Devil's Den State Park

Today’s adventure was about 45 min from Bentonville in a Town called Winslow. William and I explored Devil’s Den State Park. A little history The park is located in Lee Creek Valley. In 1933 the park was selected as the site for one of Arkansas first state parks. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built this beautiful park, they spent almost a decade building roads, trails, bridges, camp grounds, stone walls, cabins, and a rock shelter. Devil’s Den has 2,500 scenic areas full of overlooks, creeks,crevices,and caves. We couldn’t explore any of the caves because the caves are closed to protect the bats from the white nose syndrome that has been killing bats by the millions. 😭
Devil’s Den had some amazing rock formations Will and I had so much fun climbing and exploring all these different formations. I learned Will was afraid of heights and falling. He did a great job going out of his comfort zone and off roading with his crazy Aunt! Will also didn’t like going to the end of the overlooks (fear of falling) however, he was brave and even went to the edge of some of the overlooks. We got to touch The drips of water from the waterfall. There really wasn’t enough water to make a water fall just little drops. But we went and played in the water anyway. We were able to see Devil’s Den Cave (outside) Devil’s Ice Box, Twin falls, cold springs, walk along the rock wall, we got to walk along the suspension bridge. Hold a walking stick, see a water snake, we got to build our very own rock formation to go with all the others. Some of these formations were mind blowing. We got to Explore Fossil Flat Trailhead. We had a picnic lunch while we played would you rather. It really was a perfect day! Forest, bodies of water, hiking, and being surrounded by God’s creations!