Jill Rohrbach

The following is a suggested city itinerary for art lovers. Choose your vacation by choosing a city or two for a long weekend or do the whole loop of cities for a week of fun and culture. You’ll find creative expressions from local to international artists in each of these towns in the form of visual art, performance art and music.

Rising 2,753 feet from the Arkansas River Valley, Mount Magazine is the highest point in Arkansas.

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Electro-jam, bluegrass, funk, opera, blues, rock or Americana - whatever your musical taste, Arkansas has a festival for you. Check out this music festival guide to find the one for you. Or, maybe catching the vibe at all of these music festivals is on your bucket list? Either way, note that tickets tend to sell out as soon as lineups are announced. Make your plans now, so you don’t miss the party.

For those who prefer to fish from land or lack a boat, there are plenty of places to cast a line on the banks of Arkansas’ more than 600,000 acres of lakes and 90,000 miles of rivers and streams.

Trout are not native to The Natural State, yet Arkansas is famous beyond its borders for its outstanding trout fisheries. The fish were introduced starting in the late 40s when U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dams were built on several Arkansas rivers for flood control and hydroelectric power generation. To mitigate the loss of warm water fisheries, trout were stocked in the newly created and cold tailwaters.

If you have a love for cycling, put the Arkansas Graveler event on your bucket list for an unforgettable adventure on two wheels. This 336-mile gravel ride will take place over six days starting June 23. The route winds through the Ozark Mountains and Delta river bottoms of northern Arkansas with riders overnighting in designated communities.

Arkansas may not have ranked high on the recent national survey revealing the “Best Cities for Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse,” but the state has better options for survival than the survey suggests. Here are the best places to survive a zombie apocalypse in Arkansas.

Other than an outdoor sprinkler on the lawn when you are a kid, there may be no greater recreational pleasure in the summer than splashing the heat away in a swimming hole at a lake or river. Arkansas, The Natural State, has plenty of them that in addition to keeping the heat at bay offer great scenery. Make a splash on your next Arkansas road trip in one of these Ozark swimming holes.

Don’t miss this new two-day family fun festival and Gran Fondo coming to the cycling mecca of Bentonville, Arkansas on Sept. 6-8. The Gran Fondo Hincapie is a weekend of cycling fun with scenic rides, live music, and a family festival that includes food and drinks.