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Arkansas Mountain Vacation Ideas
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:06 pm
Want to take the wife and 3 daughters to a mountain/cabin type retreat in Arkansas/Tenessee when its snowing next year. Is Thanksgiving a good time for this? Any suggestions on places to go and time of year to go. Not interested in skiing. Just a good cabin experience kind of vacation. Daughers are 14, 11 and 3.
Thanks in advance.
So obviously Arkansas is not a good option. Please recommend me any good places to take the wife and daughters to a cabin/mountain retreat vacation where there will be snow and recommend me a good time to go.
Thanks in advance.
So obviously Arkansas is not a good option. Please recommend me any good places to take the wife and daughters to a cabin/mountain retreat vacation where there will be snow and recommend me a good time to go.
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 2:44 pm
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Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:09 pm to ThatsAFactJack
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Arkansas/Tenessee when its snowing
Think you're going to be looking elsewhere.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:09 pm to ThatsAFactJack
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Thanksgiving a good time for this?
The later the better... That said, you'll have to be extremely lucky to catch it when it snows. In my experience, it snows up there then melts off in a few days. My family used to have a cabin in Mountain Home, AR fwiw...
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:22 pm to ThatsAFactJack
Way too early for snow.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:29 pm to skidry
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Way too early for snow.
For sure, the best snows are in early spring up there.
I would say on average N. Arkansas gets 4 winter weather events a year and its on the ground for 16 days total... meaning it will snow and hang around for 4 days.
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:30 pm to ThatsAFactJack
Northwest Arkansas gets much more snow (and it stays on the ground longer) than the rest of the state. With that said, Thanksgiving is still very early to have any reasonable chance for snow. Late December through January would be better, but even then it would be a crapshoot. At most, they get maybe 2-3 good snows a year
This post was edited on 1/24/14 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 1/24/14 at 2:33 pm to ThatsAFactJack
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:16 pm to ThatsAFactJack
BUMP
Trying to get someone helpful ideas.
Trying to get someone helpful ideas.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 1:18 pm to ThatsAFactJack
If snow is an absolute must, you need to go into the Rockies or high up in the east coast at that time of year.
Sorry, did not see your edit.
We did gatlinburg for new year a couple years ago and got hammered with snow. Kids had fun too.
Sorry, did not see your edit.
We did gatlinburg for new year a couple years ago and got hammered with snow. Kids had fun too.
This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 1/27/14 at 4:08 pm to skidry
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skidry
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We did gatlinburg for new year a couple years ago and got hammered with snow. Kids had fun too
Can you elaborate and where ya'll stayed and what ya'll did?
Thanks. This was the kind of answer I am looking for.
Posted on 1/27/14 at 7:30 pm to ThatsAFactJack
We stayed Here
It's in Wears Valley just outside of gatlinburg and pigeon forge. Kids had a blast. We hiked, checked out waterfalls etc. plus, every tourist trap type of business offering is there too. My 12 year old says its his "most favorite " vacation. Including having been to Disney.
The poster Napoleon is a Gatlinburg expert.
It's in Wears Valley just outside of gatlinburg and pigeon forge. Kids had a blast. We hiked, checked out waterfalls etc. plus, every tourist trap type of business offering is there too. My 12 year old says its his "most favorite " vacation. Including having been to Disney.
The poster Napoleon is a Gatlinburg expert.
This post was edited on 1/27/14 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 1/28/14 at 1:12 am to ThatsAFactJack
Have you considered the Ponca area in the late fall? You get really nice temps, beautiful foliage, and bugling elk. It is a really cool experience, although the chance of seeing snow is almost nil.
Posted on 1/28/14 at 6:32 am to tigers win2
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tigers win2
Looks like what I am looking for. What time of year did ya'll go?
Thanks.
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