Come visit the Natural State (a blog roundup of Arkansas places to visit) UPDATED

When I was a kid, we traveled to Beaver Lake in Arkansas nearly every summer. My first photos of myself there are literally when I was about six months old.

Over the years I would travel to Arkansas for other attractions such as Eureka Springs and a family reunion in my early teens. It’s kind of ironic that I now call Northwest Arkansas home yet I don’t travel in my own state that much. A few years ago, John and I tried to go on a couple “Local Adventures” where we stayed in towns that were only about an hour or two away from where we lived in Bentonville. We discovered a few gems!

Those blogs are a bit outdated but in honor of National and State Tourism Week (May 3-11), I asked my fellow Arkansas bloggers to share some of their posts about places they love in our state. The response was amazing! There are several that are about the same place but they offer different perspectives. Some blogs are about an entire town and others are about a specific favorite spot.

I encourage you to take a look, comment on the blogs and maybe come visit us!

Visit these blogs about Arkansas places to visit

(The blog link is in the blogger’s name unless the blogger has more than one blog listed. Then the location is linked)

Katharine from Home’s Cool! talks about the beauty and the history of Hot Springs National Park and one of her favorite swimming holes at Beaver’s Bend

Paige over at Lorrabeth shares about the fun of camping at Winthrow State Park (also check out this entire #NWARK category for local events and bands)

Sarah at Sarah’s Stories talks about the Dickson Street Bookshop in Fayetteville

Jen over at Coffee with Jen has a blog about her Spring Break trips to Hobbs State Park and Eureka Springs, another day trip to Devil’s Den State Park, her day trip to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Terra Studios outside Fayetteville, and the fun at Wilson Park in Fayetteville.

Laurie over at See Laurie Write shares about the fun of geocaching, which can be done anywhere in Ar.ckansas!

Deb has a whole travel blog called Travel Browsing with Deb where she shares about Digging for Diamonds in Arkansas and Stomping Grapes in Altus (She has a whole Arkansas section on her blog!)

Kimberly over at KD316 shares about Lookout Point in Hot Springs

Melissa shares about her family’s mini-vacation to Ft. Smith on Mosaic of Moms

Kat guest blogged over at Arkansas.com’s blog about Johnny Cash’s childhood home

Talya also shares about Johnny Cash’s boyhood home and says this: “While you visit the Man in Black, spend some time in Wilson, Arkansas. There are wonderful things going on in this little town including the Wilson Cafe (with a top chef from Memphis), two cute boutiques, and the Hampson Museum of Indian artifacts.”

Mel shares about visiting the USS Razorback near Little Rock

And guess what? The Arkansas Women Bloggers contribute lots of content for the Only In Arkansas website. You really need to check it out!

Do you have other blogs that feature trips in the state of Arkansas? Share in the comments!