Arklahoma HikerBrent Toellner is an advertising/media strategist from Kansas City, Missouri who loves to spend time with his wife exploring northwest Arkansas, especially the Buffalo River area. Brent is also the author of the blog Exploring Northwest Arkansas.
There is no shortage of great places to see fall color in the Ozarks, but one of my personal favorite areas is at Sams Throne. The official Sams Throne Trail is a 2.5 mile loop hike in the Ozark National Forest. The trail takes you down below the bluff line, along the bluff, around the “throne” […]
One of the great things about hiking and playing in the wilderness in Arkansas is that each time you visit an area, it takes on a bit of a different feel depending on the time of year you go. Different weather and water levels make a big impact, as do leaf color, what flowers are […]
Six Finger Falls (southwest Searcy County, Ozark National Forest) is another great waterfall along Falling Water Creek Road. And like Falling Water Falls and another falls area along the road, it can be seen just a few hundred yards from the road. I’m also going to note that Six Finger Falls is a difficult waterfall to photograph well. It’s very wide and […]
This is a neat little waterfall area in the Ozark National Forest that we visited back on December 31. If you’re near Falling Water Falls (northeast Pope County), you should check this out too. If you are at the bottom of Falling Water Falls, you can hike downstream a few hundred yards, and there is a […]
Terry Keefe Falls (southwest Searcy County, Ozark National Forest) is a really great waterfall that is a short hike off of Falling Water Road – or as a spur trail off of the Ozark Highlands Trail. Getting to the Trail Head to Falling Water Falls Road near the Richland Creek Recreation Area. To get there […]
Big Bluff in the Buffalo National River is thought to be the tallest bluff along the Buffalo River. I had seen the bluff from many different places, including from across the river on the Buffalo River Trail, and even from Grandma Stella’s Homestead. But I had never actually been to the bluff itself. Last weekend we decided […]