Arkansas National Park Units

Name

Classification

Date*

Hectares

Acres

Features

Arkansas Post	National Memorial	1960	302	747	Site of first permanent French settlement in the Lower Mississippi Valley, dating from 1686
Buffalo	National River	1972	38,161	94,294	One of the few free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states
Central High School	National Historic Site	1998	7	18	Site of dramatic school desegregation efforts in 1957
Fort Smith	National Historic Site	1961	30	75	Early U.S. military post in the Louisiana Territory; established to monitor various Native American peoples (Also in Oklahoma)
Hot Springs	National Park	1832	2,246	5,549	Forty-seven thermal springs
Pea Ridge	National Military Park	1956	1,740	4,300	Site of important Union victory (1862) in Civil War
* Earliest date of federal government involvement with the area.