Category: North Central Arkansas

Posts in North Central Arkansas including including the Buffalo River middle and lower districts, and Bull Shoals Lake. Also see North Central Arkansas Trails Page.

River View/Rock Wall Trails Loop (Tyler Bend/Buffalo River) – 4 mi

Another panoramic view of the Buffalo River from the River View Trail.

This hike is a 3.8-mile loop in the Buffalo River’s Tyler Bend Campground area. (Tyler Bend is also home to the Buffalo National River Visitor Center.) It’s a pretty cool hike as you get to see some nice river vistas, the historic Collier Homestead, and a pioneer rock wall. This loop is made up of […]

Six Finger Falls (Richland Creek Wilderness, Ozark Forest)

Six Finger Falls

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 […]

Bull Shoals: Dogwood Nature Trail (Corps Rec Area) – 3 mi (o&b)

Another view of Bull Shoals Lake from the Dogwood Trail.Peninsula.

One of the best trails at Bull Shoals Lake is just outside of Bull Shoals-White River State Park. The Dogwood Nature Trail is a pleasant 3-mile out-and-back hike (1.5 miles each way) that starts in the Lakeview Park Campground, a Corps of Engineers Recreation Area. It is in the town of Lakeview, about a mile east […]

Terry Keefe Falls Hike (Ozark Forest)

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 […]

Rush Mountain Trail: Landing-Monte Cristo (Buffalo River)

This hike is the Rush Mountain Trail from Rush Landing to the Monte Cristo area. It is a short hike, but it is probably one my favorites. At the end of the post, I will also talk about the unmaintained trail from the Monte Cristo area back to the Morning Star area. Rush Landing to Monte […]

Rush Historic District (Buffalo River)

Rush is a really interesting and unique little area right along the Buffalo River. The community dates back to the 1880’s when mines opened as prospectors mined for zinc ore that was discovered in the mountains here. Mining in the area was at its peak during World War I when its population reached an estimated […]