Arkansas Post National Memorial
Located at the confluence of two rivers, Arkansas Post has served as a gathering place for many cultures throughout human history - it represents cultural cooperation, conflict, synthesis, and diversity.
Fire nearby
- WildfireMonroe 296
32 mi from the park's reference point · 16 acres
Within 50 miles, as of 2026-10-14. Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Check the park's alerts and the managing office before you drive.
Fees & passes
Free. No entrance fee here.
Hours
| Grounds Hours | Daily · 7:00AM - Sunset |
Hours by date. Standard hours apply on every date not listed.
| Dates | Hours |
|---|---|
| Standard hoursNow | 7:00AM - Sunset |
| Nov 26, 2026Thanksgiving Day Closure | Hours not published |
| Dec 25, 2026Christmas Day Closure | Hours not published |
| Jan 1, 2027New Year's Day Closure | Hours not published |
When to go
July draws the most visits here and February the fewest, averaged over 2021 to 2025.
Visitor centers
- Arkansas Post Visitor Center ↗Passport stamp
View the park movie, "Arkansas Post: Echoes of the Past" and explore museum exhibits reflecting over three hundred years of human history at Arkansas Post.
No campgrounds, no webcams or things to do in Park Service data. What is here comes from the official page. The rest lives there.
Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the Park Service publishes the data.
Explore
Events
- GHOSTS OF THE PAST AT ARKANSAS POST NATIONAL MEMORIAL10/1703:00 PM · free · registration required
Map
Interactive map by the National Park Service
Historic landmarks nearby
Public land nearby
Distances are approximate. Wilderness Atlas publishes a center point and an acreage for each area rather than a boundary, so each area is treated here as a circle of the same size and the figure is the gap to that circle.
Guidebooks for the South
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject.
Reference
Wildlife
Full checklist: 92 birds, 33 mammalsHide
Raptors & owlsBarn Owl · Barred Owl · Broad-winged Hawk · Mississippi Kite · Red-shouldered Hawk · Red-tailed Hawk
Waterfowl & wadersAmerican White Ibis · Double-crested Cormorant · Great Blue Heron · Great Egret · Greater White-fronted Goose · Pied-billed Grebe · Tricolored Heron
Shorebirds & seabirdsEuropean Herring Gull · Least Tern
Gamebirds & dovesMourning Dove · Northern Bobwhite · Wild Turkey
WoodpeckersDowny Woodpecker · Hairy Woodpecker · Northern Flicker · Pileated Woodpecker · Red-bellied Woodpecker · Red-headed Woodpecker
Hummingbirds & swiftsChimney Swift · Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Also on the checklistAcadian Flycatcher · American Cliff Swallow · American Crow · American Pipit · American Redstart · American Robin · Baltimore Oriole · Barn Swallow · Bell's Vireo · Belted Kingfisher · Bewick's Wren · Black-and-white Warbler · Blue Grosbeak · Blue Jay · Blue-gray Gnatcatcher · Bobolink · Brown Creeper · Brown Thrasher · Brown-headed Cowbird · Carolina Wren · Carolina chickadee · Chipping Sparrow · Common Grackle · Common Moorhen · Common Starling · Common Yellowthroat · Eastern Bluebird · Eastern Kingbird · Eastern Phoebe · Eastern Towhee · Eastern Wood Pewee · Fish Crow · Golden-winged Warbler · Gray Catbird · Great Crested Flycatcher · Horned Lark · House Wren · Indigo Bunting · Mallard · Marsh Wren · Northern Cardinal · Northern Mockingbird · Northern Rough-winged Swallow · Orchard Oriole · Philadelphia Vireo · Prothonotary Warbler · Purple Gallinule · Purple Gallinule · Red-breasted Nuthatch · Red-eyed Vireo · Red-winged Blackbird · Redhead · Sand Martin · Sprague's Pipit · Summer Tanager · Swainson's Thrush · Swainson's Warbler · Tufted Titmouse · Warbling Vireo · Whip-poor-will · White-breasted Nuthatch · White-eyed Vireo · Winter Wren · Wood Thrush · Yellow-billed Cuckoo · Yellow-throated Vireo
Small mammalsAmerican Beaver · Black Rat · Deer Mouse · Eastern Cottontail · Eastern Fox Squirrel · Eastern Gray Squirrel · Eastern Harvest Mouse · Eastern Mole · Eastern Woodrat · Hispid Cotton Rat · House Mouse · Southern Flying Squirrel · Southern Short-tailed Shrew · bee shrew · mole shrew
PredatorsAmerican Mink · Coyote
Hoofed mammalsWhite-tailed Deer
BatsBig brown bat · Black Bat · Brazilian free tailed bat · Eastern Red Bat · Eastern pipistrelle · Evening Bat · Hoary Bat · Little brown myotis · Rafinesque's big-eared bat · Seminole Bat · Southeastern Myotis
Also on the checklistCane Cutter · Marsh Oryzomys · Virginia Opossum · long-nosed armadillo
Activities
Activity guides for this park Birdwatching in the national parks · Canoeing and kayaking in the national parks · Fishing in the national parks · Hiking in the national parks · Wildlife watching in the national parks
Weather & climate
Arkansas shares the same climate classification as the rest of the southeastern United States: humid subtropical. This type of climate features relatively mild winters and hot, steamy summers.
Questions people ask
Does Arkansas Post charge an entrance fee?
No. Arkansas Post is free to enter.
Source: National Park Service
What are the hours at Arkansas Post?
Standard hours are 7:00AM - Sunset, every day. Dated exceptions are listed under Hours.
Source: National Park Service
How busy is Arkansas Post?
27,674 recreation visits in 2025, number 308 of 387 units that report visitation.
Source: Most visited parks
When was Arkansas Post established?
1686. It covers about 1.2 square miles.
Source: Wikipedia
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- Every active Park Service alert for this unit, one item each, rebuilt with the nightly data refresh.
- Add dates to your calendar (.ics file)
- Fee-free entrance days that apply here and each published hours exception, as all-day events.
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