Arklahoma Hiker
About two miles south of Jasper on Highway 7 is the prominent and aptly named Round Top Mountain. There is a great hiking trail here with beautiful scenery, wildflowers, and a bit of unusual history. Round Top Mountain Trail is not a difficult hike. It is about a 3.6 mile hike with a net elevation change […]
While not as awesome as the Rim Trail, the Bench Road Trail at Mount Nebo State Park is a pleasant wooded stroll with a number of cool sites. The trail sits on the natural bench that circles the mountain a few hundred feet below the rim level. It was built in the 1800’s as a […]
Cove Lake Recreation Area is a scenic area in the Magazine District of the Ozark National Forest, near Paris. It has camping, boating, swimming, fishing, and two hiking trails: Cove Lake Trail and Lookout Window Trail. This hike involves both trails. The Cove Lake Trail is a roughly 3-mile trail (the trail part, anyway) that […]
There is no shortage of great places to see fall color in the Ozarks, but one of my personal favorite areas is at Sams Throne. The official Sams Throne Trail is a 2.5 mile loop hike in the Ozark National Forest. The trail takes you down below the bluff line, along the bluff, around the “throne” […]
Back on July 13, I hiked the Rough Canyon Trail at Robbers Cave State Park. It was probably my 4th or 5th time to walk the trail. This 2.9-mile loop trail in the San Bois Mountains is a nice hike. (The trail map and elevation profile is in this post.) It is nearly all wooded, […]
This hike is a 3.8-mile loop in the Buffalo River’s Tyler Bend Campground area. (Tyler Bend is also home to the Buffalo National River Visitor Center.) It’s a pretty cool hike as you get to see some nice river vistas, the historic Collier Homestead, and a pioneer rock wall. This loop is made up of […]