Two tours take visitors through caverns with huge rooms and all the major formations known to spelunkers. The Ozark Folk Center is run by the state and the Blanchard Springs Caverns is a possession of the National Forest Service. Harrison is proud of its North Arkansas College with career programs and two years of liberal arts curriculum. Community cultural activities include concert programs by the North Central Arkansas Concert Association and plays by the Theatre Company, a local little theater group. Baker Prairie is a virgin prairie at the western edge of Harrison.
Visitors are welcome, but there are no developed trails.
Other seasons, it is a mere trickle. Historic Downtown Harrison can be easily viewed on a historic walk through the downtown. Self-guided tour brochures are available at the Chamber of Commerce, Main Street office, or the Boone County Heritage Museum. Boone County Heritage Museum at 110 S. Cherry St. has genealogy library, Civil War artifacts and pictures. Mystic Caverns has tours leaving every 35 minutes, March through November.