Arklahoma Hiker
One of the best trails at Bull Shoals Lake is just outside of Bull Shoals-White River State Park. The Dogwood Nature Trail is a pleasant 3-mile out-and-back hike (1.5 miles each way) that starts in the Lakeview Park Campground, a Corps of Engineers Recreation Area. It is in the town of Lakeview, about a mile east […] Continue Reading »
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. Continue Reading »
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 […] Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago, I stopped by Glory Hole Falls Trail in the Ozark National Forest (Newton County). This was my second time to walk on this trail. (For more about the trail check out Brent’s trail review post or my trail review with gpx-based trail map.) As expected, the trail has quite a different […] Continue Reading »
About a week ago, I got to hike the Cedar Creek Trail (aka “Cedar Creek Self-Guided Trail”) at Petit Jean State Park. It had been about 4 years since I hiked this trail, and I had forgotten how pretty it is. It is especially nice after there has been recent rain. When I hiked it […] Continue Reading »
A few weeks ago on June 6, while returning from a family vacation, we made a brief stop in the Buffalo National River and walked the Lost Valley Trail. While it was pouring down rain that early afternoon, we were debating whether to give it a try. (Of course, I was up for it. But not everyone gets […] Continue Reading »