, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps beginning in 1933. Devil's Den State Park is in the Lee Creek Valley in the Boston Mountains which are the southwestern part of...
- Hampson Museum State ParkHampson Museum State ParkThe Hampson Museum State Park in Wilson, Arkansas, U.S.A. exhibits an archeological collection of early American aboriginal artifacts from the Nodena Site. The Nodena Site is an archeological site east of Wilson and northeast of Reverie, Tennessee....
- Herman Davis State ParkHerman Davis State ParkHerman Davis State Park is a state park in Manila, Arkansas, United States. The park includes the grave of and a memorial to Herman Davis, a U.S. sniper during World War I....
- Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area
- Jacksonport State ParkJacksonport State ParkJacksonport State Park is a state park in Jacksonport, Arkansas, United States. Jacksonport State Park includes the historic 1872 Jacksonport courthouse and 20 campsites. The park also contains Mary Woods No. 2, an 1880s steamboat completely furnished for the period....
- Jenkins' Ferry State ParkJenkins' Ferry State ParkJenkins Ferry State Park in Arkansas preserves the battleground of the Civil War Battle of Jenkins' Ferry.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and, with other sites, is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark designated in 1994.,,-External links:*...
- Lake Catherine State Park
- Lake Charles State Park
- Lake Chicot State ParkLake Chicot State ParkLake Chicot State Park is one of 52 state parks operated by the State of Arkansas.The park is located on Highway 144, eight miles northeast of Lake Village in Chicot County, Arkansas, on the north end of Lake Chicot....
- Lake Dardanelle State Park
- Lake Fort Smith State Park
- Lake Frierson State Park
- Lake Ouachita State Park
- Lake Poinsett State Park
- Logoly State Park
- Louisiana Purchase State ParkLouisiana Purchase State ParkLouisiana Purchase State Park, in Arkansas near Blackton, Arkansas, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993 under the title Beginning Point of the Louisiana Purchase Survey., It is the point from which the lands acquired through the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 were subsequently surveyed. A...
- Lower White River Museum State Park
- Mammoth Spring State ParkMammoth Spring State ParkMammoth Spring State Park is a park surrounding Mammoth Spring. The park is located in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas.The park contains a hydroelectric dam, Mammoth Spring, a train museum including a Frisco caboose, a playground, and also allows visitors feed ducks and geese in the park.-History:Prior to...
- Marks' Mills State ParkMarks' Mills State ParkMarks' Mills State Park in Arkansas preserves the battleground of the Civil War Battle of Marks' Mills.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and, with other sites, is part of the Camden Expedition Sites National Historic Landmark....
- Millwood State Park
- Mississippi River State Park
- Moro Bay State Park
- Mount Magazine State Park
- Mount Nebo State Park
- Davidsonville Historic State Park
- Historic Washington State Park
- Ozark Folk Center State ParkOzark Folk CenterThe Ozark Folk Center is an Arkansas living history state park located in scenic Mountain View, Arkansas dedicated to preserving and presenting Ozark cultural heritage and tradition to the public.- History :...
- Parkin Archeological State ParkParkin Archeological State ParkParkin Archeological State Park, also known as Parkin Indian Mound, is an archeological site and state park in Parkin, Cross County, Arkansas. Around 1350–1650 CE an aboriginal palisaded village existed at the site, at the confluence of the St. Francis and Tyronza Rivers. Artifacts from this...
- Petit Jean State ParkPetit Jean State ParkPetit Jean State Park is a state park in central Arkansas managed by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism.Petit Jean State Park is located atop Petit Jean Mountain on the Arkansas River in the area between the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges, in Conway County, Arkansas.-Legend and...
- Pinnacle Mountain State ParkPinnacle Mountain State ParkPinnacle Mountain State Park is located just northwest of Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, in the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains near Natural Steps, Arkansas on Arkansas Highway 300. The primary natural feature of the park is Pinnacle Mountain, elevation , which rises steeply above the Arkansas...
- Plantation Agriculture Museum
- Poison Spring State ParkPoison Spring State ParkPoison Spring State Park is an Arkansas state park located southeast of Bluff City. It commemorates the Battle of Poison Spring in the American Civil War, which was part of the 1864 Camden Expedition....
- Powhatan Courthouse State Park
- Prairie Grove Battlefield State ParkPrairie Grove Battlefield State ParkPrairie Grove Battlefield State Park is an Arkansas state park located next to Prairie Grove. It commemorates the Battle of Prairie Grove in the American Civil War....
- Queen Wilhelmina State Park
- South Arkansas ArboretumSouth Arkansas ArboretumThe South Arkansas Arboretum is an arboretum and botanical garden owned by the local school system but operated as Arkansas's 50th state park by the South Arkansas Community College...
- Toltec Mounds Archeological State ParkToltec Mounds Archeological State ParkToltec Mounds Archeological State Park , also known as Knapp Mounds, Toltec Mounds Site or Toltec Mounds, is an archaeological site from the Late Woodland period in Arkansas that protects an 18-mound complex with the tallest surviving prehistoric mounds in Arkansas. The site is on the banks of...
- Village Creek State Park (Arkansas)
- White Oak Lake State ParkWhite Oak Lake State ParkWhite Oak Lake State Park is a state park in the southwest of the U.S. state of Arkansas, a few miles from Bluff City. The reservoir sits surrounded by tall pine trees, giving it a rich, wooded beauty...
- Withrow Springs State Park
- Woolly Hollow State ParkWoolly Hollow State ParkWooly Hollow State Park is a Arkansas state park in Faulkner County, near Greenbrier, Arkansas in the United States. The park was built is based on a dam lake, Bennett Lake, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps and Works Progress Administration beginning in 1933. Devil's Den State Park is in...
See also
- List of U.S. national parks