By state
National parks in Arkansas
Every National Park Service unit in Arkansas, scored and ranked by our Experience Score.
100ESSENTIAL
Mitch Smith
National Park · AR
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs is the most urban national park you will ever visit, and that is precisely its appeal.
97ESSENTIAL
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National River · AR
Buffalo National River
Buffalo National River is a rare thing: a free, 135-mile undammed river cutting through the Arkansas Ozarks, open around the clock and loaded with legitimate options.
88ESSENTIAL
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National Memorial · AR
Arkansas Post National Memorial
Arkansas Post punches well above its size.
75EXCELLENT
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National Military Park · AR
Pea Ridge National Military Park
Pea Ridge punches well above its name recognition.
59WORTH IT
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National Historic Trail · AL
Trail Of Tears National Historic Trail
This is not a park you visit in a single afternoon but a 9-state corridor of conscience stretching from the Cherokee homelands of the Southeast to Oklahoma.
57WORTH IT
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National Historic Site · AR
Fort Smith National Historic Site
Fort Smith punches above its size by anchoring a genuinely dramatic slice of American history, from the Trail of Tears to the hanging jurisdiction of Judge Isaac C.
51NICHE
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National Historic Site · AR
President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site
This is a compact, focused site in Hope, Arkansas dedicated to the early childhood home of the 42nd president.
41NICHE
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National Historic Site · AR
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site
This is not a park for hiking or scenery.
24NICHE
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National Historic Trail · MO
Butterfield Overland National Historic Trail
This is not a park you visit so much as a history you trace.