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My bike group traveled from Mid Missouri to Fayetteville area to ride this trail in September 2025. The trail was well maintained, well marked and it was separated away from the traffic lanes of cars. We rode all 40 miles in a weekend and visited Crystal Bridges during our ride. We also took a tour around Lake Fayetteville, which was a nice ride through the woods and around the lake. This was my second time riding this trail and I would go again.
Rode the entire trail and its paved and an easy 7 mile ride. Park at the Iron Horse Church on Chicot and its pretty easy and seemed safe for the area. No creepy questionable characters around. Just be mindful of crossing several main roads, there are signals to activate but they are still major roads. Went to the Saline/Pulaski line at the southernmost part and looks like they are extending this into Alexander.
We live in NW Arkansas where the awesome Razorback Greenway Trail runs, but this trail may have it beat with the beautiful river views and bridges. Weather was perfect, sunny and 75 and not too crowded for a Sunday morning. When we ride again, we’ll do the same first part on the north side of the river from Two Rivers Park to the Clinton Museum (over the river on the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge) and then come back across the river on one of the other downtown bridges, probably the Broadway Street Bridge. The ride through downtown Little Rock isn’t nearly as much fun
There are so many fire ants beds on the sides of the trail ESPECIALLY by the little kids play areas that is the size for toddlers. The grass in the play areas are not cut. And there is no awning to protect from sun and rain. There is also no stop for a restroom. I would like this all addressed as we have a child that could be using this areas but cannot because of these concerns.
Arkansas has a great trail in the Delta Heritage Trail, it's just a shame that it seems no one is aware of it. I started my ride in Lexa and rode to Mellwood making for a 60 mile ride. As others have mentioned the first two miles from Lexa to the Barton visitors center is comprised of chunkier gravel. It is perfectly passable for a hybrid bike but really isn't worth the effort unless you are looking to start at the very end of the trail. The rest of my ride was on very smooth gravel which crossed multiple very quiet dirt roads. Be aware that the north part of the trail was not very shaded from about Lakeview to Mellwood.
This trail is very well funded and taken care of. The trailheads all had clean bathrooms and water fountains. It is a shame that I only met one other person for the vast majority of my 60 mile ride on Labor Day weekend. Arkansas and the Walton Foundation need to complete the gap in this trail and bring more awareness to it. This would drive much needed business to this area and turn it into a truly great trail.
The wife and I rode this trail for the first time on 7/2/25 on our ebikes. The trail was a wonderful ride. We started at the west end at Two Rivers Park, rode east and crossed The Big Dam Bridge to the north side of the river, and continued to the eastern end where the trail crosses back over the river on the bike/pedestrian bridge to the south side of the river where the Clinton library/museum is. We then took the same route back to where we started. We didn't bother returning all the way along the south side due to alot of negative comments about trail continuity. It was a total of 25 miles.
We enjoy the different scenery and change of elevation. This trail has a brand new trail head at the bottom of sugarloaf. It isn't on the trail map yet but we saw it extend under the highway and past the bridge that marks the trail start. We found the new beginning after riding over six miles from the fairground parking. Several creek crossings, wildflowers, and glimpses of history make this a great trail.
The trial is great to get to the razorback Trail, and from were I live to get to Fayetteville Lake.
It’s a nice smooth afternoon ride. Some shade as you ride along the creek. Trail ends at the gateway park but we continued west on 5th street to downtown area. Downtown is a historical area with plenty of coffee shops.
The trail is 7 or 8 miles long and runs from the Hoxie City Park to Williams Baptist University. The trail crosses several city streets and also a state highway so be aware of traffic. It’s not really very scenic but it could be a nice trail with a little work. The trail is not very well kept and could use some tlc.
Over the past month, we have walked the entirety of this trail in sections, and that includes about 3/4 mile that was recently added near Sugarloaf. We love this trail, especially between Scott street to where you’re forced to walk on the road at Bittle Rd. Round trip is about 4 1/4 miles. It’s flat, mostly wooded, with several bridges over the creek. Only improvement would be to either add sidewalks or a dedicated walk/bike path where this trail is on a road.
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