Events

Meet at the Hobbs Visitor Center to enjoy the benefits of connecting with nature.

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

Everyone who lives in or visits Arkansas should be aware of what venomous snakes we have and what they look like.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Insects and other invertebrates are very important but are often misunderstood.

Everyone who lives in or visits Arkansas should be aware of what venomous snakes we have and what they look like.

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

Joe Neal, a well-recognized bird authority, giving a talk on what he learned when observing which birds and bugs are drawn to the Ozark Chinquapin trees here at Hobbs.

Join a park interpreter as we take a pontoon boat ride to an island and a quiet cove of Beaver Lake searching for the hidden diversity of underwater life and enjoying the clear, cool water!

Park Interpreter Chris will lead an exploration of Little Clifty Creek along the Historic Van Winkle trail. We’ll catch aquatic insects, snails, crawdads, and other creatures!

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

Everyone who lives in or visits Arkansas should be aware of what venomous snakes we have and what they look like.

Listen as Park Interpreter Steve reads The Lorax. Do you know what the Lorax was? He wasn’t just that “orange colored dude”. Who is the most important character? It’s not the Lorax.

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

Spend the evening paddling on Beaver Lake while guided by a park interpreter. We will learn the basics of paddling and enjoy the moonlight on the lake, weather permitting.