Crater of Diamonds: Little Missouri River Trail Photos

Of course, the main attraction at the Crater of Diamonds State Park (about an hour west of Arkadelphia in southwest Arkansas) is the large finders-keepers diamond area. The park also has a beautiful wooded campground and a couple of small hiking/walking trails. One of these is the Little Missouri River Trail, an easy partially paved […]

Buffalo River at Carver Access Photos

A few weeks ago, I was going through the Buffalo National River area and went by the Carver access to the river. It straddles the upper and middle districts of the national park and is a few miles south of Hasty on Highway 123 in Newton County. It is also near the Carver Cemetery. There […]

Queen Wilhelmina: Lover’s Leap Overlook Evening Photos

A couple of weeks ago, I stopped for a visit at Queen Wilhelmina State Park, near Mena and had an early evening walk on the Lovers Leap Trail. The most beautiful spot on the trail is the Lovers Leap overlook. These are some of the photos I took from the Overlook and the trail that […]

Withrow Springs: War Eagle Trail

[Note: as of 10-28-2020, parts of this trail is still closed due to recent storm damage. Check park for updates.] Withrow Springs State Park, in Madison County in Northwest Arkansas, is a pleasant little park with plenty of things for people to do and see. The park is pretty easy to get to. It is on Highway […]

Villines Homestead (Buffalo River) (.5 mi)

Over the past couple of years, the Buffalo River National River folks have been spending a lot of time and money fixing up many of the old homesteads along the river. The Villines Homestead is one that has gotten a lot of attention lately. The Homestead was built between 1880 and 1940 and belonged to […]

White Rock Mountain Winter Photos (Ozark Forest) 2013

In late February, I headed up to White Rock Mountain hoping to get some good snow photos. Here in Arkansas, snow cover doesn’t tend to hang around for very long. So it wasn’t that surprising that most of the snow was already gone, and what was left from the recent snowfall was rapidly disappearing. But […]