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re: Is Arkansas a hidden gem?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:30 am to GreatLakesTiger24
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:30 am to GreatLakesTiger24
NW Arkansas has 4 seasons. We are right in the middle of a pretty long winter and it has snowed twice already with my pond frozen over. Today and tomorrow back up in the low 50's. But next week we back to below zero. Makes for fun times when you can hunt duck and deer in below zero and a week later catch trout in the Winter lasts a long time up here for a native south Louisianan. Spring is great. Summer is hot as hell and often the heat index rivals New Orleans. The Fall is Spectacular and my favorite time to fly fish. The changing of the leaves is variable in quality but so damn fun to fish among the cold water streams with the leaves changing all around. Thank you Lord for this!
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Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:39 am to madamsquirrel
Canoe for us back in the day. Always enjoyed floating when there was no need to use paddle except to guide around the occasional boulder. Floated several times right after a snow. Beautiful and deserted those days. It can get really crowded now but still a good day.
Please, if you bring it with you, then take it away, plus a few cans and wrappers left by someone else.
Please, if you bring it with you, then take it away, plus a few cans and wrappers left by someone else.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 10:43 am to MeridianDog
quote:some people were not boy and girl scouts and it shows. It is the Natural State not the Natural State but ignore the litter
Please, if you bring it with you, then take it away, plus a few cans and wrappers left by someone else.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:10 am to duckblind56
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Yes. There is a lot of beautiful nature in Arkansas and once they get to know you, really down to earth folks. We spend 3-4 weeks a year in Mountain View and do some pickin and grinnin in "The Square".
Parents live just south of Mountain View. Back in the day, we used to drive by Grandpa Jones' house, just to get a glimpse of him. Actually met him a couple of times.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:18 am to FlyFishinTiger
Hey man,
What rivers/creeks in NWA are best for fly fishing for trout? Looking to go up there this summer. I didn’t fish when I lived in Fayetteville so I am clueless.
What rivers/creeks in NWA are best for fly fishing for trout? Looking to go up there this summer. I didn’t fish when I lived in Fayetteville so I am clueless.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:20 am to dchog
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They still have another one on Markham.
Didnt know that, I moved back to LA in 2016.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:21 am to Hogwall Jackson
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What rivers/creeks in NWA are best for fly fishing for trout?
Inquiring minds want to know
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:34 am to Deuces
Just be sure to land in the circle below. The rest of the state is a shite hole and we know why.
Southeast Arkansas is a hunters paradise but that’s the only attraction for that area.
Southeast Arkansas is a hunters paradise but that’s the only attraction for that area.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:37 am to wutangfinancial
Personal preference:
Bull shoals tailwater
Little Red
Spring river
Norfork (turbines are offline so flows are low)
Beaver tailwater
Bull shoals tailwater
Little Red
Spring river
Norfork (turbines are offline so flows are low)
Beaver tailwater
Posted on 1/10/24 at 11:40 am to Deuces
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, but it is definitely the tick capital of the world.
This.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:23 pm to BeepNode
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I wouldnt mind taking the family to arkansas to camp.
they have bears up there?
Looking to cash in on the wife's life insurance policy?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:27 pm to Weekend Warrior79
You stay in the tent and guard all of this fresh salmon we hiked in…
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:34 pm to HogBalls
If you stay north of I30 between Texas and LR and North of Highway that runs up to NE Arkansas from Little Rock, you will be golden. The Delta area is very poor and South Arkansas is a poor pine tree farm. West Arkansas North of Texarkana is pretty rugged and very rural. North Central and Northwest Arkansas are beautiful.
The poverty levels increase the further south and east you go.
The poverty levels increase the further south and east you go.
This post was edited on 1/10/24 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:36 pm to troyt37
Grandpa Jones from Hee Haw?
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:38 pm to Chromdome35
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The poverty levels increase the further south and east you go.
That’s the path we drive up from the coast. Next weekend…9.5 hour drive up to go watch Ark play basketball. FML.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:41 pm to Harpo67
Buffalo gnats are terrible around the White River Refuge.
Bad enough that my uncle was swelling up so bad that he had to go to the ER.
Bad enough that my uncle was swelling up so bad that he had to go to the ER.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:48 pm to Chromdome35
It is ironic considering the Southeast part of the state had more money and larger population than Northwest Arkansas in the past.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:53 pm to Gaston
Yea I've driven that route many times. The scenery improves once you get past Little Rock.
If you want a really nice drive that gets off the interstate for the last hour of your drive, take the Pig Trail.
To take the Pig Trail, take exit 36 off of I40 at Ozark. Go North on Highway 23 to Highway 16 at Brashers. Go West on Highway 16 to Fayetteville. Takes a little over an hour and the scenery is A+++
Google Map Link to this route: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bud+Walton+Arena,+1270+Nolan+Richardson+Dr,+Fayetteville,+AR+72701/Workman%E2%80%99s+Travel+Center,+3202+Pence+Ln,+Ozark,+AR+72949/@35.7723006,-94.3454229,10z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x87c96f51bcea74cf:0x38081565a405fe9!2m2!1d-94.1781312!2d36.0615386!3m4!1m2!1d-93.9649578!2d35.9333954!3s0x87c95be00393e2f3:0x3fc0de7c1636ca17!1m5!1m1!1s0x87cb8ca11b8883f9:0x7cdb7c0803403585!2m2!1d-93.864059!2d35.5238039!3e0?entry=ttu
On your way back home, take old Highway 71 from Fayetteville to 1-40 in Alma. More beautiful views.
Prior to I49, the Pig Trail was the route most college kids took to avoid the traffic on Highway 71.
If you want a really nice drive that gets off the interstate for the last hour of your drive, take the Pig Trail.
To take the Pig Trail, take exit 36 off of I40 at Ozark. Go North on Highway 23 to Highway 16 at Brashers. Go West on Highway 16 to Fayetteville. Takes a little over an hour and the scenery is A+++
Google Map Link to this route: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Bud+Walton+Arena,+1270+Nolan+Richardson+Dr,+Fayetteville,+AR+72701/Workman%E2%80%99s+Travel+Center,+3202+Pence+Ln,+Ozark,+AR+72949/@35.7723006,-94.3454229,10z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x87c96f51bcea74cf:0x38081565a405fe9!2m2!1d-94.1781312!2d36.0615386!3m4!1m2!1d-93.9649578!2d35.9333954!3s0x87c95be00393e2f3:0x3fc0de7c1636ca17!1m5!1m1!1s0x87cb8ca11b8883f9:0x7cdb7c0803403585!2m2!1d-93.864059!2d35.5238039!3e0?entry=ttu
On your way back home, take old Highway 71 from Fayetteville to 1-40 in Alma. More beautiful views.
Prior to I49, the Pig Trail was the route most college kids took to avoid the traffic on Highway 71.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:55 pm to dchog
I grew up in Camden Arkansas which is in about the middle of Southern Arkansas.
I'm very glad that I'm FROM Camden.
I'm very glad that I'm FROM Camden.
Posted on 1/10/24 at 12:56 pm to Chromdome35
Right on…will do. Not sure how far we’ll get up there before dark…but for sure on the ride home. My son will make the trip countless times, so a good scenic route is something he’ll take for sure.
Looking forward to a full Saturday in Fayetteville. This will be our first winter visit.
Looking forward to a full Saturday in Fayetteville. This will be our first winter visit.
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