Billy Creek Trail – South Loop (Ouachita Forest) – 7 mi

The Billy Creek area is one of the many beautiful natural areas on Winding Stair Mountain in the Ouachita National Forest (LeFlore County, Oklahoma). I consider the trail to have a north loop and a south loop with the center spur forming part of each loop. The Billy Creek Trail south loop is a beautiful […]

Koen Interpretive Trail (Buffalo River) – .5 mi

The Koen Interpretive Trail (Newton County) is short trail that is easy to get to and easy to hike. The trail is in the Henry R. Koen Experimental Forest, an 800-acre research forest in the Buffalo National River area that is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. It was created in 1950 with the goal […]

Black Fork Mountain Trail (Ouachita Forest) ā€“ 11 mi (o&b)

Black Fork Mountain Trail (Polk County, northwest of Mena) is a strenuous 11 mile out-and-back hike (5.6 miles each way) on Black Fork Mountain. It is in the Ouachita National Forest in southwest Arkansas, just north of Queen Wilhelmina State Park on Rich Mountain. The trail offers spectacular views, unique forests, and historic places. Black […]

Fort Smith: Ben Geren Paved Bike Trail – 4 mi (o&b)

The 1.9-mile (each way) Ben Geren Paved Bike Trail (Fort Smith, Sebastian County) is a cool mostly wooded multi-use trail for bikes, walkers, and runners. This is one of a number of walking and bike trails that have been built in the area southeast of Ben Geren Regional Park that was formerly part of Fort […]

Tenkiller State Park: Multi-Use Trail ā€“ 1 mi (o&b)

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.

Hemmed-in Hollow Falls Trail (Buffalo River) ā€“ 5 mi (o&b)

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 […]