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Arkansas is known as the Natural State—appropriate considering its 51 state parks and an abundance of outdoor activities. The landscape varies from lowlands to highlands and contains two mountain ranges: the Ozarks and the Quachitas. Little Rock, the state capital, offers good shopping and enlightening sights such as the emotionally stirring Central High Museum and Visitors Center that chronicles a landmark occurrence in the desegregation of the Nation's public schools. West Arkansas holds many prime events, including The Great Passion Play near the charming village of Eureka Springs. The many music festivals in the area are also enticing. For a change of pace, take a dip in one of the natural spring water baths at Hot Springs. The Eastern part of the state continues to offer natural experiences, with some great fishing spots near Pine Bluff such as the Bayou Metro, the largest state-owned wildlife management area in the country.

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Ozarks   River Valley   Ouachitas   Timberlands   Central   Delta   National Parks

Ozarks

Cosmic Cavern - Cosmic Cavern is one of Arkansas' hidden treasures. You will see 2 bottomless cave lakes during your 1hr and 15 minute tour. The first lake, South Lake, has had trout in it for nearly 50 years. Some trout have gone blind and most have lost their color. The bottom or end of these lakes have yet to be found.

Lokomotion Family Fun Center - Lokomotion Family Fun Center features four go-cart race tracks for all ages, Nascar pro track, bumper boats, 2 miniature golf courses, lazer tag, and 10,000 feet of exciting video arcade games!

Ozark Folk Center - Arkansas's unique Ozark Folk Center State Park is America's only facility that works at preserving the Ozark heritage and presenting it in such an entertaining way. Tap your toes to mountain music, see blacksmithing, pottery making and over 18 other pioneer skills and crafts.

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge - Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is an animal lover's paradise. The collection includes over 100 large animals that have been rescued over the years, and include Lions, Tigers, Cougars, Leopards, Bears, Monkeys, Deer and Birds.

Gallery Mint Museum - The Gallery Mint Museum -- devoted to the preservation and advancement of the Numismatic Arts -- is a private mint, whose mission is to build a permanent museum showing the evolution of coin-making technology from ancient Greece through the Industrial Revolution.

Eureka Springs Gardens - Eureka Springs Gardens is one of the most spectacular botanical gardens in the Southwest. Spanning 33 acres, these colorful gardens are filled with an abundance of hardwood trees, select native plants and ever-changing flora. With rich blooms that blanket the grounds and a sweet country fragrance in the air, every visit offers a total sensory experience.

Daisy Air Gun Museum - The Daisy brand name is a household word and the corporate headquarters for Daisy Manufacturing Company has been in Rogers, Arkansas since 1958. Now you can walk through the amazing history of this company at the Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum. Displays include items manufactured during World War II and the history of the air rifle from the 1700s to the present.

Mountain Village 1890 - Mountain Village 1890, an historic re-creation of an Ozark settlement, is a living tribute to the pioneers who first settled this remote part of the country.

Last Precinct Police Museum - The Last Precinct Police Museum features over 10,000 artifacts, including police cars, motorcycles, uniforms, weapons, badges symbolizing 150 years of American police history, foreign police and Hollywood memorabilia from around the world.  15677 Highway 62 West, Eureka Springs.  (501) 253-4948.

Bull Shoals Caverns - Bull Shoals Caverns, located near Mountain Village 1890, is one of those special places in the Ozarks, a limestone cave formed 350 million years ago and still alive and growing today.

River Valley

Fort Smith Trolley Museum - Fort Smith Trolley Museum offers you an up close look at the past. Things to see include: Frisco 4003 Steam Engine, Streetcar Memorabilia, Cabooses, Railroad Passenger Car, History of Fort Smith System and Antique City Buses.

Museum of Prehistory and History - Museum of Prehistory and History offers exhibits that concentrate on the Native American presence in western Arkansas from 12,000 years ago until today. Archeological artifacts and early documents are the focus of several exhibits. The Museum also works with tribal groups on interpretation.

Ouachitas

Mid-America Science Museum - Embark on a world of discovery where interactive exhibits let you experiment with science and nature. Located on more than 21 acres of beautiful forestland, Mid-America Science Museum covers our human reactions, connections, and experiences with the spirit of science and the environment.

Magic Springs & Crystal Falls - Located in the scenic foothills of the Ouachita Mountains in Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas, Magic Springs & Crystal Falls is sure to be a hit with the entire family. Enjoy it all – the green forests and blue lakes of a national park, the excitement of a theme park and water park, and the sites and charm of historic Hot Springs.

Timberlands

Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources - The Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources is situated in the midst of the historic sixty square mile Smackover Oil Field and one mile south of the oil rich town of Smackover. Although the Museum represents all of Arkansas' natural resources, it is dedicated to the pioneers of south Arkansas' oil and brine industries.

Band Museum - The Band Museum is the only museum dedicated entirely to the history of band music and instruments. Established by Jerry Horne, a band instrument collector for many years, the museum displays rare, old and unusual instruments and memorabilia from one of the most extensive collections anywhere in the USA.

Central

Gator Park - Gator Park features gator golf, go karts, bumper boats, batting cages, and video arcade. There is something for the whole family to enjoy.

Wild River Country - Wild River Country is Arkansas's largest water park. The park offers many fun and exciting rides like the Vortex, Accelerator, Barratuba and more. There are also relaxing rides like lazy river where you can float the day away or the Wave Pool which contains over a half-million gallons of wave fun!

Murry's Dinner Playhouse - Murry's Dinner Playhouse is a unique facility that combines a great buffet dinner with professional theatre. For over 33 years, they have served up fun, food and fabulous live entertainment.

Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary - Riddle's Elephant and Wildlife Sanctuary offers you an Elephant experience!  Every Saturday morning Participate in these majestic animals care and feeding. This is an up close and personal look at Asian and African elephants that you will never forget.

Arkansas Museum of Discovery - Entertaining and interactive exhibits and collection-based exhibits help motivate and assist you in the life-long pursuit of knowledge. Experience a lightning bolt, build a robot, make a teepee, check your blood pressure, and even encounter a hissing cockroach.

Historic Arkansas Museum - Arkansas's largest history museum has been researching, collecting, documenting, and preserving the best of Arkansas's decorative, mechanical, and fine art.

The Arkansas National Guard Museum - The Arkansas National Guard Museum is dedicated to preserving the history and telling the story of The Arkansas National Guard, Camp Pike and Camp Robinson.

Old State House Museum - Old State House Museum is known throughout the country as the scene of President Clinton's 1992 and 1996 election night celebrations. This magnificent Greek Revival structure houses a multimedia museum of Arkansas history including nationally recognized collections of Civil War battle flags, Arkansas art pottery, African-American quilts and more.

The Little Rock Zoo - The Little Rock Zoo has long been one of Arkansas' great treasures. It began modestly in 1926, with just two animals - an abandoned timber wolf and a circus-trained brown bear. Today, the Zoo has grown to include almost 600 animals representing 170 species - some of them on the endangered list.

Willow Springs Waterpark - Willow Springs Waterpark features a 400 ft Waterslide, Toboggan Ride, Log Roller, Water Basketball & Volleyball and many more water activities.

Delta

Stuttgart Agricultural Museum - Stuttgart Agricultural Museum invites students and visitors alike to partake in a unique experience not soon to be forgotten. This unique museum, winner of many awards for leadership in the field of conservation, depicts the history of agriculture and the pioneers who farmed the Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas from the 1880's until 1921.

Delta Cultural Center - The Delta Cultural Center has undertaken the ambitious mission of preserving, interpreting and presenting the heritage and culture of the Arkansas Delta. The Center combines education and research with historical and cultural interpretation to communicate the evolving legacy of the Arkansas Delta's rich land and the people who live there.

National Parks

Buffalo National River - The Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states offering both swift-running and placid stretches. The Buffalo National River encompasses 135 miles of the 150-mile long river. It begins as a trickle in the Boston Mountains 15 miles above the park boundary. Following what is likely an ancient riverbed, the Buffalo cuts its way through massive limestone bluffs traveling eastward through the Ozarks and into the White River. The national river has three designated wilderness areas within its boundaries.

Central High School National Historic Site - Little Rock High School, now Central High School National Historic Site, is a national emblem of the often violent struggle over school desegregation.

Hot Springs National Park - People have used the hot spring water in therapeutic baths for more than two hundred years to treat rheumatism and other ailments. The reservation eventually developed into a well-known resort nicknamed "The American Spa" because it attracted not only the wealthy but also indigent health seekers from around the world. Today the park protects eight historic bathhouses with the former luxurious Fordyce Bathhouse housing the park visitor center. The entire "Bathhouse Row" area is a National Historic Landmark District that contains the grandest collection of bathhouses of its kind in North America.

Pea Ridge National Military Park - Pea Ridge National Military Park is a 4,300 acre Civil War Battlefield that preserves the site of the March 1862 battle that saved Missouri for the Union.

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