Arkansas's Largest State Park Belongs At The Top Of Your Bucket List
By J.B. VanDyke|Published April 25, 2017
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J.B. VanDyke
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J.B. Weisenfels has lived in rural Arkansas for three decades. She is a writer, a mom, and a graduate student. She is also an avid collector of tacky fish whatnots, slightly chipped teapots, and other old things. In her spare time she enjoys driving to the nearest creek to sit a while. If you were to visit her, she'd try to feed you cornbread.
Coming in at 12,056 acres of scenic lakefront and incredible Ozarks land, Hobbs State Park Conservation Area is the largest state park in Arkansas. In fact, it’s so big it’s almost twice as large as Arkansas’s second largest state park, Village Creek. As we all know, quality is a bit more important than size in some matters (I’m looking at you, Texas), and it’s no different with Arkansas’s natural spots. The Natural State’s largest state park deserves to go on the top of your bucket list not because it’s the biggest, but because it’s undeniably awesome.
The trails are all incredibly gorgeous and each has its own special appeal. From a lakefront experience to following a natural spring, what all the trails have in common is that they lead you through gorgeous forested land.
It isn’t only about scenic views and gorgeous trails at Hobbs State Park. They’ve also got a good dose of history. The Van Winkle Trail includes a pedestrian tunnel that goes under Highway 12.
While it’s cool that Hobbs State Park Conservation Area is the largest state park in Arkansas, that’s not why you should put it at the top of your bucket list.
You should make it a priority to go there because Hobbs State Park has everything you could possibly want from a state park: lakefront views, densely forested trails, and a rich, well-preserved history.
