City of Jacksonville ..............................................

Located just minutes from Little Rock, Jacksonville is ripe for discovery. The city is filled with family-friendly activities, a variety of restaurants, affordable hotels and a way of life that offers the best of small-town living but with big-city amenities.

There are plenty of ways for families to play in Jacksonville. At 160 acres, the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation Shooting Sports Complex is the largest in the state. A day of fun at Splash Zone water park costs just $5. Dupree Park has six softball, two baseball and four soccer fields, plus a walking trail, a playground, a dog park and a 10-acre fishing lake. The Reed’s Bridge Battlefield Heritage Park is one of the most well-preserved Civil War sites in Arkansas. In addition, annual events Big Bang on the Range and FestiVille both offer free admission.

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The Little Rock Air Force Base, located in Jacksonville, is the world’s only C-130 training facility for the Department of Defense.