Buffalo National River

Pros: Beautiful, clean, manageable rapids, camping facilities
Cons: It can be very hot in mid-summer. Beware of skunks in your garbage.

Buffalo National River, 135 miles long, travels through the Arkansas Ozark Mountains and empties into the White River. It is clean, free-flowing and has a mixture of slowing moving water and fast-moving white water.

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Pros: Beautiful landscape. Great photo op. Gorgeous waterfalls and waterways.
Cons: Terrain can be difficult.

My husband and I planned a backpacking trip in October 06 in the Buffalo National River area. After studying the map for two days, we chose to park at the Compton Trailhead just outside of Ponca, Arkansas. At this point, there are two trail choices. The ...

Pros: Fishing, camping, easy floating
Cons: The river is not very swift

If you have never been to the Buffalo National Park in Northern Arkansas, you are missing a really good trip. The national park is very well kept and the area is very scenic and beautiful.

There are many things to do at the Buffalo National...

Pros: Great scenery, fishing, camping, wildlife
Cons: Can have stretches of dead water

The Buffalo River in Arkansas is one of the greatest rivers I have ever floated on. Myself and a group of friends and family packup once a year and go on a father-son canoe trip. My first venture came on the Buffalo, and so was my latest in 2000....

Pros: Beautiful scenery, Relaxing pace, Friendly people
Cons: Crowded, especially on weekends

Last July, my Fiancee and I spent an enjoyable two days camping and floating on the BUFFALO RIVER in Northern Arkansas. The Buffalo is the last major undammed river in Arkansas and is surprisingly pristine. It was established as our nation's first Wild...

Pros: Beautiful, accessible river
Cons: crowds

The Buffalo River, flowing about ninety miles from the central Ozarks to the White River, is our nation's first designated wild and scenic river. It's also one of the few streams in the nation that is protected from source to mouth.

My...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, relaxing pace, friendly people
Cons: crowded, especially on weekends

Last July, my Fiancee and I spent an enjoyable two days camping and floating on the BUFFALO RIVER in Northern Arkansas. The Buffalo is the last major undammed river in Arkansas and is surprisingly pristine. It was established as our nation's first Wild...

Pros: Everything about the natural, unspoiled beauty
Cons: Some of the unfriendly critters: chiggers, ticks, and mosquitoes

My friends and I were doing our annual canoe/camp along the beautiful Buffalo River this spring right after a flood. Usually, the river gets low when May and June rolls around, but we started late this year. Luckily, the flood gave us an exciting...