Arklahoma HikerHikes, nature trails, and walks that are less than 2.5 miles.
I had a nice visit to Cedar Falls at Petit Jean State Park back in March. Petit Jean is a beautiful park. I was glad to see so much water at the falls that day. Here are a couple of cell videos I took of the falls.
The Erbie area, in the Buffalo National River upper district, has a lot of great hiking trails and several dirt roads that can be used to make loop hikes of various lengths. But sometimes getting to Erbie is a challenge. Directions to Erbie The simplest way to get to Erbie is to come in from […]
We had been coming down to Arkansas for several years before we ever heard about Liles Falls and only then upon reading about it in a book. It’s super-easy to get to, and very picturesque. Yet, it isn’t a place that people talk about a lot. Getting to Liles Falls Liles Falls is just off […]
Another historical aspect of the Buffalo River National River area is that it has many old cemeteries. These provide insights into the people who first settled the area and the difficulties of daily life in the wilderness in those days. Many of the gravestones bear the names of the nearby homesteads. Some have been replaced […]
[This post was originally published February 9, 2011 on “A hiking we will go…”] I have been remiss in my blogging and have been admonished for my digression. Indeed, there was a hike last weekend, but I did not manage to get anything written until today. We have had an incredible amount of snowfall in […]
The Kings Bluff Loop Trail is a 1.8-mile trail in the Pedestal Rocks Scenic Area (Ozark National Forest, northern Pope County). The elevation change on the trail is only about 350 feet. It is a pretty easy hike. There is parking and a vault toilet there at the scenic area. It is on highway 16, […]