Events

Black Bears were once so plentiful in Arkansas that our state was known as the Bear State.

Ages 8 and up.
In order to successfully hunt animals for food, or to help identify any potential predators in your area that could put your family in danger, you need to be able to identify animal tracks.

Join Park Interpreter Steve while you learn some interesting facts about these reptile friends.

Look at some mysterious objects found in the forests around Hobbs, see if you can identify them, then learn more about them from Park Interpreter Steve. Meet in the Discovery Classroom at the Visitor Center.

Is a cloud just a cloud? No sir! Clouds can tell us things. Clouds can do things.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Did you know plants are sugar factories that feed us and all sorts of other animals?

There are some great conservation success stories from the last century, and the return of the Bald Eagle is one of those.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join wildlife photographer Tim Johnson on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to photograph bald eagles and other wildlife.

Do you know the destination of a trail? What about the purpose of “anting”?

Learn from Park Interpreter Steve why this rare tree, once common in the Ozarks, is so important and what we are doing at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area to try and save it.

Sit back and relax with our park history guru, Park Interpreter Steve, to learn more about how and when this area became a state park, why we are designated as a Conservation Area, and other interesting history related to Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area.

Do you know the symbols of Arkansas? Some are easy, and others you probably have never heard of.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Celebrate the longest night of the year and the return of longer days during this program at the education pavilion!

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join Park Interpreter Steve in a basic discussion on wild edible plants including what you need to know to survive if lost in the woods.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

The choices you make when you are outside make a big difference.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Families, join Park Interpreter Chris as we learn how to identify common birds, how to use binoculars (which we provide), and why we count the birds.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join an interpreter on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to view and learn about our national symbol, the bald eagle, and other wildlife.

Join wildlife photographer Tim Johnson on our pontoon boat as we cruise beautiful Beaver Lake to photograph bald eagles and other wildlife.

Join Park Interpreter Steve while you learn some interesting facts about these reptile friends.

Join Park Interpreter Steve on an easy 0.5-mile hike on an ADA accessible trail through the Historic Van Winkle Hollow.