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Walking the Womble, part 1
The Womble Trail runs southwest for 37 miles from its intersection with the Ouachita Trail near mile 117 to North Fork Lake south of Oden. Legend has it that it was originally intended to be part of the Ouachita Trail … Continue reading
Long Pool Falls
The Long Pool Recreation Area is about 20 miles north of Russellville on the banks of Big Piney Creek, and just 3/4 mile east of the campground is 44′ Long Pool Falls.
North Fork Road Falls
Here are some more waterfalls I wouldn’t have known about without Tim Ernst’s book. About 13 miles north of Scottsville AR, along North Fork Road (FR 1310) are a couple that are pretty close to, but downhill from, the road. … Continue reading
Penhook SIA
The Penhook Special Interest Area is a few miles north of Hector AR and encompasses Penhook Hollow – with its creeks, tall bluffs, and steep terrain creating a very scenic area. The hollow opens onto the Middle Fork of the … Continue reading
Building a Bridge Beside the Buffalo
The Ozark Highlands Trail Association built a 20′ bridge across a gulley for the Middle Buffalo River Trail near the Grinders Ferry trail head. On Nov 14 a small group set the footings and today a larger group – 6 … Continue reading
Moccasin Gap Trails
I’ve spent a couple days now hiking part of the Moccasin Gap Trails. This is a 43-mile system on the west side of AR-7 about 30 minutes north of Russellville. It’s open to equestrians, mountain bikes, and ATVs, in addition … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail – Dave Manes Bluff to Tyler Bend
I managed to do a little hiking on Wednesday and Thursday before a soggy Thanksgiving weekend, returning to a part of the middle Buffalo River I hadn’t seen since my first visit exactly 2 years ago – the area between … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail – AR-14 to S Maumee Road
I think it was about a year ago that I first hiked the Buffalo River Trail between highway 14 (Dillard’s Ferry) and South Maumee Road. I was with other people and we had set up a shuttle so it was … Continue reading
Little Blakely Loops
The Little Blakely Loops are about 18 miles of interconnected loops on a peninsula at the eastern end of Lake Ouachita, in the national forest north of the State Park. My previous visit was a wet and foggy New Year’s … Continue reading
Friends of the Ouachita Trail annual meeting
I attended my first annual meeting of the Friends of the Ouachita Trail (FoOT) Saturday in Hot Springs. I’ve been a member for several years, even before I moved to Arkansas, but this was basically the first time I’d met … Continue reading
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