Parkin Archeological State Park — Attraction in Parkin

Yet another great state park in Arkansas. This one specifically preserves an area that used to be a settlement known by the name of their chieftain Casqui. Staff at the park are awesome.

They have trail medallions including one with pottery and one with a spider caricature taken from a copper plate found at the site (and it's awesome).

We went here as chaperones for a school trip, so I didn't get to explore possible trails, but it's definitely worth a visit.

My only complaint is the artist rendering of the village ignored an account by one of DeSoto's men stating that aside from the chiefs dwelling, there were 10-12 buildings for his wives. Unless I've misread that or missed something in the image, there were only 3...

What a cool gem! We’ve driven past the signs so many times and never stopped until this week. Watched the twelve minute video about the Mississippian culture that lived in the area, and then our little guy really enjoyed being able to touch all kinds of tools, furs, and objects similar to what they would have had/ used. The park employees were so friendly and informative and really helped us engage in the experience. Also a beautiful museum area with amazing artifacts to look at and read about. It was cold, so we didn’t explore outside as much as we would have liked, but were able to see the large mound and read some of the signage outside. Cute little gift store and nice clean bathrooms as well....

Very nice State Park. The park in whole is very clean. The main facility is clean and has actual artifacts to look at and take pictures to study or share later. The day use area is very well kept. The playground is in excellent shape and the restrooms are so clean. You can tell the staff cares about the visitors. When you see the staff and talk to them they stop what ever they are doing to assist every person. We stopped one maintenance man to ask about directions to a good place to eat and wow. He gave us so many places we had to flip a coin to decide. Can't wait to go back during the fall to get more exciting pictures of this...