SUMMER IN EUREKA SPRINGS
Things to Do with Kids in Eureka Springs
Here are some FUN summer recommendations for your family for when we can start traveling again
- Splash in Beaver or Table Rock Lakes
- Explore an area cave or cavern: Onyx Cave, War Eagle Cavern or Cosmic Cavern
- Ride horses at Dinner Bell Ranch, Hidden Valley Ranch, or Bear Mountain Stables
- Hike or bike more than 25 miles of multi-use trails around Lake Leatherwood and Black Bass Lake
- Stand up Paddleboard on Beaver Lake at SUP Outfitters
- Zipline through the forest at Ozark Mountain Ziplines
- Visit rescued big cats and other wild animals at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
- Take in the history of Eureka Springs at the Eureka Springs Historical Museum
- Explore the springs of Eureka Springs with this handy map
- Go fishing on one of our lakes or rivers: Beaver Lake, Table Rock Lake, Lake Leatherwood, Kings River or White River
- Shop until you drop at one of our dozens of shops and galleries
- Take an art class at Eureka Springs School of the Arts
- Have a relaxing massage at one of the many spas throughout town
- Taste area wines at Keels Creek Winery and Railway Winery
- Take in America’s #1 Attended Outdoor Drama, The Great Passion Play
- Visit Blue Spring, pouring 38 million gallons of cold, clear water each day into its trout-filled lagoon.
- Relax on a cruise of Beaver Lake on Belle of the Ozarks
- See all of historic Eureka Springs while someone else drives and narrates on the Tram Tour
- Find your favorite swimming hole at an area pool, river, creek, or lake.
- Shop our open-air Farmer’s Market on Tuesday and Thursday mornings at the Community Center Parking Lot
- Visit Pea Ridge Military Park where the Battle of Pea Ridge was fought during the Civil War on March 6–8, 1862
- Get up close and personal with hundreds of animals at Promised Land drive thru and petting zoo
- Experience an evening of mystery and intrigue at Intrigue Theater
- Enjoy FREE Music in Basin Spring Park the 3rd Saturday of every month
- Climb a 100′ Observation Tower at Razorback Gift Shop or The Village at Pine Mountain
- Golf at Holiday Island
- Shop for Bargains at the Annual Yards & Yards of Yard Sales in August
- Visit Pivot Rock Natural Bridge
- Tour the Ozarks’ strangest dwelling, Quigley Castle
- The opera at Inspiration Point presents three fully staged operas during its June and July summer opera festival Opera in the Ozarks
- Kick up your heels with Drumming in the Park the first Saturday of every month
- Mountain bikers love the steep hills and winding roads during the Fat Tire Festival
- Visit with artists during Second Saturday Gallery Stroll
- Do you have what it takes to become The Eurekan? Enter the 3 day multi-sport festival!
- The St. Elizabeth Catholic Church is listed in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” because visitors enter the building from the bell tower.
- Volkswagen lovers can meet up at the 3-Day Volkswagen Festival
- Camp out at an area campground.
- Ghost hunters can take a ghost tour at the Crescent Hotel, Basin Park Hotel or around Haunted Eureka Springs
- Ditch your car and ride a Trolley around Eureka Springs
- Step back in time to an earlier age of locomotive transportation and enjoy the Excursion Train or the Dining Car at ESNA Railway.
- Enjoy a show at the Ozark Mountain Hoedown.
- What’s under downtown Eureka Springs? You can take a tour and find out!
- See why the beautiful Thorncrown Chapel has received dozens of architecture awards from around the world
- Enjoy local music & fun at one of our area bars & clubs.