Arklahoma HikerPosts in Northwest Arkansas including including Upper Buffalo River, and Devil’s Den, Hobbs, and Withrow Springs state parks. Also see Northwest Arkansas Trails Page.
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 […]
In February, I had my first hike on the Glory Hole Falls Trail in the Ozark National Forest. It was a great hike. On the day of the hike, it had been above freezing for a few days (in Fort Smith, anyway), but I was pleasantly surprised to see there were still quite a few icicle […]
Back in February, I made my first hike on the trail to the Glory Hole waterfall in the Ozark National Forest. This unique waterfall is formed by a hole in the ceiling of a cave overhang through which a small stream flows. It was a great hike. The temperatures in the low 50’s were nice, […]
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 […]