 Situated
in central USA the State of Arkansas offers a landscape
of plains, forests, mountains, rivers and cattle land as
well as many industrial centers and oil wells. The state
boasts beautiful outdoor scenery as well as museums, art
centers and parks.
This is the state of the former President Bill Clinton,
who was once the governor in Little Rock, the state’s
capital. A museum is dedicated to his life. The town of
Little Rock is one of the earliest settlements in
Arkansas and boasts many museums and cultural sites,
amongst which are the Decorative Arts Museum, the
Historic Arkansas Museum and the River Market District,
to name a few.
Some splendid natural sites are to be found in the Ozark
Mountains, where music finds its homeland, with several
festivals dedicated to Folk music throughout the year.
On the border of the Ozark National Forest there are the
Blanchard Springs Caverns that are worth a visit as is
the nearby Mount magazine.
There are several natural hot spring sites in Arkansas,
such as the Eureka Springs once a Victorian spa resort,
now a popular tourist area, where a statue named the
Christ of the Ozarks stands nearly two meters high. The
Hot Springs National Park is the place to lie back in
bathhouses, fish or swim in the three great lakes.
The climate in Arkansas is continental with cold winters
and warm summers. |
