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By Mike Newman, on July 23, 2011 
A few weeks ago, I visited Devil’s Den State Park to walk the cave trail. While there, I drove around the park to see if any damage from the spring floods was still visible. Some of it is.
You can still see the demolished suspension bridge over Lee Creek. It had been rebuilt after flooding in 2004. Sadly, it was destroyed again this spring by uprooted trees floating down the flooded creek.
You can also still see quite a few of the uprooted trees in the creek.
Devil's Den Suspension Bridge Over Lee Creek Damaged From 2011 Flooding
Devil's Den State Park Suspension Bridge
Devil's Den State Park Suspension Bridge – June 25, 2011
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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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By Mike Newman, on July 10, 2011 
Shelley Smart is a new contributor here at ArklahomaHiker.org.
Shelley is a CPA in northwest Arkansas who loves to go hiking and backpacking with her husband. She has written about many of their outings on her blog — “A Hiking We Will Go.”We’re excited about Shelley being here to share some of her hiking adventures with us.
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By Mike Newman, on June 27, 2011 
I was excited to see Cedar Falls (Petit Jean State Park) on my June 12 visit. The falls are at the end of the Cedar Falls Trail.
There wasn’t a lot of water on the falls that day, but it was very pretty nonetheless. The cell phone video I took that day is here.
Here are some photos I took of the waterfall. (Click photo for larger view.)
Cedar Falls, Petit Jean State Park
Cedar Falls
Cedar Falls, Petit Jean State Park
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By Mike Newman, on June 25, 2011 
I hiked the Ouachita Trail on the eastern half of west Fourche Mountain about a month ago. (West Fourche Mountain is the part on the west side of highway 71. I don’t know why it’s not considered a separate mountain.) Last Saturday, I hiked the western part.
I had thought the trail on the western part would be like the other side. It was an enjoyable hike, but it seemed that there were not as many nice views as there had been on the eastern half.
Of course, it was noticeably warmer on this hike than on the earlier one.
View of Rich Mountain from Fourche Mountain on Ouachita Trail, Near MM62 (OT-03FG)
It did seem like there were not as many nice views of nearby mountains as there were on the eastern part.
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