A Road Trip Guide

Arkansas

The Buffalo River and the Ozark Mountains, Crystal Bridges and Eureka Springs, the bathhouses of Hot Springs and the Ouachitas, Little Rock Central High, Crowley's Ridge and the Delta blues at Helena, Crater of Diamonds and the Timberlands, in the homeland of the Caddo, Quapaw and Osage nations.

40 places · 4 regions · 1 drive

All of Arkansas, One Map

Tap any dot to discover what makes a place worth the stop.

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Scenic Drives

The roads themselves — traced end to end, with the stops worth making along the way.

Scenic Byway

The Talimena Scenic Drive: Tuskahoma to Mena

About 81 miles from the Choctaw Nation's Tvshkahomma capitol up the Kiamichi Valley to Talihina, then OK-1 and AR-88 along Winding Stair and Rich mountains to Mena, Arkansas.

Distance
81 mi
Drive
2.25 hrs
Best
Spring · Summer · Fall
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Regions of Arkansas

Each region gathers the parks, towns, drives, and roadside stops that define one corner of the state.

Region

Bentonville, Fayetteville & Eureka Springs

Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove battlefields, Eureka Springs and Thorncrown Chapel, Crystal Bridges and the Walmart Museum, Van Buren's Main Street and Ozark state parks.

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Helena & the Lower Delta

Parkin's Mississippian village, Helena's King Biscuit radio, Freedom Park and the Elaine memorial, Lakeport Plantation, Rohwer and Jerome, and Delta swamp and lake parks.

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Hot Springs & the Ouachitas

Hot Springs National Park and Bathhouse Row, Garvan Woodland Gardens, Lake Ouachita, Crater of Diamonds and the Talimena ridge road across the Ouachita Mountains.

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Little Rock & Central Arkansas

Central High, the Old State House and Capitol, Mosaic Templars, Pinnacle Mountain, Plum Bayou Mounds, Arkansas Post, the cotton museum at Scott and Greers Ferry Dam.

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