34th Highest State High Point
28th Most Difficult
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| Magazine Mountain (2,753), Arkansas - State Highpoint #18 |
I incorporated this
highpoint into my Arkansas
marathon trip. With my
good friend John we made the
2 hour drive from Little
Rock in a 05' Nissan Maxima.
The car was great for the
back country roads we took
on the way there. Very
beautiful area was noted on
many occasions as we wished
with could have been cycling
some of these great roads.
As we made our way from Havana the road climbed steadily from about 900 feet (I think) all the way to the summit. There was a great bluff to stop and take in the vista. A couple of Harley bikers were on at the lookout tossing down a cold one. Of course being a motorcyclists once in my life I frowned on that! After a few photos we hopped back in the car and made our way to the new park office and then to the campground.
John opted to stay in the car so I made the hike alone. I was happy to see a crowd of college students that had traveled from Fredericktown. Ends up one of them was from Columbus, Ohio. I got my photos and although there is no view from the wooded highpoint, I liked the memorial that was made on the summit with stones shaped like the state of Arkansas with the USGS marker in the appropriate part of the state!
As we made our way from Havana the road climbed steadily from about 900 feet (I think) all the way to the summit. There was a great bluff to stop and take in the vista. A couple of Harley bikers were on at the lookout tossing down a cold one. Of course being a motorcyclists once in my life I frowned on that! After a few photos we hopped back in the car and made our way to the new park office and then to the campground.
John opted to stay in the car so I made the hike alone. I was happy to see a crowd of college students that had traveled from Fredericktown. Ends up one of them was from Columbus, Ohio. I got my photos and although there is no view from the wooded highpoint, I liked the memorial that was made on the summit with stones shaped like the state of Arkansas with the USGS marker in the appropriate part of the state!
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