Forrest Wood Crowley’s Ridge Nature Center

Directions: Located off Lawson Road and Ark. 141, south of Jonesboro

The second of four nature centers constructed by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the $4.3-million project includes exhibits on origins and history of the Ridge, topographical models and a 30-foot-long satellite photo of the unique land mass, plus observation tower, duck hunting display, auditorium, meeting room, natural prairie preserve, and a trail looping a lake.