Arklahoma HikerHikes at Leak Leatherwood City Park (Eureka Springs) with some great outdoor wilderness areas.
Beacham Trail at Lake Leatherwood (Eureka Springs, Carroll County) is a cool 3.2-mile trail that is not very difficult. It makes a loop around the lake and has some nice views, especially at the north end where the trail goes across the dam. The trail profile is in this post. These are some additional photos […]
[Note: As of this writing, the part of the trail that goes over the dam is closed since walking is no longer allowed there due to disrepair. Hopefully, at some point it will reopen since the walk across the dam is a beautiful one. 3-13-2022.] I love Lake Leatherwood (Eureka Springs, Carroll County). It’s a […]
One of the most prominent trails at Lake Leatherwood City Park (Eureka Springs) is the Miner’s Rock Trail. This is a scenic and moderately challenging trail with some cool geologic formations.
Back in October, I went with my son and his girlfriend to Lake Leatherwood near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We walked the Beacham Trail, the trail that makes a loop around the lake. The coolest part of the hike is probably walking across the 1940’s-era limestone dam.This is some cell phone video I took of the […]
[This post was originally published on May 21, 2011 on “A Hiking We Will Go.”] This weekend, we hiked the Beacham Trail at Lake Leatherwood in Eureka Springs. This trail has been on my list for quite a while, having read about it in Tim Ernst’s Arkansas Hiking Trails. There are several trails around Lake […]
Lake Leatherwood Park is a cool place to visit if you are in the Eureka Springs, Arkansas, area. This 1,600-acre mostly wooded city park features about a dozen hiking trails. The official trail map pdf can be downloaded via this link. Below are the trail descriptions from the official trail map brochure: