Delta Heritage Trail State Park

{{Short description|State park in Arkansas, United States}}

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| name = Delta Heritage State Park

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| photo = File:Bridge over Lick Creek, Delta Heritage Trail State Park.jpg

| photo_alt = Wooden footbridge ends and becomes a gravel trail with tall trees on either side

| photo_caption = Bridge over Lick Creek

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| map_caption = Location of Delta Heritage Trail State Park in Arkansas

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| location = Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, Desha, Phillips, Arkansas Delta, Arkansas, United States

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| area_acre = 960

| area_ref = {{ Cite encyclopedia |author= Staffs of the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism and the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture |title= Delta Heritage Trail State Park |url= http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?search=1&entryID=1221 |date= December 11, 2011 |publisher= The Central Arkansas Library System |encyclopedia= The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture |accessdate= March 9, 2012 }}

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| established = October 25, 2002

| named_for = Arkansas Delta

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| governing_body = Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism

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| website = [http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/deltaheritagetrail/ Delta Heritage Trail State Park]

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Delta Heritage Trail State Park is a {{convert|960|acre|adj=on}} Arkansas state park in Arkansas, Desha, and Phillips counties, Arkansas in the United States. A rails to trails conversion planned along {{convert|84.46|mi|km}} of abandoned Union Pacific right of way, the Delta Heritage Trail currently runs {{convert|40|mi|km}} from Lexa to Snow Lake, with a southern section of {{convert|28|mi|km}} between Arkansas City and the White River at Yancopin.{{cite web |first=Flip |last= Putthoff |title=Delta trail offers easy biking where cotton is king |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |location=Little Rock |publisher=WEHCO Media |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/dec/02/delta-trail-offers-easy-biking-where-cotton-is/ |date=December 2, 2024 |issn=1060-4332 |oclc=50767083 |access-date=February 9, 2025 }} Work on the {{convert|36.4|mi|km}} middle section was funded by a RAISE grant in 2021, to be completed by 2025.{{ cite web |title= $20M grant will fund completion of Delta Heritage Trail in southeast Arkansas |date=November 18, 2021 |work=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |location= Little Rock |publisher=WEHCO Media |first=Bill |last=Bowden |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/nov/18/20-million-grant-will-fund-completion-of-delta/ |issn=1060-4332 |oclc=50767083 |access-date=February 9, 2025 }}

There are trailheads at Lexa, Barton, Lick Creek, Lake View, Elaine, Watson, Rohwer, and Arkansas City.