Helena

Helena—West Helena is a city of 10,000 people (2019) in Philips County, Arkansas.

Understand

Helena sits on lowlands between the Mississippi River and the eastern side of Crowley's Ridge. West Helena is on the western side of Crowley's Ridge. Helena and West Helena were separate cities before merging in 2006. At the time of the merger, West Helena was somewhat larger in population than Helena.

Get in

Downtown Helena is just across the Mississippi River about 11 mi (18 km) east of the junction of Highway 61 and Highway 49, which is approximately 58 mi (93 km) south of Memphis, Tennessee.

Get around

Helena Bridge

Downtown Helena

See

• 1 Delta Cultural Center, 141 Cherry Street, ☏ +1 870 338-4350, info@deltaculturalcenter.com. The Delta Cultural Center, which is in historic downtown Helena is a museum which is dedicated to the history of the Arkansas Delta. The museum offers exhibits, educational programs, annual events, and guided tours which are designed to give the visitor a glimpse into the history of the Delta. 

Do

• 14th Annual Arkansas Delta Family Gospel Fest, Saturday, May 17, 2014, Helena-West Helena - Cherry Street Pavilion
• King Biscuit Blues Festival. Every Columbus Day weekend (October) in Downtown Helena. 

Sleep

• Edwardian Inn, 317 Biscoe St, ☏ +1 870 338 9155. Here you can stay in a fine aristocratic type of home built in 1904, if money is no object, and be fussed over and all that even though probably no one is this town lives that type of existence anymore. $139. (updated Aug 2021)

Otherwise, for the more price-conscious, there's the Isle of Capri, though this is across the Mississippi River in the state of Mississippi.