From Easy/Moderate hikes to Strenuous overnights
Enjoy a slow, easy nature walk along a wheelchair accessible trail or back-pack into the wilderness.

Koen Interpretive Trail - Easy/Wheelchair Accessible
This lovely short forest walk is wheelchair accessible and has benches scattered along the trail. Trail guides at the trailhead describe over 34 different kinds of trees and plants that can be identified along the walk.

Trail Access: Take Hwy. 7 north from Jasper, approximately three miles, turn left at the Erbie Campground road, then one-half mile down the dirt road, turn right. Two hundred yards down that road, take a left to the trailhead parking area.

• Restful Nature Walks, Moderate Hikes and Wilderness Adventures

Arkansas boasts over 1,500 miles of hiking trails, and the Ozark Mountain Region offers some of the most beautiful hiking trails in the Natural State. Enjoy easy to moderate hikes through beautiful forested woods, guided eco-tours, or strenuous extended overnight backpacking trips in mountain wilderness. The Ozark Mountain Region offers year-round hiking adventures for all ages. Whatever trail you pick, keep an eye out for our abundant wildlife: wild turkey, deer, lizards, bald eagles and herds of Elk roam in the lush Ozark Mountain Region forests.

Wow! Fall Colors Have Arrived!

Cabin Fever as defined in Wikipedia - Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a

This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to take my kids along with one of their friends to visit Hawksbill Crag which is probably the most photographed spot in Arkansas.

On my last blog, I visited three waterfalls. Magnolia Falls was the easiest of the three, and I think the prettiest. So, yesterday I took my two daughters on an adventure back to Magnolia Falls.

I saw this article about hiking on upper Buffalo River in Scouting Magazine.   Hemmed in Hollow and Ponca are highlighted.