Petit Jean Mountain is a special place - an unforgettable place - named for the legend of Petit Jean … the story of a French girl who disguised herself as a boy and secretly accompanied her sweetheart, an early explorer, to the New World and to this mountain. Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas's first and flagship state park, enhances this 300-year-old legend with windswept views, enchanting woodlands laced with streams and wildflowers, and a spectacular waterfall - Cedar Falls. This park is a place where nature over time has formed sheer bluffs, Cedar Creek Canyon and the Seven Hollows … such distinctive features as Bear Cave, the Grotto and Natural Bridge … and whimsical formations we call Turtle Rocks and Carpet Rocks. It's a place where the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps endures in facilities mirroring the mountain's rugged beauty.