Things to do in Rogers

The 2026 guide · checked October 8, 2026

Things to do in Rogers

Rogers grew up around the railroad, founded in 1881, and its downtown still keeps the Rogers Historical Museum, the Daisy Airgun Museum, the 1927 Victory Theater and Railyard Park within a few blocks of each other. On the west side, the Walmart AMP sits across the highway from Pinnacle Hills Promenade. To the east, Highway 12 runs out toward Beaver Lake and Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area.

Downtown Rogers

The historic district around First and Second streets has the Rogers Historical Museum, the Daisy Airgun Museum, the Victory Theater and Railyard Park, where the Saturday market runs May through October. Lake Atalanta sits just east of downtown, linked by trail to the Railyard Bike Park.

Pinnacle Hills

This is the Walmart AMP side of town. Pinnacle Hills Promenade is just across the highway from the amphitheater, and Topgolf is next door to the AMP.

Highway 12 East and Beaver Lake

Scenic Highway 12 East is the quick way from Rogers to the Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch areas of Beaver Lake. It also leads to Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area on the lake's southern shore.

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   Rogers Historical Museum

   Museum · Kids (hands-on areas; adult supervision required)

   Five permanent galleries cover Rogers from the land itself to the 1881 railroad founding, plus Coin Harvey's Monte Ne resort and the building of Beaver Lake. Kids get hands-on play spaces: The Attic, with period dress-up and a vintage stove, and the Children's Gallery, with a mid-century kitchen and a pretend bakery.

   Free · Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; closed major holidays

   Hailey Building Exhibit Galleries & Museum Store, 313 South 2nd Street, Rogers, AR 72756 (Key Wing Education Center & Historic Hawkins House at 322 South 2nd Street)

   What's on hereOfficial site

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   Rogers Daisy Airgun Museum

   Museum

   This is the story of Daisy, which started as a Plymouth windmill company in 1882 and became the BB gun brand, told through Red Ryders, antique European airguns, vintage ads and WWII memorabilia. It also has the World's Largest BB Gun, and the museum shop says it's the only place that carries every Daisy product.

   Adults $2.50; children under 12 free; each paid admission includes this year's limited-edition medallion · Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

   202 W. Walnut, Rogers, AR 72756

   Official site

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   Railyard Park

   Family · Kids (splash pad and play yard)

   This downtown park opened in spring 2021. It has the Water Stop splash pad, the Playard for kids, shaded picnic tables and the Butterfield Stage, which hosts the Railyard Live concert series. On Saturdays from May through October, the market sets up on Frisco Plaza from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

   201 S. 1st Street, Rogers, AR 72756

   Official site

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   Lake Atalanta Park

   Outdoors · Families, dog walks (leashed), paddling

   This is a 236-acre city park just east of downtown. A 2-mile paved trail loops the lake, more than 10 miles of soft-surface trails branch off it, and there are six fishing piers. Rowboats, canoes and kayaks are allowed, but nothing with a motor, and kids get two playgrounds and two treehouses on stilts.

   500 E. Walnut, Rogers, AR 72756

   Official site

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   The Railyard Bike Park

   Outdoors

   This downtown bike park has eight jump lines, from beginner to expert. The lights stay on until 10 p.m. From the park, you can ride a paved trail down to Lake Atalanta or head onto the off-road Lake Atalanta and Pleasant Ridge trails.

   Daily 6 a.m.-10 p.m., unless closed for weather or events

   299 E. Cherry St., Rogers, AR 72756

   Official site

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   Victory Theater

   Arts

   Rogers architect A.O. Clarke designed this theater, and it opened on December 5, 1927, to a crowd of 750. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and the City of Rogers owns it. The city books concerts, the Prairie View Jazz Series and film festivals here, and Arkansas Public Theatre stages its mainstage shows in the same building.

   Ticketed by event

   116 S. Second Street, Rogers, AR 72756

   What's on hereOfficial site

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   Ozark Beer Company

   Food & drink

   This is a downtown brewery taproom. Food trucks rotate through, and you're welcome to bring food from home or a local restaurant. It sells beer to go seven days a week, and because it's in the Rogers Entertainment District you can walk downtown with your beer in hand.

   109 N Arkansas Street, Rogers, AR 72756

   Official site

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   Walmart AMP

   Music

   This is the region's big outdoor amphitheater. It has 3,200 covered seats plus general-admission seating on a sloped lawn, and air-conditioned concessions and restrooms. A $13.9 million expansion added plazas, covered viewing space and more concessions. Topgolf is next door, and Pinnacle Hills Promenade is across the highway.

   Ticketed by show

   5079 W Northgate Rd., Rogers, AR 72758

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   Pinnacle Hills Promenade

   Shopping

   An open-air shopping center on 152 acres with more than 100 shops and nine full-service restaurants. Anchors include Dillard's and JCPenney, and there's a Malco theater on the north side with a lawn in front of it. Seating areas are outdoors near Zales, Hollister and Dave & Buster's.

   Mon-Sat 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sun noon-7 p.m. (individual store and restaurant hours vary)

   2203 Promenade Blvd, Suite 3200, Rogers, AR 72758

   What's on hereOfficial site

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    Beaver Lake

    Outdoors · Boating, fishing, swimming, camping

    This is a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake completed in 1966, with 28,370 acres of water and more than 480 miles of shoreline lined with limestone bluffs. From Rogers, Scenic Highway 12 East gets you to the Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch areas. Marinas at Prairie Creek, Horseshoe Bend, Rocky Branch and Hickory Creek handle boating and rentals, and the Corps collects fees at several parks, including Prairie Creek and Rocky Branch.

    USACE Beaver Lake Project Office, 2260 N. 2nd St., Rogers, AR 72756

    Official site

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    Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area

    Outdoors

    This is Arkansas' largest state park, 12,173 forested acres on the southern shore of Beaver Lake, just outside Rogers on East Highway 12. It has a 54-mile multi-use trail system for hiking, mountain biking and horseback riding, including the Karst Loop on the state's first Monument Trail. The visitor center was the first LEED-certified center in Arkansas State Parks and has exhibits on the park's natural resources and history.

    Visitor center daily 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day); some trails close during hunting seasons (2026: Oct. 17-21, Nov. 7-8, Nov. 14-18)

    20201 East Hwy. 12, Rogers, AR 72756

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    War Eagle Cavern

    Family · Kids

    The main attraction is a one-hour walking tour through a living cave on Beaver Lake. Kids can also pan for gemstones at the water sluice, try the Lost in the Woods Maze and the Moonshiners Mystery Shack, walk the nature trails and feed the fish in the lake.

    Cavern tour: adult $24, child $15 (plus tax); value passes: adult $29, child $20 (plus tax) · Daily 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; cavern tours 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

    21494 Cavern Drive, Rogers, AR 72756

    Official site

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    War Eagle Mill

    History

    This is a working water-powered mill on War Eagle Creek, which feeds into Beaver Lake, outside town but with a Rogers address. The mill says its undershot wheel may be the only one in the U.S. There's a general store and a cafe serving coffee, brunch and lunch. The mill's site also promotes an annual fall craft fair and show; it was held October 16-19 in 2025, and 2026 dates aren't posted there.

    General store daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; cafe 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; closed major holidays

    11045 War Eagle Road, Rogers, Arkansas 72756

    Official site

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    Pea Ridge National Military Park

    History

    This 4,400-acre battlefield preserves the site of the March 7-8, 1862, Battle of Pea Ridge. It's outside Rogers, with a Garfield address. Drive the 7-mile, 10-stop tour road, walk the hiking trails, and start at the visitor center museum.

    Free; no entrance pass required · Visitor center 9 a.m.-5 p.m. (closed Tue-Wed mid-November through early March); grounds 6 a.m.-sunset, 7 days a week

    15930 National Park Drive, Garfield, AR 72732

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Hours and prices as each place posts them, checked October 8, 2026; they change, so confirm before you go. Curation is never sold.