Arklahoma HikerMike Newman, editor and creator of Arklahoma Hiker, likes to day hike and walk outdoors in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Today, I was hiking the Rush Mountain Trail in the Buffalo River Lower District. The trail starts in the Rush historic area, about 20 miles south of Yellville. It was a beautiful day to be outdoors. (Hopefully, I will get the trail review posted soon.) While on the trail (making a detour) and after the […] Continue Reading »
This afternoon, I was driving through the Ozark National Forest, and I stopped by the Haw Creek Falls Recreation Area in northeast Johnson County, Arkansas. Haw Creek Falls is right next to the campground. It is a very pretty waterfall even though it is only about 6 feet tall. Continue Reading »
Back on February 10, I had my first visit to Kings River Falls in Madison County, Arkansas. It was a great time to see the falls. It was a beautiful afternoon, and we received plenty of rain the previous day. These are some of the photos I took that day of the falls and the trail. (More below the […] Continue Reading »
As I mentioned here, I had aborted my first attempt at the Tall Peak Trail after hiking less than halfway. I decided to try it another day after I realized how challenging the hike is (the elevation increase is over 1,000 feet) and that I should have gotten an earlier start. The Tall Peak Trail, running from […] Continue Reading »
As I mentioned here, last weekend I went to the Tall Peak Trail which starts at Shady Lake, in the Ouachita National Forest, southeast of Mena, Arkansas. Due to getting a late start, I only did about half of the trail that day. These are some photos I took that day. Most are of the […] Continue Reading »
This past weekend I hiked part of the Tall Peak Trail in the Ouachita National Forest, Polk County, Arkansas. The trailhead is at the Shady Lake Recreation Area campground, near the Caney Creek Wilderness Area, about an hour’s drive southeast of Mena. (I started too late in the day to finish the trail.) The campground […] Continue Reading »