Known as the duck and rice capital of the world, Stuttgart AR is everything it's quacked up to be. The town is surrounded by the Arkansas Grand Prairie where the commercial production of rice was pioneered in 1904 and led to Arkansas's status as the top rice producing state in the U.S. Rice fields and irrigation reservoirs entice the annual migration of ducks and geese on the Mississippi Flyway to linger, making the area nationally renowned among waterfowl hunters. Check out our Best Western hotel in Stuttgart Ark.
Things to do in Stuttgart
Arkansas County Courthouse
1928 Classical Revival-style building. Listed on the National Historic Register Nov. 20, 1992. Located at the Jct. Of E. 3rd and S. College Streets.
Arts Center of The Grand Prairie
Works by local and regional artists are presented here in addition to music and educational programs.
108 West 12th Street, Stuttgart, AR
Chick Major Duck Call Collection
Visit this unusual and yet famous duck call collection of the late Chick Major, maker of Dixie Mallard Duck Calls.
Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center
A tour of warm water fish farming center is offered at the Center. Research facilities include a 18,000 ft2 bench research laboratory completed in 1992. About 60% of the floor space is devoted to research activities in fish diseases, nutrition and feeds development, chemical registration, and water quality management/production systems. Located at Ark.130 East. Call 870-673-4483 for more information.
Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie
The Museum depicts the history of agriculture and pioneers who farmed the Grand Prairie, a waterfowlers exhibit and library, history of rice milling, crop dusting mini-theatre and fish farm exhibit. This 20,000 square foot building has five out buildings. Call 870-673-7001 for more information.
921 East 4th Street, Stuttgart, AR
Pintail Peninsula, Inc.
Offering world-class facilities next to some of the best duck hunting found anywhere in the world. Call 870-873-0111 for more information.
Standard Ice Company Building
This 1926 building is designed in Spanish Colonial Revival style. Listed on the National Historic Register July 2, 1979.
517 South Main Street, Stuttgart, AR
Stuttgart Agricultural Museum
The Museum depicts farm life on the Grand Prairie, including that of early German settlers. You will also find a scale replica of a village, exhibits on the area's duck hunting heritage.
White River National Wildlife Refuge
Just outside of Stuttgart is the White River National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1935 for the protection of migratory birds. The refuge lies in the floodplain of the White River near where it meets the Mississippi River. Long and narrow, three to ten miles wide and almost ninety miles long, the refuge is one of the largest remaining bottomland hardwood forests in the Mississippi River Valley. Call 870-282-8200 for more information.