Arklahoma HikerTrails in the Ozark National Forest, Arkansas — including White Rock Mountain, Sams Throne, Pedestal Rocks, Kings Bluff Trail, Redding Spy Rock Loop Trail. Also check out this Ozark National Forest Trails Page.
Fern Falls is a quick hike just off of Highway 7 south of Jasper. There is not an official trail here, but the trail to it generally follows some old road traces and thus tends to be fairly easy to follow. The hike is a bit of a mess after a lot of trees and […]
I love walking the Pedestal Rocks Trail in the Ozark National Forest. It has some of the most amazing natural features in Arkansas. Pedestal Rocks Trail and the Kings Bluff Trail are in the Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area at the north end of Pope County (close to Newton County) on Highway 16 near the community of […]
Cove Lake Recreation Area is a scenic area in the Magazine District of the Ozark National Forest, near Paris. It has camping, boating, swimming, fishing, and two hiking trails: Cove Lake Trail and Lookout Window Trail. This hike involves both trails. The Cove Lake Trail is a roughly 3-mile trail (the trail part, anyway) that […]
There is no shortage of great places to see fall color in the Ozarks, but one of my personal favorite areas is at Sams Throne. The official Sams Throne Trail is a 2.5 mile loop hike in the Ozark National Forest. The trail takes you down below the bluff line, along the bluff, around the “throne” […]
Six Finger Falls (southwest Searcy County, Ozark National Forest) is another great waterfall along Falling Water Creek Road. And like Falling Water Falls and another falls area along the road, it can be seen just a few hundred yards from the road. I’m also going to note that Six Finger Falls is a difficult waterfall to photograph well. It’s very wide and […]
The Mount Magazine Trail begins in Mount Magazine State Park on the north rim of Arkansas’s highest mountain. It ends at Cove Lake in the Ozark National Forest, 9.8 miles to the north. This is a point-to-point hike, but with three trailheads, there is plenty of flexibility in how it is hiked.