Arklahoma Hiker
Yellow Rock Trail at Devil’s Den State Park (southern Washington County, Arkansas) is one of my favorites. It’s a 3.1-mile hike with beautiful views and a lot of really cool rock formations. These are some fall foliage pics I took on November 5, 2017. Continue Reading »
Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park (Lonoke County, southeast of Little Rock) is the site of the tallest surviving prehistoric mounds in Arkansas. The area was occupied from 600 to 1050 A.D. The Native American people who lived here are referred to as the Plum Bayou culture. One of the best ways to see the park […] Continue Reading »
The Caney Creek Wilderness in the Ouachita National Forest in southwest Arkansas (Polk County, southeast of Mena, near Shady Lake) is one of the most beautiful and rugged areas in the state. It is 14,460 acres and is a backpacker’s paradise. Because it is a designated wilderness area, it is a great place for solitude […] Continue Reading »
Will Apple’s Road Trail at Mount Magazine State Park, named for a Mount Magazine farmer, is one of the easier trails there. It is a former road that was a main route the early settlers during the 1800’s. It was one of the first roads to reach the crest. The trail is still basically a […] Continue Reading »
Elise Falls at the Nature Conservancy’s Smith Creek Preserve (Newton County) is one of the highlights of the area for photographers and nature lovers. The preserve is 1,226 acres around Smith Creek, a tributary to the Buffalo River. The preserve lies above Sherfield Cave (closed to the public) where the largest colony of Indiana bats in […] Continue Reading »
The 2.6 mile stretch of Section 3 of the Ouachita Trail from the Highway 270 (Black Fork Mountain Wilderness) Trailhead (Polk County, Arkansas) to the Talimena Scenic Drive (Highway 88) crossing is a pretty but strenuous hike with some very nice views. (My full profile of this stretch of trail is here.) This part of […] Continue Reading »