Alum Cove

Hike Name: Alum Cove Location: north AR Length: 1 Submitted by: Lawrence Kerr Date Submitted: 0/0/00 Rating:	more Arkansas trail reviews Arkansas national parks Arkansas state parks
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Description
ALUM COVE TRAIL IS A SCENIC ONE MILE LOOP TRAIL THAT MAKES A GOOD SIDE TRIP IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE IN THE AREA HIKING THE OZARK HIGHLANDS TRAIL, GOING TO THE BUFFALO RIVER, OR TOURING SCENIC BYWAY 7. THE TRAIL STARTS IN A PARKING/PICNIC AREA (I DON’T THINK YOU CAN CAMP THERE) AND SWITCHBACKS DOWN A HILL TO WHAT LOOKS AT FIRST NOTICE LIKE A MANMADE BRIDGE. IT WAS REALLY PUT THERE BY NATURE AND IS A BIG SLAB OF LIMESTONE OR SANDSTONE. SITTING NEXT TO IT IS A SMALL WATERFALL. WHEN I HIKED THIS TRAIL IN THE DEAD OF WINTER THE WATERFALL WAS FROZEN SOLID. THE TRAIL TAKES YOU DOWN UNDER THE BRIDGE AND FURTHER DOWN INTO THE HOLLOW WHERE IT CROSSES A STREAM (IT WAS ALSO FROZEN) AND FOLLOWS A BLUFFLINE WHICH HAS A COUPLE OF CAVES AND WATERFALLS IN IT. THEN IT CROSSES THE STREAM AGAIN AND GOES BACK UPHILL TO THE NATURAL BRIDGE AND TRAILHEAD. FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ME FOR PICTURES.

Directions to Hike
TAKE HIGHWAY 7 SOUTH OF JASPER, AR UNTIL YOU GET TO HIGHWAY 16. TAKE 16 WEST FOR A MILE OR SO TO THE FOREST ROAD THAT GOES NORTH. THIS WILL TAKE YOU TO ALUM COVE.

Contact Information
U.S. FOREST SERVICE
BUFFALO RANGER DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 427
JASPER, AR 72641
501-446-5122

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