Arklahoma HikerMike Newman, editor and creator of Arklahoma Hiker, likes to day hike and walk outdoors in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
Yellow Rock Trail at Devil’s Den State Park (southern Washington County, Arkansas) is one of my favorites. It’s a 3.1-mile hike with beautiful views and a lot of really cool rock formations. These are some fall foliage pics I took on November 5, 2017. Continue Reading »
Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park (Lonoke County, southeast of Little Rock) is the site of the tallest surviving prehistoric mounds in Arkansas. The area was occupied from 600 to 1050 A.D. The Native American people who lived here are referred to as the Plum Bayou culture. One of the best ways to see the park […] Continue Reading »
Will Apple’s Road Trail at Mount Magazine State Park, named for a Mount Magazine farmer, is one of the easier trails there. It is a former road that was a main route the early settlers during the 1800’s. It was one of the first roads to reach the crest. The trail is still basically a […] Continue Reading »
The 2.6 mile stretch of Section 3 of the Ouachita Trail from the Highway 270 (Black Fork Mountain Wilderness) Trailhead (Polk County, Arkansas) to the Talimena Scenic Drive (Highway 88) crossing is a pretty but strenuous hike with some very nice views. (My full profile of this stretch of trail is here.) This part of […] Continue Reading »
This stretch of Section 3 of the Ouachita Trail (Ouachita National Forest) goes from Mile Marker 63 to the Foran Gap Trailhead (68.1) on Highway 71, just north of Mena (Polk County). The section of the Ouachita Trail between Eagle Gap (around Mile Marker 58) and Foran Gap is about 10 miles long and has no access […] Continue Reading »
The Pigeon Roost Trail at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area (Benton County, near Rogers) is a great place for day hiking. This is the largest state park in Arkansas, and it has miles of great hiking. One of the park’s highlights is the Pigeon Roost Trail. It is a double-loop (figure-8) with a short initial spur. […] Continue Reading »