Useful external resources:
- Book: Buffalo River Handbook
- Hiking Trails of the Ouachitas & Ozarks
- US Forest Service – Backpacking Areas
- US Forest Service – Day-Hiking Areas
- Book: Five-Star Trails: The Ozarks: 40 Spectacular Hikes in Arkansas and Missouri
- Book: Arkansas Hiking Trails
- Book: Arkansas Waterfalls Guidebook
- Book: Buffalo River Hiking Trails
- Book: Hiking Arkansas
- Book: 50 Hikes in the Ozarks
- Maps: Trails Illustrated #232 & 233 (Buffalo National River). Note that map 233 shows parts of the Ozark Highlands Trail (OHT) and Buffalo River Trail (BRT) north of the Buffalo River in the Tyler Bend and Gilbert areas. These are not the OHT and BRT, it’s an old horse trail and an old railroad grade respectively.
- Map: Mulberry River, great for floaters and hikers. Available at Turner Bend Store, Pack Rat, and several similar locations in NW Ark.
Good places to eat after a hike:
Jasper: Ozark Cafe, 107 E Ct St (AR-7). Low Gap Cafe.
Marshall: Daisy Queen and Boston Mountain Pizza, both on US 65
Oark: Oark General Store & Cafe,
Ozark: Zack’s Pizza & Grill, 2913 W Commercial St. Ozark Burger Co. 303 N 18th St.
St Joe: Big Springs Trading Co, 14237 N US-65 (about 3.5 miles N of Tyler Bend)
My trail notes (a work-in-progress) and some general info about my maps.:
Alum Cove Natural Bridge Recreation Area
Buffalo National River
- Upper River Area – from near the source of the Buffalo River to the Pruitt area at highway 7.
- Middle and Lower River Area – from the Richland Valley to the eastern BNR boundary in the Sylamore area.
Mill Creek Trail System. 40+ miles of trails S of Combs, NW of Cass. <<to do>>
Shores Lake Loop (aka White Rock & Shores Lake Loop)
Sugarloaf Mountain (east side of Heber Springs – not the one in Greers Ferry Lake)
The Compulsive Hiker 