Arklahoma HikerMike Newman, editor and creator of Arklahoma Hiker, likes to day hike and walk outdoors in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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 […] Continue Reading »
On a semi-snowy day in February, I stopped by the War Eagle Trail at Withrow Springs State Park, near Huntsville, Arkansas. It had been snowing on and off that day, but the temperatures were slightly above freezing in the afternoon. So there was only limited snow remaining on and sticking to the ground. Still, the […] Continue Reading »
I was excited back on June 2 to be able to be able to see Hemmed-in Hollow Falls when there was plenty of water flowing. (See trail summary here.) Hemmed-in Hollow is in the Upper District of the Buffalo National River, near Compton in Newton County, Arkansas. It is the tallest waterfall in Arkansas. These […] Continue Reading »
Today, I got to hike to Hemmed-in Hollow Falls in the Buffalo National River, about 20 miles southwest of Harrison, Arkansas. I made the trek via the main trail from the Compton Trailhead. At 209 feet, the waterfall is the tallest in Arkansas (and the highest between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains). Hemmed-in Hollow […] Continue Reading »
Tall Peak Trail is one of the cool trails near Shady Lake in the Ouachita National Forest, southeast of Mena, Arkansas. The trail is just 3.1 miles each way (for a total hike of 6.2 miles), but it is a challenging climb. The elevation difference between the high and low points is nearly 1,200 feet. […] Continue Reading »
I had a nice visit to Cedar Falls at Petit Jean State Park back in March. Petit Jean is a beautiful park. I was glad to see so much water at the falls that day. Here are a couple of cell videos I took of the falls. Continue Reading »