Located at the confluence of two rivers, Arkansas Post has served as a gathering place for many cultures throughout human history - it represents cultural cooperation, conflict, synthesis, and diversity.
Photo: NPS Photo
Arkansas Post National Memorial
- LocationGillett, AR
- Entrance No fee listed
- HoursDaily, 7:00AM - Sunset
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Weather now77°F Overcast
- Alerts No active alerts
Overview
Topics
- African American Heritage
- Alligators or Crocodiles
- American Revolution
- American Revolutionary War
- Animals
- Archeology
- Asian American Heritage
- Battlefields
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- Birds
- Canals
- Civil War
- Colonial/European Contact Conflicts
- Colonization and Settlement
- Commerce
- Deciduous Forests
- Enslavement
- Explorers and Expeditions
- Fish
- Forests and Woodlands
- Hispanic American Heritage
- Immigration
- Indigenous and Native Warrior
- Infantry and Militia
- Migrations
- Military
- Native American Heritage
- Natural Sounds
- River and Riparian
- Scenic Views
- Tortoises and Turtles
- Trade
- Trails
- Transportation
- Tribal Conflicts
- US Army
- US Navy
- Wars and Conflicts
- Water Trails
- Westward Expansion
- Wetlands
Things to Do
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Facilities & Services
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Visitor Centers
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Arkansas Post Visitor Center
Visitor Center
View the park movie, "Arkansas Post: Echoes of the Past" and explore museum exhibits reflecting over three hundred years of human history at Arkansas Post.
1741 Old Post Road, Gillett, AR (870) 548-2207 Directions
Details
View the park movie, "Arkansas Post: Echoes of the Past" and explore museum exhibits reflecting over three hundred years of human history at Arkansas Post.
Plan Your Visit
Hours
Daily, 7:00AM - Sunset · Grounds Hours
Hours details
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Grounds HoursDaily, 7:00AM - Sunset
The park grounds are open daily: 7:00 am to sunset. The visitor center is open Thursday through Monday: 8:30 am to 5 pm. Please visit the Visitor Center section on this page for more information.
Monday 7:00AM - Sunset Tuesday 7:00AM - Sunset Wednesday 7:00AM - Sunset Thursday 7:00AM - Sunset Friday 7:00AM - Sunset Saturday 7:00AM - Sunset Sunday 7:00AM - Sunset
Entrance fees
No entrance fees listed.
Address
1741 Old Post RoadGillett, AR 72055
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Weather & conditions
77°F
Overcast · feels like 75°
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Today
79° 69°
Overcast83% rain
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Tomorrow
77° 67°
Light rain shower88% rain -
Sunday
74° 69°
Overcast85% rain
Updated 5 hr ago
What to expect by season
Arkansas shares the same climate classification as the rest of the southeastern United States: humid subtropical. This type of climate features relatively mild winters and hot, steamy summers.
Upcoming Events
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GHOSTS OF THE PAST AT ARKANSAS POST NATIONAL MEMORIAL
About
Join us in remembering people and events
that occurred here.
Historic reenactors will portray people
from a variety of historic time periods.
Representatives of the
Quapaw Nation will be here.
Photos
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Located at the northern edge of the Gulf coastal plain, the Arkansas Post's native growth ranges from prairie grasses and lowland hardwood forests to wetland marshes near the bayous and river. — NPS Photo -
Getting There
Gillett, AR 72055
Arkansas Post National Memorial is located in southeastern Arkansas. The entrance to the park is on Arkansas Hwy 169, seven miles south of Gillett, via US Hwy 165 (The Great River Road), and about 20 miles northeast of Dumas, via US 165.
Mailing address: 1741 Old Post Road, Gillett, AR 72055
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