Buffalo River Trail

In 1986 Kenneth L. Smith began his work as coordinator for development of the Buffalo River Trail.

[3] Ozark Highlands Trail Association volunteers built a 20 ft. bridge across a gulley near the Grinder's Ferry trailhead in 2015.

[4] Sites on the trail include expansive views from atop bluff cliffs, abandoned homestead sites, vestiges of Civil War-era mining and logging activities and a wide variety of Ozark flora and fauna.

"Buffalo River Handbook" by Kenneth L. Smith, University of Arkansas Press.

The Buffalo Outdoor Center in Ponca, AR offers a vehicle shuttle service for point-to-point hikers.