Do you guys remember when I wrote an article about a place in Arkansas that is like Middle Earth and admitted to being just the biggest nerd? Hello, there. I’m here again to remind you that I’m a huge nerd and to tell you about the one place in Arkansas that will transport you to Narnia. Oh, Narnia, a place of retreat for children of all ages. At times a dense forest, a wintry land of mountains and valleys, a place full of ancient ruins and marshlands—it’s a varied landscape, but no place is more similar to the forests of Aslan’s kingdom than Devil’s Den State Park. I present this photographic evidence to back up my claim:

Sure, when the Pevensie children first walk through the wardrobe the landscape is covered in snow and ice…

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…but after the White Witch is (temporarily) defeated, that long winter thaws into the most glorious spring.

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After all, what says magical land quite like the green of spring in the forest of Devil’s Den?

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The CCC-built structures at Devil’s Den look like perfect, cozy abodes for talking woodland creatures.

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Some of them even look like they were built specifically for small creatures.

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Others look like good places for Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve to have a lovely picnic.

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The interesting geology gives the park an ancient feel, too.

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Yellow Rock would be the perfect place to survey the kingdom, wouldn’t it?

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If you want to feel like you’re wandering through the forests of Narnia, you need to head to Devil’s Den.

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It’s like stepping through the wardrobe and right into total magic.

Wikimedia/Sam Wilson

Devil’s Den State Park is located in the Ozark National Forest at 11333 AR-74 near West Fork.

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