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Mount Magazine State Park

Mount Magazine State Park

Named by French explorer’s for its barn-like silhouette, Mount Magazine rises over the sprawling Arkansas River Valley in west central Arkansas. At 2,753 feet above sea level, Mount Magazine is the highest point in Arkansas and home to the Mount Magazine State Park, Arkansas’s newest state park.

Here, you’ll enjoy magnificent vistas of the broad river valley, the surrounding Ozark National Forest and distant mountains like Petit Jean and Mount Nebo. Mount Magazine has lured and fascinated explorers, naturalists, scientists and travelers for centuries, and you’ll understand why when you discover it for yourself.

Over the years the mountain was home to many farms, home sites and resort lodges that are now only memories. From as early as the 1850s, travelers summered atop the mountain, attracted by lower temperatures that are usually 10-15 degrees cooler than the valley below.

Today, Mount Magazine State Park conserves 2,200 acres of the mountain’s plateau-like summit, covered mostly with oak-hickory and pine forests. Altitude, geography and climate combine to create unique habitats for rare plants and animals. The elevation makes Mount Magazine a cool place to be during hot summer days.

You’ll find a wide variety of choices for outdoor adventure. Hiking trails provide hours of enjoyable hiking, biking and horseback riding through the forests. For those with nerves of steel, there is rappelling and rock climbing on the 200-foot high bluffs. Take a leap with your hang glider to soar with the birds over the vast Arkansas River Valley, or enjoy the mountain at a more quiet pace photographing wildflowers or birds, and watching the many species of butterflies.

The campground offers 18 campsites with water, electric and sewer hookups. Nearby is a modern bathhouse with hot showers and an RV dump station.

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