Petit Jean has a romantic, yet tragic legend…and yurts. It’s Arkansas’ first state park and we think it’s the best. Here’s why. The first Arkansas state park, Petit Jean (pronounce it ...

PETIT JEAN STATE PARK — As the Arkansas State Parks system celebrates its centennial this year, Petit Jean is playing the starring role. That's thanks to the fact that back in the Roaring '20s ...

Their hard-scrabble life must have required the same sweat and toil that the Early Arkansas Reenactors Association will demonstrate this weekend. To reach Petit Jean State Park from the Little ...

Heritage and Tourism is seeking a business to manage the Petit Jean Park Airport. Arkansas State Parks has managed the airport near Petit Jean State Park since 1956; the last contracted operator ...

The great wooded mesa of Petit Jean was named Arkansas’s first state park for good reason: Its crinkled topography of myriad streams and rocky ridges is unique, cut from the same geological ...

ARKANSAS SIGHTSEEING: Petit Jean State Park marks 100 this year May 9, 2023 at 2:11 a.m. by STORY BY JACK SCHNEDLER PHOTOS BY MARCIA SCHNEDLER SPECIAL TO THE DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE ...

PETIT JEAN STATE PARK -- As the Arkansas State Parks system celebrates its centennial this year, Petit Jean is playing the starring role. That's thanks to the fact that back in the Roaring 1920s ...