Arklahoma HikerMike Newman, editor and creator of Arklahoma Hiker, likes to day hike and walk outdoors in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Yesterday, I wanted to take some snow pictures so I headed toward Queen Wilhelmina State Park. It is up on Rich Mountain, near Mena, Arkansas. It turned out that there was so much snow and ice at the park that the trails were closed, but I was able to get some pictures on the nearby […] Continue Reading »
Back on October 13, my son and I had a nice visit to Lake Fort Smith State Park, near Mountainburg, Arkansas. I really enjoyed the fall color in the Ozark forest. Here are a few photos I took that day from the lake overlook behind the visitor center. (More photos after the jump. Click for […] Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, on a beautiful afternoon, I had the chance to walk the 4-mile Caddo Bend Trail at Lake Ouachita State Park, near Hot Springs, Arkansas. The trail had been closed for a period of time following the April 25, 2011 tornado. (Thankfully, the tornado had spared the visitor center and campground.) The […] Continue Reading »
I had a very nice hike on the Dam Mountain Trail at Lake Catherine State Park a few weeks ago. (I had to get special permission to be able to walk the trail, wearing a hunting safety vest, because it was officially closed for hunting season.) These are some photos I took from the two […] Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, I got to visit the Buffalo River visitor center at the Tyler Bend campground. It is the main visitor center for the Buffalo National River. While I was there, I took these photos of one of the nearby bluffs at Tyler Bend. More photos below the jump. As usual, click photo […] Continue Reading »
Yesterday, I had a very nice visit to the Buffalo Point campground at the Buffalo National River. These are a few photos I took from the campground. Some are from an overlook by the restaurant. The others are down on the river itself. More photos below the jump. As usual, click photo for larger view. Continue Reading »