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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
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
Hurricane Creek Wilderness
We’ve had a couple nice weekends since my trip to Wyoming and I spent them doing trail work on both the Ozark Highlands Trail and the Ouachita Trail. This weekend, however, it was time to kick off the local backpacking … Continue reading
Wind River Range – Deep Creek Lakes, Stough Basin, and more
It’s my first hike in Wyoming and what a way to start! The Wind River Range is a 100-mile long mountain range in western Wyoming (just south of the Tetons) that includes most of the state’s highest peaks and is … Continue reading
Sinks Canyon State Park – Wyoming
Some friends and I were in Lander WY with an afternoon free before beginning a trip in the Wind River Range so we visited Sinks Canyon State Park. The main feature here is a large canyon where the Middle Fork … Continue reading
Red River Gorge Geological Area
The one stop I planned during my drive back home from Virginia was the Red River Gorge Geological Area (RRGGA) in eastern Kentucky. This is 29000 acres of the Daniel Boone National Forest protected since the 1960’s when it was … Continue reading
Summer vacation 2015, part 2: Thunder Ridge Wilderness & Apple Orchard Falls (Virginia)
My brother and I hiked through part of the Thunder Ridge Wilderness, across Apple Orchard Mountain, and down to Apple Orchard Falls. It was just under 8 miles for the round-trip, a bit more than half on the AT and … Continue reading
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