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Central Arkansas River Trail

Trail27 km · 16 miBest Oct–Apr

Next nearby hike: Jackfork Mountain Bike Trail 13 mi · 21 kmExplore Arkansas →

Arkansas, United States of AmericaEndStart5 kmN ↑

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Best time to hike

Best months: Oct–Apr · highs 10–23 °C (50–73 °F)

  1. J10°1°92
  2. F13°3°103
  3. M18°7°124
  4. A23°12°132
  5. M27°17°135
  6. J31°21°98
  7. J33°23°96
  8. A33°23°71
  9. S29°19°91
  10. O23°13°127
  11. N17°8°132
  12. D11°3°129

Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.

How we pick months

Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.

Trail facts

Length
27 km · 16 mi (agency length field)
Source
USGS National Digital Trails (US public domain)
Managed by
Local government
Data from
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Nearest town
2.0 km E of Little Rock (Pulaski County, Arkansas) · GeoNames
Best months
Oct–Apr
Country
United States of America
Region
Arkansas
Continent
North America
Route centre
34.7485, -92.2680
How it’s scored

Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.

Nearest trails

distance from the trail centre

Jackfork Mountain Bike Trail

13 mi · 21 km · Arkansas

Ouachita National Recreation Trail

13 mi · 21 km · Arkansas

Plum Bayou Trail

14 mi · 22 km · Arkansas

Base Trail

14 mi · 22 km · Arkansas

Wildcat Mtn. Trail

31 mi · 50 km · Ouachita National Forest

Ouachita Nrt

36 mi · 57 km · Ouachita National Forest

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