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Lower Horsetail Falls is found off Falling Waters Road in the Ozark National Forest. You can reach the falls by following what is known as the Horse Trail. You can use the map below to find the trailhead and parking. To reach the Horse Trail take Highway 16 off Highway 7 from Sand Gap East … Read more
Hemmed In Hollow Falls is the tallest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian mountains at around 209′ tall. The trail down to the falls is steep and rugged, with an elevation change of about 1200′. I will say that it isn’t as bad as I had expected, given all the accounts I had read … Read more
I was invited on a group hike to check out the Indian Creek Trail to Eye of the Needle on the Buffalo River on Friday, December 10, 2021. We met at Kyle’s Landing on the Buffalo and gathered our gear for the hike after introductions all around. It was a warm day in December for … Read more
Six Finger Falls is another of the many waterfalls that can be visited in the Ozark National Forest. This part of the National Forest, near Witt Springs, AR has thousands of acres of wilderness. It is also the perfect terrain for waterfalls. Six Finger Falls is one of 36 waterfalls listed on the brochure I … Read more
In this article, I’m going to cover how to cook shrimp creole over a campfire. We made a video for you as we cooked this on Christmas Day 2021. It was unusually warm on Christmas Day 2021 in northern Arkansas. The temperatures were in the upper 70s as we got everything together for the recipe. … Read more
West Sugarloaf Creek empties into Bull Shoals Lake just to the Northwest of Lead Hill, Arkansas. The creek drains a large area of surrounding land in its watershed. All this runoff eventually makes its way into Bull Shoals Lake. As you can see from the video the stream bed is rocky which helps to keep … Read more
Our adventure today takes us on a tour of Bear Creek in North Arkansas. This pristine creek begins near Harrison, Arkansas, and meanders through the Ozark countryside until it finally empties into Bull Shoals Lake. There are interesting sights all along Bear Creek for those who like to get off the beaten path. Bear Creek … Read more
Now is a great time to view Ozark Mountain wildflowers. With all the recent rain the wildflowers are really showing off this year. Our area of the Ozark Mountains has been particularly lucky with the blooming of all the wildflowers. We are lucky in this part of Arkansas because the roadways have wide enough right-of-ways … Read more
Friday, May 24th of the 2019 Memorial Day weekend Gary and I are meeting some friends on Persimmon Point on Bull Shoals Lake, which is just a few miles from our place. We are going to sit by Bull Shoals Lake and grill some brats. There are a few primitive campsites on the point, of … Read more
Kyles Landing is a tent-only campground and canoe launch on the Buffalo River. The campsites are on a first-come-first-serve basis. They are designated as tent-only campsites due to the road which you must take to get to the campground. The road is very steep and narrow. At times, it has been closed for extended periods … Read more
