About

This bestselling guide (#5 – updated April, 2020) has complete descriptions of over 30 hiking trails in the Buffalo River Area (including Hawksbill Crag). These trails range in length from less than a half mile, to more than twenty miles. There are even descriptions of how to get to some of the most scenic spots that don’t have developed trails to them. It contains 25 maps, many mileage logs and elevation profiles, information on camping, bugs, trailhead parking areas, scenic spots, area history, a complete month-by-month weather guide, tips on equipment, plus a whole lot more. The foreword was written by the late Neil Compton, the man who led the fight to save the Buffalo River. This book is the perfect companion for anyone who wants to hike in the Buffalo area for an afternoon, or for an entire week. Written by Tim Ernst, who lives in the Buffalo River area and hikes its trails nearly every day.

NEW IN THIS EXPANDED EDITION #5, APRIL 2020: Now includes a map and complete description of the brand new 17.3-mile section of the Buffalo River Trail from Hwy. 65/Grinders Ferry to South Maumee Road – a spectacular hike that includes waterfalls and many scenic vistas! (this guidebook now covers all of the Buffalo River Trail) PLUS: Blanced Rock Falls, Hedges Homesite, the Smith Creek Nature Preserve, Steele Creek Overlook, and Roark Bluff Overlook. See the complete list on the back cover below.

Author

Tim Ernst is Arkansas’s Wilderness Photographer. He has been hiking, driving and crawling around the wonderful Ozark Mountains for most of his life, preserving the images he sees on film for everyone to enjoy. His photographs have appeared in hundreds of national, regional and local publications. Some of his credits include National Geographic, Audubon, Backpacker, Outside, Outdoor Photographer, American Hiker, Natural History, Country, Chevy Outdoors, and Arkansas Times magazines, Sierra Club and Hallmark calendars, National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service maps and brochures, Readers Digest Books, and The New York Times. Much of his time these days is spent teaching digital photography workshops in the Buffalo River wilderness.

Publisher

Distributed for Tim Ernst Publishing.