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Arkansas State Parks took management operations in July 2021 and is operated under Pinnacle Mountain State Park. [5] War Memorial Stadium: Pulaski: 6.9 acres (2.8 ha) None: A multi-purpose stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas. Operated by Arkansas State Parks since 2017. [6]
The idea for a park had been considered for many years, but did not get off the ground until the 1970s. [2] In 1973, the Arkansas General Assembly approved the creation of Pinnacle Mountain State Park. [2] Since then, 2,356 acres have been set aside for various purposes including environmental education, outdoor recreation, and preservation. [1]
There are four of these in Arkansas. The National Park Service lists these four together with the NHLs in the state, [6] The Arkansas Post National Memorial, the Fort Smith National Historic Site (shared with Oklahoma) and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site are also NHLs and are listed above. The remaining one is:
Aspen Brown, a 7-year-old girl from Paragould, found a 2.95-carat golden brown diamond while celebrating her birthday at the park with her family on Sept. 1, Arkansas State Parks said.
The American Indian people who lived here in ancient times (10,000 years ago and beyond to 500 B.C.) are known as the ‘Bluff Dwellers’. These indigenous people populated not only the Blue Spring area, but much of the Ozark Mountains. They lived beneath giant bluff shelters such as this one.
[1] [2] Atop its summit is the Rich Mountain Lookout Tower, which is approximately 2.4 mi (3.9 km) east-southeast of the Queen Wilhelmina Lodge. Arkansas State Highway 88 and Oklahoma State Highway 1, collectively known as the Talimena Scenic Drive, traverse the entire top of Rich Mountain and provide excellent vistas of the surrounding ...
Mount Magazine State Park is a 2,234-acre park located in Logan County, Arkansas.Inhabited since the 1850s, Mount Magazine first became part of the Ouachita National Forest in 1938, was re-designated as part of the Ozark National Forest in 1941, and became a state park after a 22-year conversion process from the U.S. Forest Service to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. [3]
Mount Magazine, officially named Magazine Mountain, is the highest point of the U.S. Interior Highlands and the U.S. state of Arkansas, and is the site of Mount Magazine State Park. [3] It is a flat-topped mountain or mesa capped by hard rock and rimmed by precipitous cliffs. There are two summits atop the mountain: Signal Hill, which reaches ...