• Canoeing on the Buffalo

    Buffalo

    National River Arkansas

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  • Buffalo National River Announce Limits in Vistor Services

    As Buffalo National River anticipates the beginning of another season of floaters, hikers, and other visitors, things have altered to an extent where many things perhaps taken for granted in the past will be absent or at least altered. More »

  • Road Construction

    CAUTION!! Road construction will begin in Boxley Valley on Monday, April 22, 2013. Parking areas for wildlife viewing will be installed to alleviate congestion and increase safety during high traffic periods. Construction may last 180 days. More »

Ponca Wilderness Hiking

Exerpts from the Wilderness Act of 1964 … Wilderness is:
“…an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.”
“…land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation.”
“…affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man’s work substantially unnoticeable.”

 
Many popular trails occur in the Upper District of the river in the Ponca Wilderness. Wilderness ethics and rules may be reviewed in the Trails of Ponca Wilderness brochure.
Click on link for a map of hiking trails including topographical information.
Click link for the map from Boxley to Ponca or from Kyles Landing to Pruitt.
 
color photo of water flowing over mossy, rock cliff

Eden Falls at low flow

NPS

Additional hiking guides with maps are available at the links below.

BRT - Boxley to Pruitt

Cecil Cove

Centerpoint Trail

Hemmed-in-Hollow

Hideout Hollow

Lost Valley

Mill Creek

Did You Know?

River view with forest wilderness adjacent.

Did you know that Buffalo National River has three federally designated wilderness areas within its boundaries? Totalling over 30,000 acres, the three areas capture the essence of the wild Ozarks.