**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your ARKANSAS STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Arkansas State Park website by clicking HERE.** Hampson Archeological Museum State Park in northeast Arkansas exhibits a nationally renowned collection from the Nodena site, a 15-acre palisaded village that once thrived on a […]
ILINIWEK VILLAGE STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Iliniwek Village sits high above the Des Moines River’s floodplain. The grasses that sway back and forth in the wind beckon visitors to Iliniwek Village State Historic […]
PARKIN ARCHEOLOGICAL STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your ARKANSAS STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Arkansas State Park website by clicking HERE.** Parkin Archeological State Park in eastern Arkansas at Parkin preserves and interprets the Parkin site on the St. Francis River. A 17-acre Mississippi Period, American Indian […]
PETIT JEAN STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your ARKANSAS STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Arkansas State Park website by clicking HERE.** According to legend, Petit Jean was actually a young 18th century French woman. When she discovered that her fiance planned to explore the Louisiana Territory, she […]
TOLTEC MOUNDS ARCHEOLOGICAL STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your ARKANSAS STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Arkansas State Park website by clicking HERE.** A National Historic Landmark, the Toltec Mounds site comprises one of the largest and most impressive archeological sites in the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Preserved here […]
PERSHING STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** When citizens of Laclede first expressed an interest in honoring Gen. John J. Pershing, commanding general of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, the most […]
TOWOSAHGY STATE HISTORIC SITE
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Visitors will discover an archaeological treasure at Towosahgy State Historic Site. Located in southern Mississippi County, the site preserves the remains of a once flourishing Indian community. […]
TRAIL OF TEARS STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Gain a better understanding of one of the saddest chapters in American history at Trail of Tears State Park. This is where nine of the 13 Cherokee […]
VAN METER STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** The high wooded hills and rolling farmlands that make up the landscape of Van Meter State Park were once the homeland of the Missouri Indians. The state […]
WASHINGTON STATE PARK
**To keep up to date with any park changes, alerts and to plan your MISSOURI STATE PARK GETAWAY go to the official Missouri State Park website by clicking HERE.** Petroglyphs, as well as, quaint hiking shelters and incredible Ozark overlooks define the Washington State Park experience. The park offers easy access to the Big River. This […]