Places To See In Arkansas

Hot Springs National Park, 1,019 acres, in western Arkansas

, on U.S. Route 70. Healthful mineral and hot springs; beautiful parks, gardens and lakes; magnificent view of four states from tower on top of Hot Springs Mountain. Buffalo River State Park, 3,000 acres, in the north between Yellville and Marshall, on State Highway 14. Overlooks Buffalo River from sheer rock cliffs; beautiful scenery with canyons, caves, and waterfalls; fishing is the chief attraction. Calico Rock, on the White River, in the north, about 12 miles northwest of Melbourne, on State Highway 56. A bluff of limestone rock, whose high, smooth wall is variously colored with squares, stripes, spots, and angles. Diamond Cave, in the northwest, 5 miles south of Jasper, on State Highway 7. No one has ever reached the end of this cave. Strangely shaped stalactites and stalagmites, which look like giant icicles, grow in the many beautiful chambers of the cave. Big Hurricane Cavern, in the northwest, 7 miles south of Western Grove, on U.S. Route 65. So named because many years ago a violent storm hurled uprooted trees into the mouth of the cave; once noted for the bears and wildcats killed within its shelter; has fantastic formations, including an onyx parrot and a stone airplane. Mammoth Spring, in the north, about 11 miles north of Hardy, on U.S. Route 63. One of the largest springs in North America; a torrent of cold, blue water rushes from it at the rate of 200 million gallons a day. Old Arsenal, in Little Rock, on U.S. Highways 67-70-65. The birthplace of Douglas MacArthur.

Places To See In Arkansas

By: David Bunch

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