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.
The Mount Magazine Trail begins in Mount Magazine State Park on the north rim of Arkansas’s highest mountain. It ends at Cove Lake in the Ozark National Forest, 9.8 miles to the north. This is a point-to-point hike, but with three trailheads, there is plenty of flexibility in how it is hiked.
This is a neat little waterfall area in the Ozark National Forest that we visited back on December 31. If you’re near Falling Water Falls (northeast Pope County), you should check this out too. If you are at the bottom of Falling Water Falls, you can hike downstream a few hundred yards, and there is a […]
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 […]
Since winter snow is relatively infrequent in much of Arkansas (although we have had more than average this winter), I get excited about the chance to go out walking on a trail in the snow or just to get the chance to take pictures of the woods with a layer of freshly fallen snow. One […]
I think the Summit Park Trail, named for the former Summit Park Hotel (1889-1918) is one of the two best trails at Mount Nebo State Park (the other one being the Rim Trail). The Summit Park Trail makes a 1.6-mile loop across the west side of the mountain. About one-third of it is shared with […]
Last weekend, I got to do some snow hiking at Mount Magazine State Park. I was pretty excited because we don’t get all that many opportunities for snow hiking here in Arkansas. I picked the 1-mile Benefield East Loop Trail because it is fairly short yet it has some awesome views. Unfortunately, there weren’t any scenic vista […]