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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
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
Queen Wilhelmina State Park
There are 3 short trails at Queen Wilhelmina State Park that have been on my to do list for a while and I found myself in that neighborhood with a bit of free time so I checked them out. Note … Continue reading
Wildcat Mountain Trails
Officially open to mountain bikers and hikers, the Wildcat Mountain trails are a nice place to spend a day or even a weekend in the Ouachitas. Situated west of AR9 and a couple miles south of Lake Sylvia, the trail … 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 a bit north of the State Park. A friend and I spent New Year’s Day … 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
Cove Lake Loop
The Cove Lake Loop makes its way around the lake in the Cove Lake Recreation Area a couple miles north of Mt Magazine. The length is either 2.8 or 3.7 miles, depending on whether you take the longer route via … Continue reading
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