Bear Creek Log Cabins

09/04/2026

09/01/2026

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🌌 When was the last time you laid under the night sky on a crisp Autumn evening and let your mind wander through the stars of the Milky Way?

🌟 Join us for a family-friendly event to rediscover nature at night and the uplifting power of starlight at the 2026 Arkansas Dark-Sky Festival!

🔭 Telescopic views of celestial objects
✨ Guided constellation tour
🫧Kid activities: giant bubbles, stomp rockets, solar marshmallows, and STEM projects
🌿 Nature walks and talks
📷 Nightscape photography workshop
💡 Learn about responsible outdoor lighting and the impacts of light pollution on wildlife, human health, and safety ..and so much more.

📅: October 2 & 3
📍: Bear Creek Log Cabins
🎟️: Registration is required - see the link below!

https://darkskyarkansas.org/darkskyfestival/

08/25/2026

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08/10/2026

The Buffalo National River is known as an International Dark Sky Park! The 5th Annual Dark Sky Festival is Friday & Saturday 2-3 Oct at Bear Creek Log Cabins near Marshall! Arkansas Natural Sky Association

08/10/2026

Grinder’s Ferry, just upstream from the Buffalo National River Bridge on US 65, is about a 5 minute drive away from our ranch. This is a fun past time for the locals and a few adventurous visitors. The river from Tyler Bend to Harriet is at the lower end of ample to float at the moment thanks to the recent rains. We also have the Perseid Meteor Shower putting on a display! We are a dark sky accommodation…you don’t want to miss this ✨💫💦

08/10/2026

Come by and see our spectacular Sunflower display. Museum open Wednesday-Saturday 10am-3pm.

08/05/2026

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Tonight, somewhere between the tomatoes and the fence line, a sparkle will assemble itself.

That's the actual term — a group of fireflies is called a sparkle, and it might be the most honest collective noun in the English language. They're not flies at all, but beetles, running the most efficient light show on Earth: nearly 100% of the energy in that glow becomes light, almost none of it heat. A lightbulb should be so lucky.

Every blinking pattern you see is a conversation — each species flashes its own code, males signaling from the air, females answering from the grass.

August is their grand finale, so the show outside your window is worth the price of standing still for five minutes.

08/03/2026

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Our 1st Dark Sky brochure produced for the chamber of commerce by Sozo Graphics of Marshall! Bear Creek Log Cabins Arkansas Natural Sky Association

07/30/2026

It’s first thing Wednesday so I don’t have any fresh food pics yet, so my windchimes will have to do for now.

August is coming up this actual weekend, can you believe it?!?!

We will be open (barring catastrophe) through August 9, so this coming weekend and the next. We plan to maintain summer hours until Labor Day.

Our hours are:
Wednesday 9-3
Thursday and Sunday 9-7
Friday and Saturday 9-9
Lunch starts at 11 every day we’re open

Before 11 we sell our deli stuff, baked goods, retail stock, and allow for special order pickups.

Our summer break is a little later this year. We will close for our ANNUAL summer break for a couple of weeks starting August 10.