Arklahoma HikerPosts in West Arkansas including including the White Rock Mountain (Ozark National Forest) and Mount Magazine, Mount Nebo, and Lake Fort Smith state parks. Also see West Arkansas Trails Page.
Yesterday, my girlfriend and I were at Mount Nebo State Park. Thanks to recent freezing weather, there were a lot of icicles at the waterfall. This is some video of the winter waterfall I took with my cell phone. Alternate video link. [Photos I took that day are at this link.]
I had a cool visit to Mt. Nebo State Park with my son and his girlfriend a few weeks ago. I posted here the cell phone video I took of the waterfall. (When flowing, it is located on the Gum Springs Trail, just a little bit below the rim level at the mountain’s south end.) […]
About a week ago, I went out to Mount Nebo State Park and was very excited to see the waterfall flowing well. The seasonal waterfall is located just a little bit below the rim level at the south end of the mountain. The easiest way to get to it is to go down the Gum […]
Hole in the Ground Mountain Trail is one of those trails that seemed much more difficult when I first hiked it a few years ago than it does to me now. Some weight loss and lots of day hikes have probably helped. Even though it doesn’t seem all that difficult to me now, I’m still […]
I think the prettiest walk in Fort Smith is the River Walk at the Fort Smith National Historic Site. The Historic Site park, operated by the National Park Service, is on the site of the original military Fort Smith (1817-1824) and the second Fort Smith (1838-1871). The military barracks building of the second Fort was […]
Last Saturday I went hiking on the Bear Hollow Trail at Mount Magazine State Park (near Paris, Arkansas). Bear Hollow Trail is one of my favorite hiking trails. It is not very difficult or very long, and it has gorgeous views of the Bear Hollow area on the east side of Mount Magazine.