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Fort Smith Convention Center

he Fort Smith Convention Center offers 116,800 square feet of usable, infinitely-flexible event space and a state-of-the-art performing arts center just steps from a rich variety of shopping, dining, nightlife, live entertainment, historic sites and more in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas!

Creekmore Park

Creekmore Park is one of Fort Smith’s four community parks, located in the central part of town, directly across from the Fort Smith Public Library. Its unique amenities give individuals the opportunity to enjoy the park throughout all seasons. What’s at Creekmore? Tennis... Read more...

Parrot Island Waterpark

Parrot Island Waterpark in Fort Smith, Arkansas features the areas only two lane FlowRider® and wave pool. Plus, you’ll love our four twisting and turning water slides, relaxing lazy river, activity pool and themed children’s aquatic play area. Our outdoor waterpark has... Read more...

Deer Trails Golf Course at Chaffee Crossing

Deer Trails Golf Course is a 9-hole/18-tee box course in the naturally beautiful, park-like setting of Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith, Arkansas. The course is open to the public seven days a week. Deer Trails offers excellent hybrid Bermuda greens. This is a good golf course for the... Read more...

The Unexpected Project

The Unexpected brings free and accessible art, education and programs to Arkansas and Fort Smith. During each event the walls of several downtown historic buildings are painted with large murals. The buildings are located in between about 10 square blocks and the public is... Read more...

Park at West End

The unique pocket park is located in downtown Fort Smith and offers a working Ferris Wheel first used at the 1935 World's Fair in San Diego, a vintage carousel hand-painted in Italy, a refurbished Pullman railcar diner, snacks served from a Double Decker Bus, and a one-of-a-kind work of... Read more...

Fort Smith Riverfront Trail

The Greg Smith River Trail is a multi-use trail in west and north Fort Smith between the Arkansas River and Riverfront Drive. It extends approximately 6.3 miles along the Arkansas River. The trail begins at the River Park Events Building and ties into Fort Smith Park. This trail consists of... Read more...

Harry E. Kelley Riverfront Park & Amphitheater

Harry E. Kelley Park is located beneath the Arkansas River Bridge and is adjacent to the River Park Complex. The Amphitheater, located next to the Arkansas River represents one-third of the River Park Complex. The rising, terraced walkways frame seating for 1128 persons. Additional... Read more...

Judge Parker Gallows

The gallows at Fort Smith served as an instrument of federal justice for 23 years, from 1873-1896. During those years, 86 men were executed for capital offenses by Judge Isaac C. Parker. While the gallows that stands today is a reconstruction, visitors are still drawn to the place where these... Read more...

John Bell Jr. Park (All-Inclusive)

Fort Smith's first all-inclusive playground, John Bell Jr. Park, originally known as Riverfront Drive Sports Field and is a riverfront community park in Fort Smith. The park is named for the late John Bell Jr. who grew up in Fort Smith and became a renowned artist famous for... Read more...

Gateway Park

Gateway Park is a beautifully landscaped park that incorporates three statues of figures with historical significance to Fort Smith. Isaac C. Parker, Frontier Judge & Community Leader, represents law and order in the late 1800’s and was an advocate for education of all and... Read more...

West Garrison Avenue Historic District

The West Garrison Avenue Historic District is a historic district encompassing the oldest commercial section of Fort Smith, Arkansas. When listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, the district included just a five-block stretch of Garrison Avenue, the major east–west... Read more...

Fort Smith Visitor Center - "Miss Laura's"

Miss Laura’s is the city's official visitor center! A prominent symbol of our boisterous past, this former Old West bordello — first to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places — has been fully restored to its original grandeur, and a team of... Read more...

Fort Smith National Cemetery

Fort Smith National Cemetery, located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was established as a national cemetery in 1867. The cemetery grew around a small post cemetery that dates to about 1819. Fort Smith National Cemetery traces its beginning to the founding of the military outpost at the... Read more...

Civil Axe Throwing

Unleash Your Inner Warrior - Everything about our axe throwing business was built with fun and safety in mind. If you’re going to be throwing axes or hatchets, then you should have just a little instruction first. Our professional axe throwers — or Axeperts — will help you... Read more...

Riverfront Bike & Skate Park

Built in 2018, this one-of-a-kind 12,000 sq. ft. park overlooks the Arkansas River and offers areas for beginner, intermediate and advanced-level bikers and skaters. Park features include pump tracks, a 12 ft. vertical wall and Plexiglas wall, art as skating apparatuses, a mountain bike... Read more...

Fort Smith National Historic Site

Explore life on the edge of frontier and Indian Territory through the stories of soldiers, the Trail of Tears, scandals, outlaws, and lawmen who pursued them. From the establishment of the first Fort Smith on December 25, 1817, to the final days of Judge Isaac C. Parker's jurisdiction... Read more...

Ben Geren Golf Course

Ben Geren Golf Course is the most played golf course in the river valley. Consisting of a 285-acre, twenty-seven (27)-hole course, which offers MiniVerde ultradwarf bermudagrass greens, bermudagrass tees and fairways and native tall grass prairie. With its native prairie setting, Ben Geren... Read more...