VILLAGE CREEK — It’s going to be a busy weekend at Village Creek State Park.
The park will host free events starting today and continuing through Sunday.
They include a Birding 101 Walk at 5 p.m. today, starting from the amphitheater. It includes a half-mile walk on the Arboretum Trail. Wear sturdy shoes, bring water, and wear insect repellent. Bring binoculars if you have them. A Big Ben Trail Guided Hike will follow at 7 p.m. today starting outside the visitor center. It is a half-mile moderate trail hike. Wear sturdy shoes, insect repellent, and bring drinking water.
Friday includes What’s the Catch? at 11 a.m. starting outside the visitor center. The Storyteller’s Bag will follow at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the amphitheater. A Become a State Park Explorer program will also be held at 4 p.m. Friday at the amphitheater. That program is for kids ages 6 to 14.
Saturday will begin with an Echoing Footsteps Hike at 8 a.m. starting from the Lake Austell boat ramp parking lot. This is a 1.5-mile moderate hike on the Military Road Trail. Wear hiking shoes and bring plenty of water. That will be followed by a T.R.A.I.L.S. program at 11 a.m. Saturday, starting outside the visitor center. The Big Ben Trail is a moderately strenuous half-mile trail. Wear hiking shoes, insect repellent, and bring water.
A Discovering Nature Journals: Craft & Hike program will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday outside the visitor center. It will include a half-mile stroll. Wear sturdy shoes and bring drinking water. Finally, an Old as a Tree program will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the amphitheater.
Village Creek State Park is located six miles south of Wynne on Arkansas Highway 284. For more information, visit www.arkansasstateparks.com/parks/village-creek-state-park or call 870-238-9406.
