On June 30, 2002 a giant “Iron Mike” statue was dedicated at Devil's Den State park. The statue commemorates the park’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) heritage. At the time, ... Read More

I got a tip from a reader that there's a pretty cool hot dog stand in NLR. It is open on On Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and I don't ... Read More

Lake Dardanelle State Park's Visitor's Center Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism On June 27, 1997, breakwater construction began on Lake Dardanelle State Park. In 1992, the lake set a record ... Read More

Fishing Pier at White Oak Lake State Park Copyright Woman Of Scorn's Flickr Stream The "Great American Backyard Campout" is June 28, 2008. This annual event is sponsored by the National ... Read More

Lower White River Museum Amanda Galiano This small state park is actually one I traveled to on my way to another state park. I saw a sign on the highway and ... Read More

Brickfest (Malvern): This weekend is Malvern Brickfest. Brickfest is one of Arkansas' biggest festivals. It includes live music, car shows, food and crafts. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Foam Fest (River ... Read More

I wrote about Crowley's Ridge when I wrote about Crowley's Ridge State park earlier this month. The "ridge" is 210 miles in length and rises 200 feet in some ... Read More

Copyright Mark McDonald / iStockPhoto The DemGaz has an article today about parking meters and tickets in downtown Little Rock. "An Arkansas Democrat-Gazette analysis of three years of Little Rock parking ticket ... Read More

Crater of Diamonds State Park was first opened in 1973. Since then there have been a few major finds. These are some, but not all (a few years ... Read More

Diana Fritillary Butterfly Copyright Flutterbug5's Flickr Stream Nothing really interesting happened in state park history on June 20, but June 20 is a good time to visit Mount Magazine this year. ... Read More

Ozark Folk Center Copyright Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism One June 19, 1965 the act to create the Ozark Folk Center State Park was signed, but the park didn't open until ... Read More

I haven't been to this park, but I was reading about its history. I thought it was cool that the first recorded Christian ceremony in Arkansas occurred there on ... Read More

This story just gets more insane. Last week, I blogged about the mayor of Helena releasing dogs from the Helena shelter into the national forest. Understandably, the mayor ... Read More

Arkansas Post National Memorial Copyright Kathi S on Flickr. I haven't written about this museum before, and I'm not sure why. It's a nice little museum and it only about a ... Read More

Queen Wilhelmina Copyright Amanda Galiano Land for Queen Wilhelmina State Park was acquired on 6/19/1957. The park celebrated 50 years of operations on June 16, 2007. Queen Wilhelmina was once known as ... Read More

This story makes me mad: Mayor James Valley of Helena-West Helena says he has no problem with dogs or other animals. He just believes that strays in his east Arkansas town ... Read More

Cossatot River Copyright millicent_bystander According to state park history, on June 13 of 1989, then governor Bill Clinton declared the 90s the decade of the environment at Cossatot Falls. Clinton ... Read More

Flowers at Logoly Copyright panmeli Logoly is Arkansas's first environmental education state park and the third environmental education park in the nation. The initial land was acquired in 1974 and ... Read More

Pinnacle Mountain Amanda Galiano I don't know of anything exciting that happened on June 11 in state park history, but something exciting is happening this weekend. State parks make a fun ... Read More

Cane Creek State Park Copyright Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Cane Creek is another park located in the Delta. Land for the park was acquired on 6/10/1977. The main ... Read More

On June 9 of 1889 the Summit Park Hotel was built in the area that is now Mount Nebo State Park. It was a grand hotel that had three stories, ... Read More

New Chenal 9 with Imax Copyright Amanda Galiano I spent part of today hanging out at the new Chenal 9 movie theater. The Chenal 9 has nine screens, including one IMAX ... Read More

Don't forget that this weekend is Arkansas Game and Fish Free Fishing Weekend. This weekend, anyone can fish without fishing licenses or trout permits. They also have kid's fishing derbies ... Read More

Aerial View of Lake Degray Copyright Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism I think that Degray is the most beautiful location in Arkansas. I go up there every January for their ... Read More

Copyright Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Since this weekend is Portfest along the White River in Newport, it seems fitting that today's park should be Jacksonsport State Park. Today, Jacksonsport ... Read More

Copyright Dennis Adams, Federal Highway Administration One June 4 in 1938, Crowley's Ridge State Park was dedicated. The interesting thing about Crowley's construction, as well as the construction of many ... Read More

Petit Jean in 1965, just 30 years after it's opening. Copyright C.W.Thomas, from MamaBird5o's Flickr feed. On June 3, 2004 Petit Jean was presented with a certificate of lifetime membership to ... Read More

June is a busy month in Arkansas. It means fun and quirky local festivals are going on in almost every city around the state. This is a really busy ... Read More

On June 2, 1978 Toltec Mounds Archaeological State Park was designated as national historic landmark, opening the park for legions of Arkansas school kids to come. Many Arkansas schools ... Read More

This year is not only Arkansas' 172 birthday, but also the 75th anniversary of our state parks system. State parks are a great way for an Arkansas family to ... Read More