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Hike · Buffalo River trailhead

Buffalo River Trail

Distance
6.2 mi
Vertical
1,430 ft
Summit
1,473 ft
Difficulty
Strenuous

The Buffalo River Trail runs through the rugged hill country of the Arkansas Ozarks, paralleling the Buffalo National River — the first stream in the United States designated a National River by Congress, in 1972, to preserve 135 miles of free-flowing water through Newton,…

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A wide bend of the Buffalo National River seen from the Steel Creek overlook, with the south-bank limestone bluffs catching afternoon light.
Jasari · CC BY-SA 3.0
A still pool on the Buffalo River near the Hemmed-in-Hollow approach, the winter-bare Ozark hardwood canopy doubled in the clear water.
Semipaw · CC BY 3.0

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