Hike · Buffalo River trailhead

Buffalo River Trail

Distance

9.5 mi

Vertical

1,873 ft

Summit

1,683 ft

Difficulty

Strenuous

The Buffalo River Trail follows the Buffalo National River through the rugged hill country of the Arkansas Ozarks, the first stream in the United States designated a National River. Congress passed that designation in 1972 to preserve 135 miles of free-flowing river through…

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