United States Arkansas Arkansas Water Parks and Amusement Parks Where to Find Coasters and Water Slides in the State By Arthur Levine Arthur Levine Facebook Twitter Arthur is a travel writer with more than 25 years of experience. He has been covering theme parks, amusement parks, water parks, and attractions for TripSavvy since 2002. TripSavvy's editorial guidelines Updated on 06/03/19 Parrot Island Waterpark Magic Springs is the major amusement park in Arkansas. Admission includes entry into Crystal Falls, a large water park. Elsewhere in the state, there are other water parks of varying sizes as well as some small amusement parks and family entertainment centers. Let's run down the parks in Arkansas, which are arranged alphabetically. 01 of 13 Alma Aquatic Center: Alma City of Alma Alma Aquatic Center is a small, municipal water park with eight water slides, a water play area, and three pools, one of which has diving boards. 02 of 13 Clarksville Aquatic Center: Clarksville Clarksville Aquatic Center The municipal facility includes a small outdoor water park and an indoor pool. The outdoor attractions include an interactive water play center with a tipping bucket, a lazy river, and a pool. 03 of 13 Crenshaw Springs Water Park: White Hall Crenshaw Springs Attractions at the small outdoor water park include the Diamondback Dive speed slide, the Cottonmouth Curse body slide, and the Crenshaw Creek lazy river. There are also attractions for younger children, a climbing wall on which participants can fall into the water, and a pool with diving boards. 04 of 13 Fast Lane Entertainment: Lowell Fast Lane Entertainment is an indoor family entertainment center with bowling, laser tag, bumper cars, a small roller coaster, an arcade, and other attractions. Continue to 5 of 13 below. 05 of 13 Funland Amusement Park: North Little Rock North Little Rock Parks and Recreation Run by the town's parks and recreation division, the small amusement park offers kiddie rides including a train, a carousel, a mini roller coaster, and a small Ferris wheel. It offers special rates for groups and parties. 06 of 13 FunTrackers Family Park: Hot Springs Funtrackers Family Park FunTrackers Family Park is a family entertainment center that offers go-karts, bumper boats, mini-golf, and an arcade. 07 of 13 Holiday Springs Water Park: Texarkana Holiday Springs Water Park Holiday Springs is a good-sized outdoor water park that features the Ozark Cliff Hanger looping slide with a trap-door launch capsule, the Texas Sky Fall speed slides, and other body and tube water slides. Other attractions include a wave pool, an interactive water play center, a wading pool, a spa, and a sand castle area. 08 of 13 Magic Springs and Crystal Falls: Hot Springs Magic Springs The traditional amusement park is Arkansas' largest. Major roller coasters include the wooden Arkansas Twister, the vertical lift X-Coaster, and the inverted The Gauntlet. There are also other thrill rides, family rides such as a Pirate Ship, and kiddie rides, including a carousel, a train, and a small Ferris wheel. Magic Springs offers national musical acts as part of its concert series. Each fall, it presents its Halloween event, Magic Screams. The Crystal Falls outdoor water park is included in the price of admission. Attractions include the Boogie Blast FLowRider surfing simulator, the High Sierra speed slide, the Rapid Falls Raceway multi-lane mat slide, a slide tower with seven water slides, a bowl slide, a wave pool, a lazy river, the Splash Island interactive water play center, and a play area for young children. Continue to 9 of 13 below. 09 of 13 Parrot Island Waterpark: Fort Smith Parrot Island Waterpark A decent-sized outdoor water park, Parrot Island includes the Pineapple Plunge speed slide, body slides, a lazy river, a wave pool, an activity pool, and a children's area. It is part of Ben Geren Park, which also offers mini-golf, go-karts, bike trails, a playground, and other activities. 10 of 13 Rogers Aquatics Center: Rogers The City of Rogers The small outdoor water park is run by the city of Rogers. Attractions include water slides, a lazy river, an interactive water play center with a dump bucket, a pool, volleyball courts, and a picnic area. 11 of 13 Splash Zone Water Park: Jacksonville Jacksonville Parks and Recreation The small outdoor water park is run by Jacksonville Parks and Recreation. Attractions include water slides, a pool, and play areas. 12 of 13 Wild River Country: North Little Rock Wild River Country Wild River Country is a good-sized outdoor water park that offers an Aqualoop slide, a speed slide, a bowl slide, a family raft ride plus a number of other water slides. Other attractions include a wave pool, a lazy river, an activity pool, and a children's area. Continue to 13 of 13 below. 13 of 13 Dogpatch USA and Heritage USA Heritage USA Let's remember one Arkansas park that is no longer open: Dogpatch USA. Located in the northwest corner of the state, the park opened in 1968 and closed its gates in 1993. According to a fan page for the defunct park, a local developer convinced Al Capp to license his Li'l Abner characters for a theme park based on the popular comic strip. Capp's hillbilly characters lived in the mountain village, Dogpatch, USA. The park included authentic 19th century Ozark Mountain log cabins, coasters such as Earthquake McGoon's Brain Rattler and Frustratin' Flyer, an RV park, and a motel. The town in which the park was located officially changed its name to Dogpatch, but reverted to Marble Falls after the park closed. A new company has plans to restore the park and rename it Heritage USA. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Share Pin Email Tell us why! Submit Share Pin Email