Mount Magazine: Benefield West Loop Trail – 1 mi

The Benefield West Loop Trail at Mount Magazine State Park is a pleasant and easy .9-mile wooded loop with little elevation change. There is a pond on the west end of the loop.

Mount Magazine: Will Apple’s Road Trail – 3 mi (o&b)

Will Apple’s Road Trail at Mount Magazine State Park, named for a Mount Magazine farmer, is one of the easier trails there. It is a former road that was a main route the early settlers during the 1800’s. It was one of the first roads to reach the crest. The trail is still basically a […]

Mount Magazine: North Rim Trail Pics

The North Rim Trail at Mount Magazine State Park (Logan County, near Paris) is a wonderfully scenic hike with some great vista views. As an out-and-back hike, it is 5 miles (2.5 miles each way), but it’s not difficult. About the only significant elevation change is in a stretch in the western part. My full review […]

Mount Magazine: North Rim Trail – 5 mi (o&b)

The North Rim Trail at Mount Magazine is one of the 3 trails with the park’s best views. (The other two are Bear Hollow Trail and Benefield East Loop Trail.) The trail runs along the north rim from the visitor center on the east end over to the campground at Cameron Bluff on the west end. […]

Highway 123 Falls (Ozark Forest)

We were fortunate to spend Thanksgiving weekend at the cabin.  It was an amazingly rainy weekend, and we got to spend a lot of time with rest and relaxation. However, by Sunday I was starting to get cabin fever, and with all the rain, I knew the water would be flowing. We didn’t want to […]

Redding Loop/Spy Rock Trail Pics (Ozark Forest)

The hike from Redding Campground to Spy Rock (Ozark National Forest, northeast Franklin County) is a great day hike. It is vigorous one with a distance of 8.2 miles and a net elevation change of about 900 feet. But it’s quite scenic, featuring awesome views from Spy Rock, some nice views of Bowden Hollow from the […]