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Bearings: 2012-05-07

By Mike Newman, on May 7, 2012

Dining Room in Remodeled Mather Lodge

Arkansas State Parks Specialty Plate

The remodeled Mather Lodge at Petit Jean State Park opens tomorrow, May 8.
A new lodge is being planned for Lake Murray State Park.
Arkansas State Parks specialty plates are now available.
The U.S. Forest Services has announced a number of new land purchases. One of them will connect part of Missouri’s Mark Twain National Forest to the Ozark National Scenic Riverways.
Get Out in the Ozarks is a new Arkansas outdoors magazine.
The Forest Service has suggestions on where to view wildflowers.

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New Site Logo

By Mike Newman, on May 3, 2012

As you’ve probably noticed, we now have a new logo for the Arklahoma Hiker website.

It was made by Southermost Design via DesignCrowd.

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Arkansas State Parks Ad Trilogy: Mountains, Water, Trees

By Mike Newman, on May 3, 2012

This video features three recent ads for Arkansas State Parks. Respectively, they focus on mountains, water, and trees.

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Cavanal Hill Profile Video

By Mike Newman, on April 22, 2012

Cavanal Hill, Poteau, Oklahoma

Cavanal Hill is in Poteau, in Southeast Oklahoma. It is promoted as the “tallest hill in the world.”

The U.S. Geological Survey refers to it as “Cavanal Mountain” and notes that its elevation is 2,385 feet.

If you ever visit Poteau, you can’t miss Cavanal Hill. It is by far the most prominent natural feature of the surrounding area. In fact, it is easily viewable from many parts of Fort Smith, about 25 miles away.

Although I have been in and through Poteau many times, I have never been up on Cavanal Hill. My understanding is there are not any trails going up the mountain. Please send me a line if I am incorrect on that.

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Natural Falls State Park – Dripping Springs Video

By Mike Newman, on April 4, 2012

Dripping Springs (Natural Falls State Park) – taken with cell phone

Back on March 21, I had a nice visit to Natural Falls State Park, near West Siloam Springs in northeast Oklahoma. The highlight of the park is Dripping Springs (aka Natural Falls), one of the tallest waterfalls in Oklahoma.

Here are three cell phone videos I took of the falls. (The third one is after the jump.)

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