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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.
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.
I recently rode from the JB and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center to Fayetteville. I thought the section from the nature center to Springdale lake was the “Spring Creek Trail”. I think the map shown here from Lake Springdale to Maple avenue was part of the razorback trail. I’m not a local though so I could be wrong.
Great trail, well maintained, beautiful and scenic.
This is a nice riding trail that I enjoyed very much. My only complaint is the need for more signs where the trail goes onto city streets, it’s very easy to get lost.
We rode the trail today 10-19-2024. We started by trying to find two listed parking spots on the south side of the river without success, so we parked somewhere else that was next to the trail. We first tried going east on the trail toward Clinton library where we wanted to cross the river but were told by some men that the sidewalk was closed so we turned around and went west only to run into a dead end. The section looked nice with some cute statues/sculptures and open seating areas but the trail was very poorly marked so it was a challenge to find out where we were supposed to go next. We loaded up and drove across the river and parked at the maritime museum (nice large parking lot) parking lot. We then went west to the end of the trail. Very pretty! We passed kids playing soccer, men playing golf, beautiful water side homes, playgrounds, the Big Rock Quarry, lots of people walking, biking, skating, etc. Very enjoyable.
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