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.
Falling Water Falls in the Ozark National Forest [north Pope County] may be the easiest, most beautiful waterfall to get to in all of Arkansas. It falls about 10 feet down but can be very wide during high water. To get there from Jasper, take Highway 7 south to Pelsor. Then take Highway 16 east for […]
Sams Throne in the Ozark National Forest is one of those places you hear about quite a bit because it is a very popular destination for rock climbers. However, seldom do you hear about it being a great hiking trail, but it indeed is one of the great hiking destinations in the Ozarks. The trail […]
Twin Falls of Richland is one of the more famous waterfall areas in northwest Arkansas. I first read about this waterfall about 10 years ago in Backpacker Magazine, and I quickly added it to my must-see list. This destination is really is worthy of the national exposure. Twin Falls of Richland is in the Ozark National Forest’s […]
Richland Falls is a great little waterfall. It runs along Richland Creek in the Ozark National Forest’s Richland Creek Wilderness. It is only about 8-feet tall, but the glory of it is that it runs nearly 100 feet across the creek’s width. During lower water, it breaks into a series of smaller falls that span […]
Last weekend, we hiked the Richland Creek Wilderness area of the Ozark National Forest back to Richland Falls and Twin Falls of Richland. It had been probably eight years since last hiked to this area. It was among the first hikes we did in Arkansas. We loved it then, and it was great to go […]
I don’t really know how to describe Buzzard Roost — other than, it’s just a cool place to explore. It’s got a lot of great rock formations, great views, caves, and even two natural bridges that can all be explored. We hadn’t heard a lot about the Buzzard Roost Special Interest Area, but we had […]