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Ouachita Trail – AR-7 to Ouachita Pinnacle
Rain most of the day Friday left me with a short weekend but I managed to hike the Ouachita Trail from the AR-7 trail head to Ouachita Pinnacle – miles 160.4 to 147.0 and back. At 1961 feet, Ouachita Pinnacle … Continue reading
Ouachita Trail – AR-9 to AR-7
I managed to turn Thanksgiving into a 5-day weekend and I chose to spend it thanking mother nature for the Ouachita Mountains. So begins my section hike of the 233-mile Ouachita Trail.
Ponca Wilderness
A friend and I hiked in the Ponca Wilderness from the Schermerhorn trail head over to the Centerpoint trail head this weekend. This route includes the Bench, Hemmed-In-Hollow, Old River, and Centerpoint trails. I’ve seen some of this area before … Continue reading
Pinnacle Mountain State Park
Located just a bit northwest of Little Rock is Pinnacle Mountain State Park, featuring the highest member of a mountain chain called the Maumelle Pinnacles. Pinnacle Mountain is only 1011′ in elevation but it rises rather sharply from a base … Continue reading
Petit Jean State Park – BSA trail
The BSA (Boy Scouts) trail is a 12-mile loop that serves as a “backbone” for Petit Jean’s trail system, connecting all the shorter trails and sometimes sharing the path with the Seven Hollows and Cedar Creek trails. One part that … Continue reading
Caddo Bend Loop
The Caddo Bend Loop is a 4-mile loop within Lake Ouachita State Park that starts near the visitor’s center and follows the south side of a peninsula out to the tip (“Point 50”) then returns along the north side.
Hunt’s Loop
Hunt’s Loop is a 4.3 mile loop on the west side of AR 7 north of Jessieville, Ark. You can get to it from either the Iron Springs Recreation Area, or the Ouachita Trail’s highway 7 trail head. About 1.2 … Continue reading
Buffalo River Trail building – Fall ’14 progress report
The Buffalo River trail building camp at Tyler Bend will be open through Nov 12 for anybody that wants to contribute a bit of sweat but I may be be done for the season. As of Nov 2 we built … Continue reading
Waterfalls along the OHT
It rained over NW Ark much of the day Friday into early Saturday morning so it seemed like a good time to check out waterfalls on a part of the Ozark Highlands Trail where I knew they were plentiful. It … Continue reading
OHTA – White Rock Mountain Basecamp ’14
For the third year in a row the Ozark Highlands Trail Association set up a base camp at White Rock Mountain, from which a full assault on a summer’s worth of brush could be launched.
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