Arklahoma Hiker
The .6-mile Hazel Evans Walking Trail at Carol Ann Cross Park on the east side of Fort Smith is a very pleasant walk. The trail makes a loop around Wildcat Mountain Lake. The lake is enjoyable to view year round. The best views are probably where the trail goes over the dam. Carol Ann Cross […]
The 1.5-mile Fitness Course walking path in Ben Geren Park in Fort Smith is an enjoyable way to get some exercise outside. The trail has almost no elevation change and has a shale rock surface. It is a pretty easy walk.
Creekmore Park is a popular park in Fort Smith (Sebastian County, Ark.). The park features a .6-mile walking path that loops around most of the park. There are several places you can start the walking path. The most common is in the parking area near the swimming pool. There are quite a few trees in […]
The Tenkiller Multi-Use Trail is an enjoyable multi-use paved trail at Tenkiller State Park in northwest Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It is a pleasant and easy walk through the front part of the park which heads to a pretty lake overlook.
Last November, I did the Earthquake Ridge and Southern Loop Trails in the Ouachita National Forest near Mena (Polk County). These two together make an enjoyable 3-mile hike through a pretty area on Rich Mountain at the east end of the Talimena Scenic Drive. These are photos I took on my November 10 hike. There […]
At 209 feet tall, Hemmed-in Hollow Falls (Buffalo River Upper District, Newton County near Compton) is the tallest waterfall between the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains. While the hike isn’t easy, it is very popular as hikers are eager to see this towering beauty of the falls, and the Compton trailhead is easy to […]