By Shelley Smart, on August 31, 2011 
[This post was originally published on January 23, 2011 on "A Hiking We Will Go."]
View of battlefields at Pea Ridge from the East Overlook.
Yesterday, we took the opportunity to spend the afternoon hiking one of the many hiking loops at Pea Ridge National Military Park in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. It was a nice day for a hike with temperatures reaching close to 40 degrees.
There was still some snow on the ground from the recent snowfall, but by the time we made it back to our car, it was really beginning to melt off.
The battle of Pea Ridge was in March of 1862 and was a pivotal battle in the Civil War, keeping Missouri in the Union. The park covers 4,330 acres and has a tour road with 10 stops along the way.
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By Shelley Smart, on July 31, 2011 
[This post was originally published on May 21, 2011 on "A Hiking We Will Go."]
 This weekend, we hiked the Beacham Trail at Lake Leatherwood in Eureka Springs. This trail has been on my list for quite a while, having read about it in Tim Ernst’s Arkansas Hiking Trails.
There are several trails around Lake Leatherwood, a municipal park in Eureka Springs. Thinking of most city parks, images of a true “hike” are not what come to mind which is probably why this wasn’t one of the top trips on our list. We were surprised to find a really nice hiking trail around a very scenic lake.
The weather was great with blue skies and sunshine. They have been missed lately with all of the rain in the area.
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By Shelley Smart, on July 24, 2011 
[This post was originally published on May 8, 2011 on "A Hiking We Will Go."]
This week we backpacked the first section of the Buffalo River Trail from Boxley to Ponca, a total of 11.1 miles. We had originally planned to do this hike with a couple of friends, but alas, Mother’s Day interfered with that plan.
Since we’d already tried twice before to hit this trail and been delayed by Easter (oops, thanks Denise) and the huge flooding (ugh, thanks Mother Nature), we went ahead and took off Saturday morning.  The planned leave time was 5 a.m. Time I got out of bed? 6:30.
We still managed to make the drive and get to the Buffalo Outdoor Center by 10 and arranged for our car to be shuttled.
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By Shelley Smart, on July 12, 2011 
[This post was originally published on April 17, 2011 on "A Hiking We Will Go."]
April 16-24, 2011 is National Parks Week, and in celebration, the fees at Pea Ridge National Military Park in Pea Ridge, Arkansas are waived. We took advantage of the freebie and the absolutely beautiful day to check out a little more of the hiking trails in the park.
 Pea Ridge has an 8.7 mile hiking trail, but there are several loops that can be taken to make a shorter hike.
We got there about 11 and weren’t really prepared for a hike quite that long, so we opted to hike a loop that starts at Elk Horn Tavern and passes the Clemens House site and the Williams Hollow Hospital site.
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