Arklahoma Hiker
Yesterday, I had a very nice visit to the Buffalo Point campground at the Buffalo National River. These are a few photos I took from the campground. Some are from an overlook by the restaurant. The others are down on the river itself. More photos below the jump. As usual, click photo for larger view.
Hike date September 8-9, 2012 Richland Creek Wilderness in the Boston Mountains is managed by the USDA Forest Service. There is a nearby campground called Richland Creek Campground. The directions on the USDA Forest Service site are the clearest. I wouldn’t recommend directions from Google Maps. Our goal on this backpacking trip was to […]
Yesterday afternoon, I hiked the Mount Nebo Rim Trail with my son and his girlfriend. (Mount Nebo State Park is near Russellville, Arkansas.) The Rim Trail is one of my favorite trails because of the many very nice views. It was misty, rainy, and/or foggy most of the afternoon, but it was very pretty up […]
In June, I stopped at Withrow Springs State Park, near Huntsville, Arkansas, and hiked the War Eagle Trail. The trail is a 2-mile loop that mostly runs along War Eagle Creek. The trail features some cool rock formations and a very nice overlook of War Eagle Creek. (There also are a couple of caves, but […]
A few weeks ago, I went back to Lake Fayetteville to walk the Lake Fayetteville Nature Trail. It is the unpaved trail that goes (almost) around the lake. (My post on the Lake Fayetteville Paved Trail is here.) The entire loop is about 6 miles long. Other than the length, the trail is easy, with […]
Fayetteville, Arkansas, is blessed with a number of nice urban trails. A couple of weeks ago, I walked the Lake Fayetteville Paved Trail that loops around Lake Fayetteville. It’s a pretty nice urban trail. The trail starts at Veterans Memorial Park, near the southwest end of the lake, and then heads north to run clockwise […]