Tag: Counties: Newton+Boone(Ark)

Awesome Newton County trails including Buffalo National River upper district and Upper Buffalo Wilderness of Ozark National Forest.

For a list of all trails in this group, visit this link.

Richland Creek Wilderness Hike (Ozark Forest) 2012

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 […] Continue Reading »

Hemmed-in Hollow Hike (Buffalo River) 2011

This past weekend, we headed back to the Buffalo River to see the famed Hemmed-in Hollow Falls. We had our friend Dan join us. Since there were two cars, we opted to park on at the Compton Trailhead and hike back to the other car at Steel Creek campground, thinking we would avoid the dreadfully […] Continue Reading »

Buffalo River Trail: Ponca to Kyles Landing

[This post was originally published on March 15, 2011 on “A Hiking We Will Go.”] The Buffalo River Trail (BRT) in the Buffalo National River is a 36.5-mile trail that goes from Boxley to Pruitt. The Buffalo National River was established as a National Park in 1972 and is administered by the National Park Service. […] Continue Reading »

Buffalo River Trail: Boxley to Ponca

This week we backpacked the first section of the Buffalo River Trail from Boxley to Ponca, a total of 11.1 miles. We had originally planned to do this hike with a couple of friends, but alas, Mother’s Day interfered with that plan. Since we’d already tried twice before to hit this trail and been delayed […] Continue Reading »