Lake Leatherwood: Miner’s Rock Trail – 4 mi

One of the most prominent trails at Lake Leatherwood City Park (Eureka Springs) is the Miner’s Rock Trail. This is a scenic and moderately challenging trail with some cool geologic formations.

Round Top Mountain Trail Pics

Round Top Mountain Trail, on the namesake Round Top Mountain, is a great trail just a few miles south of Jasper in Newton County. It has a number of scenic rocky areas, an amazing overlook vista at the North Bluff, and a historic B-52 crash site memorial. (Check out Brent’s full Round Top Mountain Trail summary.) The […]

Hobbs: Pigeon Roost Trail Pics

Toward the end of August last year, I did a hike on the Pigeon Roost Trail at Hobbs State Park-Conservation Area, the largest state park in Arkansas. Pigeon Roost is one of the most popular trails in the park. (Check out the trail summary with maps and elevation profile.) The trail consists of a west […]

Devil’s Den: Twin Falls Winter Video

In early January I had a cool (and cold) visit to Twin Falls on the Devil’s Den Trail (the cave trail) at Devil’s Den State Park (Washington County). It was great to see both branches flowing well, and I got a kick out of the icicles as well. Alternate video link. According to Tim Ernst’s […]

Devil’s Den: Twin Falls Winter Pics

One of the highlights of the Devil’s Den Self-Guided Trail (also referred to as the “cave trail”) at Devil’s Den State Park is Twin Falls, a scenic double waterfall. Like many Arkansas waterfalls, you can’t always expect to see a good flow on a particular day. So it was a real treat for me a few weeks […]

Fern Falls (Ozark Forest)

Fern Falls is a quick hike just off of Highway 7 south of Jasper. There is not an official trail here, but the trail to it generally follows some old road traces and thus tends to be fairly easy to follow. The hike is a bit of a mess after a lot of trees and […]