Arklahoma HikerMike Newman, editor and creator of Arklahoma Hiker, likes to day hike and walk outdoors in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Back in October, I went with my son and his girlfriend to Lake Leatherwood near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We walked the Beacham Trail, the trail that makes a loop around the lake. The coolest part of the hike is probably walking across the 1940’s-era limestone dam.This is some cell phone video I took of the […]
About a week ago, I went out to Mount Nebo State Park and was very excited to see the waterfall flowing well. The seasonal waterfall is located just a little bit below the rim level at the south end of the mountain. The easiest way to get to it is to go down the Gum […]
Back on October 22, my girlfriend and I had a nice walk on the 1-mile Horton Slough Trail at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, near Vian, Oklahoma. This is an easy-to-walk paved nature trail. It starts by the headquarters building and follows the Horton Slough to the shore of Sally Jones Lake where there is […]
Last Saturday I had an eventful hike on the Ouachita Trail. I was on Section 4, just east of Highway 71 on East Fourche Mountain.Some hot hiking, lots of thunder and lightning, and an hour-long thunder shower. And I saw a bear. One of my goals is to day hike the entire Ouachita Trail in […]
A few weeks ago, I visited Devil’s Den State Park to walk the cave trail. While there, I drove around the park to see if any damage from the spring floods was still visible. Some of it is. You can still see the demolished suspension bridge over Lee Creek. It had been rebuilt after flooding […]
I think it is cool to find others who are doing blogs about their hiking adventures. Here are a couple of new Arkansas hiking blogs you should check out: A Hiking We Will Go — A blog by Shelley with photos and descriptions of her hikes, mostly in northwest Arkansas. Mid South Hiking — A […]