*Update 2022 Paradise Falls has been one of the places we wanted to get back to all winter. In early April of 2022, the weather cooperated and we had several inches of rain over a week, then it broke cool and clear for the day we planned to hike. On our hike in 2021, we … Read more
Steele Falls is a waterfall many people have not heard of. It is located in the Ozark National Forest near the Gunner Pool recreation area. If you’ve ever visited Blanchard Springs near Mountain View, Arkansas you were only a short distance from this hidden gem. At around 60 feet, Steele Falls is one of the … Read more
Update Mid-February 2022 If you remember, we did a story about our camping and hiking trip to the Richland Creek Wilderness back in November of last year. On that trip, we tried but failed to reach Richland Creek Falls, so we went back in mid-February 2022 and hiked both Twin Falls and Richland Falls. You … Read more
The Big Bluff Goat Trail is a spur trail off the Centerpoint Trail in the Ponca Wilderness of the Buffalo National River. You start your hike at the Centerpoint trailhead next to Highway 43 at Compton, AR. This trail gets crowded during warmer weather. If you get there and the lot is full, you can … Read more
These 7 top tips for hiking can help make your trip into the wilderness both enjoyable and safe. Heading into the wild on a hiking trip can be exhilarating. Getting out and experiencing nature and all the sights and sounds that go with it can be food for your soul. Setting out on a hike … Read more
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
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
