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This runs behind my house and the tributary that crosses it is full of e-coli. Almost every rain opens a manhole and raw sewage runs into tributary and into Hot Springs Creek. I caught e-coli and almost died. The city used my land for 18 months and paid Cate Construction $4500 to fix ditch and he did nothing. Tributary is terrible on city property. Be careful of any water, it can be deadly especially for older people and children.Asphalt on walkway is already beginning to break.
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
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.
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.
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