Arkansas County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/07/01
Quad Sheet: Stuttgart North
Elevations 225' +

This trip was another of my after work specials.  To reach the highpoints go north of Stuttgart on US 63
until you reach the Arkansas / Prairie County line then turn west on Clear Point Brasko Road.  Follow
this road for 0.8 miles to Clearpoint Lane turn south on Clearpoint Lane and continue for 0.3 miles.
Clearpoint Lane then turns east and becomes Depriest Lane follow this lane for 0.1 mile to a gravel turn
around driveway at a relatively new house.  My GPS showed the highpoint to be in the center of the gravel
turnaround but an area about 50 feet west along a fence looked higher, so I went.  But before I did all that
I knocked on the back and side doors of the house but I got no answer even though there were two vehicles in the driveway.
To reach the second highpoint drive back out to Clear Point Brasko Road and turn west for 0.2 miles to Slaughterhouse Road.
Go south on Slaughterhouse Road for one mile to Hoskin Road.  Go East on Hoskin Road for 0.2 mile and park along this road.
The second highpoint is located 0.2 miles north of Hoskin Road along a field road between two wheat fields, the highpoint
is located just off of the field road in a jumble of Honeysuckle and other vines, it is definitely higher than
in the field, since they had been plowed and planted.  It was a pleasant trip. I even used my mountain
bike on the second highpoint, since I have a handlebar mount for the GPS. To get back to US 63 drive east on Hoskin Rd for 0.8 miles.

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Ashley County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area
Ascent: 5/31/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Ladelle
Elevation 240'+
 

Jobe has written very good directions so I won't bother. Check the County Highpoint Website.

I had never been to Ashley County, so I decided I would park my truck in Drew County and walk into
Ashley County for my first visit and also go to the highpoint area.  I came in from the north
and parked just north of the Ashley / Drew County Line.  I got out and made sure I walked on
the Drew County side until I was just a few feet from the hump on the south side of the road.
I crossed over into Ashley County and reached the highpoint in a matter of seconds.  I then went
to walk around in the wooded area just east of the drive by the highpoint, just to make sure.
There were quite a few dogs around, which at first made me question my judgement in walking down this
road, but they were all bark and no bite.  There are now only two counties in Arkansas that I have
not been to, Poinsett and Columbia.

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Baxter County, Arkansas
3 Unnamed Areas
Ascent: 8/12/02
Quad Sheets: Norfork SE and Norfork
Elevation 1400'

To reach Baxter County's highpoints go 10 miles north on Highway 341 from its intersection
with Highway 14, just east of Big Flat, AR.  After 10 miles of twists and turns, a gravel
road leaves to the north of Highway 341 at a large wooden sign for the Leatherwood Wilderness
Area.  The gravel road is narrow in places and had several gravel washouts which left the road
pretty bumpy, but passable by a car.  Follow the gravel road to the north for 2.2 miles where the
main road turns west and a lessor road continues north.  This intersection is near the spot
elevation 1371'. Andy Martin had a good description of the highpoints in his earlier trip report.
The following is what I found.  The first area is about 0.25 miles to the north of the main road
and a faint track goes directly to the summit.  I paced the area off and determined that there
was no more than 3 to 4 feet of gain to the summit above the 1400' contour.  The second area is
reached by returning to the dirt track and continuing east for about 0.2 miles to a locked gate
that is posted. Beyond the gate there was an overgrown field with somewhat of a track beat down
through it.   I could tell that someone had driven an ATV not to long ago through the high grass.
Continue east for about 0.2 miles to a somewhat cleared area with a large oak tree. If you have a
GPS to navigate with it is best to skirt the overgrown field to the south and west at the edge of
the woods.  Someone had cleared a path through the woods along the edge of the field and left pink
ribbons in the trees.  After skirting the field for about 0.2 miles cross back into the overgrown
field to the east and go to the second area.  The second area is in a very thick mass of vegetation,
the worst part is that there were lots of Black Locust trees in the mix. (For those of you who are
not familiar with the Black Locust, it is a tree with lots of thorns protruding from the trunk and
branches.)  To reach the third area return to the edge of the woods and continue south for about 0.2
miles to the large 1400' contour.  This area is a little more open than the second area, and was
pretty broad and flat.  I was unable to locate the Bench Mark.  The third area is probably the
highest of the three, I could not see the second area from the third to hand level.  The first
area is definitely lower than the third.  It was a pretty tough bushwhack, came out with lots
of scratches and quite a few seed ticks.
 
 
 
 
 

Boone County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent:  08/04/01
Quad Sheet:  Osage NE
Elevation 2240' +
 
 

The Boone County highpoint is located in the southwestern part of the county.
Boone County can be done in the same trip as Carroll County, they are less than
four miles as the crow flies.  To reach the Boone County highpoint, I drove north from
Compton on State Hwy 43 for about six miles to West Hilltop Road.  Turning west on West
Hilltop Road I soon passed a church and Hilltop Cemetery.  It is about 1.75 miles to a
gate on the north side of the road that is emblazened with a large 'No Tresspassing' sign.
Just to the west of the gate is a fence line that runs north and south, on the west side of
the fence line there are no postings.  I parked along the side of the road (the first mile from
Hwy 43 is paved).  There is an old barbed wire fence that has fallen down in several places on
the north side of the road.  From the road my GPS indicated that the highpoint is 0.17 miles
north of the road. I began walking through the woods, and as I reached the highpoint area I spooked
up a big flock of turkeys (about 30 or so).  The highpoint area is pretty broad so some walking
around is necessary. I went to the center of the 2240 contour as indicated by my GPS and before
my eyes hung a coke can on a dead limb.  This time I glanced under the can, to check for insects,
and there I saw a very large wasp nest covered in wasps so I decided getting stung was not worth
signing the register.

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Bradley County, Arkansas
11 Unnamed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 5/18/02
Quad Sheets: McKinney and Farmville
Elevation 300'+

Allow about 2.5 hours to do Bradley County's Highpoints

There are two groups of highpoints in Bradley County, 3 in the northern group and 8 in the southern group.
To reach the 3 areas in the north go from then intersection of Highway 8 and Bradley County Rd 8N go west on
Bradley County Rd 8N this is right at the Bradley/Cleveland County line. County Rd 8N is paved, and at 0.6
miles it passes a cemetery, past the cemterey the paved road ends at two gravel roads one going west and one going
south, take the south road this intersection is 1.5 miles west of the cemetery. Stay on this road for 0.6 miles until
your reach a road going west, there is sign at this intersection for a lease for Grice Deer Club.  This road begins
to angle to the southwest at 0.6 miles from the last intersection a road going northwest intersects, take this road
to the northwest for 0.7 miles then the road curves to the southwest, continue for 0.1 miles to the crest of a hill
The first two areas are accessed by a overgrown trail that goes between them. The area on both sides of the trail is really
dense pine thicket vegetation.  There are some small game trails that give limited access, it is very tough to tell
where the highest area is located.  I crashed throught the brush until I was satisfied (ie covered in scratches and ticks).
These two areas are covered in the most dense vegetation I have encountered while highpointing in Arkansas.
The third and final northern highpoint area is reached by continuing southwest 0.3 miles, a cleared area is just southeast of the
road and the highpoint area is about 0.1 miles SE from the road. Getting to this area was pretty tough due to large ruts from
the clear cutting process which were filled with water and covered in waste high grass.

The southern areas are reached by returning to the last intersection to the east 1.3 miles from the last highpoint area.
Turn south at this intersection a go 3.4 miles to a paved road going east and west this is the Old Camden Rd (County Road 16).
Go east on Old Camden Rd 4.4 miles to Bradley County Rd 7 (gravel) intersecting from the south. Note:  while going east on Old Camden Rd
you will pass quite a few roads that intersect with Old Camden Rd.  Go south 2.1 miles to a hill top and a east west unnamed road.
Go west on this road about 0.1 miles to the crest of the road the highest area seems north of the road in a field, there is cow pasture
south of the road.  There is a newer house NE of the crest, whose drive is accessed by continuing west on the road about 0.1 miles.
The four areas shown on the map accessed from this road are owned by the owner of this house, the address on the mail box is 457.
The owner is also a State Trooper so, be sure to ask for permission before accessing these areas. Using my hand level I eliminated
all the smaller areas north of the road crest. The highest area seems to be about 5 to 8 feet higher than the next contour, backsighted to confirm.

The next area is reached by returning to the 4-way intersection east of the crest of the road and continuing east on the gravel road 0.2 miles to another
slight crest.  Highpoint area is in a cow pasture just south of the road.  The next area is reached by continuing east on the gravel road 0.1 miles to
a road intersecting from the north, County Road 217. Go north on CR 217 for 0.1 miles to a slight crest.  The highpoint area is located in a wooded area
with several unnatural humps just to the west of the road.  Going north another 0.2 miles the next highpoint area across the road from a house near a fence line.
The road continues north then east 0.4 miles to an intersection with a north/south road.  There is a house on the NE corner of this intersection.  It appeared
the majority of the property was owned by this house, I knocked on the door but got no answer, there were about four barking dogs on the property.  Continued
north on the road to a pullout for a water tower on the east side of the road and walked a fence line west by a vineyard to a cleared area and continued
north and west crossing several fences, the majority of the highpoint area was cleared but there were some wooded patches.  It was tough to tell which area of
the large 300' contour was highest.  Tried to hand level but there were quite a few obstructions.  Highest area seemed to be just west of the vineyard.
 
 
 

Chicot County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  08/31/01
Quad Sheet: Eudora North
Elevation: 160'+
 

Chicot County's highpoints are easy to reach right off of US Highway 65 north of Eudora.  Just as Jobe described the highpoints are reached by going to the fairground's Southeast corner.  I rained the day I was there, so the ground was quite muddy.   The first area is reached  by taking game trails into a thick wooded area, the actual highpoint was impossible to determine.  The second area is reached by going south from the first area about 500 feet to the south along an old trace that follows an  electric fence line that encloses a horse pasture. The road trace was really muddy with several sections that had large mud holes.  The second area is just south of the horse pasture in a tall grassy area with scattered trees.  The highpoint in this area was also impossible to determine.  So when going to Chicot County be prepared to plow through a lot of vegetation to claim the highpoint, winter would also be the optimum time to visit.  Note: West Carroll Parish, LA can be reached in about 20 minutes from the Chicot County highpoints.

Calhoun County, Arkansas
1 Unnamed Area
Ascent: 5/18/02
By:  Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet:  Fordyce
Elevation 400'+

I had seen this county had been completed earlier by Jobe Wymore but I did not see a trip report on how he accessed it.
Here is the description on the way I took.  From the intersection of Calhoun County Rd 84 and US Highway 79 just west of Fordyce go north 0.3 miles to the
entrance of the Mt Zion Cemetery.  This would be a tough county to do without a GPS, with that said follow a muddy road north of the Cemetery for about 200 feet
to a overgrown trail/road going eastnortheast.  This trail/road is overgrown and had several sections blocked by dead falls. After about 0.4 mile the road/trail
turns to the north.  Trail is really faint in places and gets lost in the dead falls. The highpoint is about 0.3 miles north-northeast of this point.  Just before reaching
the highpoint, the trail enters an open wooded area and ends.  The ground continues to slope uphill for about 0.1 miles before reaching a crest near a large oak tree.
This is the largest oak that I saw in the area and makes a pretty good landmark.  Just to the east of this location is a large pine thicket.  I could not locate
the county line north of the highpoint area, there were no obvious markings.  My GPS came in real handy in doing this highpoint.

Latitude/Longitude of the highpoint is 33.7992, -92.4783
 

Carroll County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 08/04/01
Quad Sheet:  Ponca
Elevation 2300' +
 

The highpoint of Carroll County is located in the southeastern part of the county.
I drove north from Ponca, near the Buffalo River which is pretty dead this time of
year due to the lack of water and the oppressive heat.  It is around 7.5 miles from
Ponca on State Hwy 43 to the turn off to the community of Plumlee.  I turned north
on the county gravel road that is indicated with the Plumlee sign.
It is about 1 mile to the Plumlee Church and Cemetery, I continued north on the gravel
road for about 0.25 miles until it reached a fork, stayed right.  Following the road
for another 0.25 mile until it reached another intersection, I turned north and drove
another 0.25 mile to another intersection. The highpoint area is located on the northeastern
side of the intersection at the edge of a field.

The register left by Andy Martin is located on the southside of the road (actually in Newton County)
on a fence post.  I took the can off the post to sign the register, and out flew about five
wasps. I kicked the can around a bit to make sure there were no more stinging insects residing
in the can.  I took the paper out of the ziplock bag and signed my name to the register.
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Clark County, Arkansas
Two Areas Trap Mountain
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  8/29/01
Quad Sheet:  Amity
Elevation 960’+
 

I followed Jobe’s directions to reach the 189 Deer Park Rd address and access the rough road across from the residence.  From Jobe’s description it sounded like an easy hike up an old dirt road, so I decided to wear shorts, that was a bad mistake.  The entire ridge line was overgrown with green briars, black berry bushes, and beggars lice, not to mention some poison ivy patches.  The entire hike up the ridge line was about 0.6 miles.  The two high areas have scattered rocks among the vines so determining an exact highpoint wasn’t possible.  When I reached the second area I noticed down the hill was what looked like a road.   I decided to see where this road would lead me, because I wasn’t real thrilled about traversing the brambles again.

The rough bulldozed road cut roughly followed the county line (I remember Jobe making mention of this), it was really steep in a couple of places.  The road  is located on the north and west side of the ridge.  I followed the road out and thought it was going to intersect with Deer Park Rd, but it paralleled it on the east about 150 yards away and ended up at the Dillard Cemetery.   I have created a map showing its route at the following location

 http://www.geocities.com/arkansashighpoints/clark.html
 

This is actually a better access point, because there is some room at the cemetery to park and there is no one that has to be asked for permission to access the area.  The cemetery is pretty interesting to also visit, there is a stone monument stating that cemetery was started during the Civil War when O.D. Dillard buried his two-year old daughter.

To reach the cemetery drive north on Deer Park Rd from Hwy 84, you will pass the county line at 0.8 miles (the pavement changes) continue another 0.2 miles to an intersection with an unnamed paved road on the right.  Turn right on this road and the Cemetery is located about 0.1 mile on the right.  Cross south through the cemetery to access the road to the summit.

Conway County, Arkansas
Area on North Bluff Of Petit Jean Mountain
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent: 10/05/01
Quad Sheet: Atkins
Elevation: BM 1207'
 
 
 

 Conway County's highpoint is just north of best state park in Arkansas,  Petit Jean.  The state park has
 several hiking trails, the best however is the Cedar Falls Trail.  The Cedar Falls Trail orginates from
 Mather Lodge in the park and descends into the Cedar Creek Canyon to the falls.  The entire trail is about
 2 miles round trip.
 

 The Highpoint is reached by going from State Hwy 154 at the turn off for the Red Bluff Drive in the State Park.
 Go north on this road indicated by a sign on Hwy 154. Shortly after turning on to this road, it crosses Cedar
 Creek on a stone arch bridge that was constructed by the CCC.  It is definitely worth a stop to see.  Follow this
 road 0.2 miles on Hwy 154 to the turn off for Red Bluff Drive (a great drive to overlooks on the west side of the Mtn),
 stay to the RIGHT, this road is now Montgomery Trl.  Follow Montgomery Trl for 1.2 miles north until it comes to a 'T'.
 The intersecting road is Winrock Rd., to the left is a large stone pillared gate that leads to Winrock farms (Winthrop
 Rockefeller was a descendent of the East Coast Rockefeller dynasty, his son is currently Lt. Governor of Arkansas).
 GO TO THE RIGHT.  Go east on Winrock Rd for 1 mile to an unnamed gravel road to the north, there is a sign on the
 fence that says 'Davies' and points north.  Go north on this gravel road for 1 mile to a driveway that vears to the
 LEFT.  Follow this drive, it passes through a white gate at 0.2 miles and has two lessor drives that branch off soon after,
 always stay to the LEFT.  The drive dead ends at a house 0.8 miles from the white gate (the drive is shown as an unimproved
 road on the quad sheet that stops a few hundred feet from the highpoint area).  The house is about 30 feet from the bench mark
 and highpoint and the address is 39 Davies Drive.

Mr. David Davies owns the house and the highpoint area, he was very  friendly.  The Bench Mark is located about six feet
from a flag pole that is between the house and an old barn.  The actual  highpoint is a rock that is about 7' NE of the
Bench Mark. I talked to Mr Davies and asked him if I could leave a register and he agreed to let me.  I left the register
at the north east corner of the old barn in plain sight from the highpoint.  The register is a PVC tube that is white
with writing on the outside indicating what it is.  Mr. Davies said he welcomes anyone who wants to visit.

The area near the highpoint is clear along the Bluff Line with some  stunning views of the Arkansas River Valley.
Magazine Mountian (Arkansas' Highest Point)is visible to the west on clear days.

The day I was there the visibility was hampered by clouds, but I did see  through a couple of the breaks.

All in all this is a top 5 highpoint in Arkansas on my scale.

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Cleburne County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  8/15/01
Quad Sheets:  Parma and Prim
Elevations:  1340'+

To reach the highpoint area on the Parma Quad go east on Hwy 263 from its intersection with Hwy 9 near Rushing for approximately 5 miles
(I didn't use the odometer) to Old Brewer Road and turn south.  Continue down Old Brewer Road for 0.8 miles to reach two houses and then
continue another 0.1 miles and park along the road at the base of a hillside that has been clear cut.  Traverse the clearcut, this easier said than
done since there were a lot of downed logs and limbs that were covered in briars and vines to the hilltop.  The hilltop area is forested.
On the hilltop there are two rock outcrops that are higher than the surrounding hilltop, but I was not able to tell which was higher.

The second area is reached by returning to Hwy 263 and continuing east for 5.1 miles to Hanover Road.  Go east on Hanover Rd for 0.2 miles.
The highpoint area is located on the southside of the road across from several trailers in a wooded area.  The area is pretty flat making the highpoint
difficult to determine. Both highpoint areas were not posted.

Cleveland County, Arkansas
12 Unnamed Points
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 5/18/02
Quad Sheets: Kingsland and Tinsman
Elevation 320'+
 

Allow 3 to 4 Hours to complete this county.  To reach the highpoints in section 17, turn off of Highway
8 heading south at the Mt Lebanon Road and go west. The Mt. Lebanon Road is near a sign for New Edinburg.
(New Edinburg is fairly neat little place, it has several old store fronts and a general store with a skylight
and pot bellied stove, check it out if it is open.) Going west on Mt. Lebanon Road (paved) for 1.6 miles, the
road turns south stay on the paved road and it soon passes a house on the east side of the road with the
address 1730 Mt. Lebanon Road, ask for permission here to access the largest of the highpoint areas in section 17 just
east of the Crain Cemetery. Continue south on the paved road until it turns west, and a gravel road continues south,
total mileage from the Highway is 1.8 miles to this point.  Proceed south on the gravel road for about 0.1  miles
to an open gate area that accesses the Crain Cemetery to the east, park inside the gate.  There is a large
hay field/pasture with a deer hunting stand on the eastern edge of the field and the cemetery on the western edge.
The grass in the field was about 3' to 4' tall so hand leveling was somewhat difficult. The SW corner of the cemetery
is the highest area in the cemetery.  Another area of similar height is across the field near the deer stand.
I tramped around the southern edge of the field and hand leveled some but could not discern any highest area.
This area crosses a small barbed wire fence to the south through a wooded area about 40' to another pasture
(I think this propery has another owner).  Continue SE from the largest contour about 0.25 miles crossing the pasture
and entering a somewhat open wooded area, the highest area seemed to be near a decent sized dogwood tree.  Continue
SE another 0.2 miles to an edge of a clear cut, follow the north edge of the clear cut to the obvious highest area.
I hand leveled toward the final area in section 17 to the south and it appeared to be the same height.  To reach
the final area in section 17 continue south about 0.2 miles. I backsighted from the final area and it appeared
to be the same height as the previous area.  Return the way you came.

Before leaving the cemetery walk south to the highest crest of the gravel road on the east side of the road is a large oak tree
and to the west is a pine thicket. The highest area seemed to be by the oak tree, the land between the oak tree
and cemetery had been excavated. To hit the eastern most highpoint area in section 18 walk the west edge of the road.
To hit the other areas in section 18 return to Mt Lebanon Road and continue west about 0.1 mile from its intersection
with the gravel road.  The highpoint area is in a very dense pine thicket (posted) across the road from the Burger Brothers
Hunting Club trailer. The next area is reached by continuing west on the Mt. Lebanon Road for about 0.1 miles
to a white house (Dunlap is the name on mail box) on the north side of the road. Knock on the door and ask for permission
to stroll around the yard.  The final area in section 18 is reached by continuing WSW on Mt. Lebanon Road for another 0.1 miles
to a cleared right of way (ROW) to the south, follow this ROW for about 0.15 miles SE passing a deer stand and
then SW for about 0.05 miles to a crest with a deer stand on it, this the final area in section 18.

To reach the areas in section 20 go east on Mt Lebanon Road from the white house (Dunlap) about 1.5 miles to Adell Road to the south.
Go south on Adell Road (gravel) 1 mile to a 90 degree turn to east in the road. A lessor gravel road leaves to the
west at this corner, there is a sign for 'King 410 Adell Ln'.  Go west on this unnamed road 0.7 miles to a large turn around this is the
first highpoint area reached in section 20.  To reach the next area go NNE of the turnaround about 0.12 miles to
the edge of a clear cut, this is the same clear cut that was visted in section 17. The highpoint is in a somewhat open wooded area at the
edge of the clear cut.  Return to the turn around and follow the logging road/trail to the southwest it soon branches of to the south
follow this branch.  The road/trail progessively gets overgrown as you continue south.  Soon there is another fork stay to the right follow
this to the SSW to the edge of a pine thicket. Go west along the edge of the pine thicket to the slight crest of the ridge.  Traverse this NW/SE
trending ridge until you are statisfied, the southern edge of the ridge is in the dense pine thicket.  A GPS is really useful in getting to this area.
The center most point of this area is about 1/3 mile from the turn around

To get to the final area in Cleveland County and section 20 return to Adell Rd and continue east to Banks Rd (unsigned)(paved) and turn south.
After 0.9 miles on Banks Road the pavement ends, continue another 0.4 miles to a pullout on the south side of the road to an abandoned house.
An ATV trail intersects Banks Road from the north about 0.1 miles east of the pullout for the house.  Follow this ATV trail until it turns
west 0.2 miles from the road, then follow this small ridge line back to the road.  The woods are pretty dense at times.

Finally, it is probally wise to avoid Cleveland County Highpoints during hunting seasons.
 
 
 

Columbia County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area
Ascent 6/20/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Magnolia NW
Elevation 430'+
 

Columbia County's highpoint is reached by going to Lamartine in northern
Columbia County on US 371. Turn east on County Road (CR) 60 at a historic
sign stating that, "Lamartine was one of the oldest settlements in Columbia
County and that Andrew Jackson help cut a military road from New Orleans to
Fort Smith past this location."  Follow CR 60 (paved) for 2.3 miles
to the east through the small community of Shiloh to CR 62 located on
the north side of CR 60.  Take CR 62 (paved) to the north for 1.4 miles until
reaching the intersection of CR 117 (gravel), turn north on CR 117.  Drive
north for 1.3 miles until reaching a dirt road that is gated on the east side
The gate is locked.  The land is leased to a hunting club, but I did not see
any postings. Park near the gate and follow the dirt road past the gate to
the east for about 550 feet to a hunting trailer.  Continue following the
dirt road to the east for about 1100 feet to reaching a "Y", take the south branch
(right) for about 30 feet until reaching a fence line with white blazing.
Cross the fence and continue east for about 200 feet until reaching the
highpoint area.  The highpoint area has had some recent logging but, is
still for the most part forested.  There is not a defined highpoint so
strolling around is necessary.  It is probably a good idea to avoid this
highpoint during hunting seasons.
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Craighead County, Arkansas
3 Unnamed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 2/10/02
Quad Sheet: Brookland
Elevation: 510'+
 

Craighead County's highpoints are located north of Jonesboro on Highway 351.
From the junction of State Highways 358 and 351 in Greene County it is 3.2 miles
south to the Craighead County line, passing the Crowleys Ridge Speedway along the route.
The highpoints are located about 0.1 miles south of the County Line.  The first
gravel drive on the west splits the highpoints on the west side of Highway 351.
The highpoint on the east side of 351 is north of a gravel drive to a house.
The highpoints on the west side of the road are inside a barb wired fence just
inside the gate of the gravel drive near the highway right-of-way.  The highpoint
on the east side of the road is just outside the highway right-of-way in the
front yard of a house, there are postings just beyond this area. Using a hand level
I was unable to tell if any of the areas are higher than the others, so touch them all.
It looks like the original highpoint contour was bi-sected by the State Highway then cut
again by the gravel drive on the west side of the highway. The Lat Lon of the northwestern
most highpoint area is 35.96469 90.62253.

Crawford County, Arkansas
Five Unnamed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/05/01
Quad Sheets:  Bidville and Delaney
Elevations 2400'+

I camped at White Rock Mountain the night before.  White Rock Mountain
is a must see if you are in this area, it has great views along it's bluff line, but be careful seven have
fallen to their death from the bluffs This place is also special to in a different way, I proposed to my wife
at one the cabins in December 1999. On to the highpoints!  To reach Crawford County's first highpoint drive 3.6 miles
 north from White Rock Jct on Bowles Gap Road AKA National Forest Road (NFR) 1505.  The highpoint is in a somewhat
 over grown field about 0.2 miles west of the road.  This is another tramping around one, because of the large flat area on
the hill top. This is the second highpoint that I have found a shed deer antler, kind of a neat souviner.  The second highpoint
area is reached by continuing on Bowles Gap Road for 0.4 miles.  You can see the first area from here and it is definitely
higher, so don't bother. The third area is reached by continuing on NFR 1505 to it's intersecton with NFR 1007 and turn east
on NFR 1007 for about 0.5 mile.  The area is on the north side of the road and is posted but, I was there so early in the morning
I did not ask for permission from the house about a 1/4 up the road. The area looks to be about the same elevation as the second
area (you can see it from the top), so this area is not needed to be visted.  To go to the final two areas of Crawford County
continue on NFR 1007 for about two milestill you reach the Bidville / Potato Knob Rd Jct. stay on the Bidville Rd (NFR 1007)
for 1.5 miles until you reach a place called Mountain Crest. At Mountain Crest go west on NFR 1502 for 1.4 miles.  There is a pullout
on the southside of the road.  The two remaining highpoints are about 1/4 mile south of the pullout area.  The pullout is actually an
old road bed, follow this until you reach a fencecontinue south along the fence and in the pastureto the west are the two highpoints.
The Crawford / Washington County line is in this vicinity so it is best just to walk the high area of the pasture until you are satisfied.
The second highpoint is near the south edge of the pasture just before the woods begin, again it is a large area so tramp around.
The land was not posted and a pretty good fog and rain developed while I was there so I didn't ask for permission from the house just
west from the pullout.  This is one of the counties that I looked at the DEM's before visting.  The first, fourth and fifth area all showed
up having the same elevation, so I knew there would be at least three.  The second and third areas showed up to be about 10 feet lower
on the DEM, so by ground truthing I confirmed what the DEM had already shown me.
Photos
 
 

Desha County, Arkansas
1 Unnamed Area
Ascent: 5/16/02
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Dumas
Elevation: 180'+
 

Jobe's description of the highpoint area is pretty accurate. I only have a few things to add.
To reach the highpoint from Highway 165 and Highway 212 go east about 0.15 miles on Highway 212
to Pendleton Ln then go west on Pendleton Ln about 0.1 miles to Old Hunter Ln, then north onto
Old Hunter Ln. Stay on Old Hunter Ln for about 0.15 miles to the house with address 133 Old Hunter Ln.
There is a sign out front that has 'Billy's River Place' on it. I went up to the door and knocked but no one answered,
so I walked around the house into the backyard to claim this one, the Arkansas River was in plain view along
with the Highway 165 bridge.
 
 

Drew County, Arkansas
Unnamed Points
Ascent: 5/31/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Monticello South
Elevations: 420'+

Jobe Wymore's and David Olson's trip reports were a great help in planning this trip.

I reached the highpoint areas by exiting off of Highway 425 onto Highway 83s. I drove 0.4 miles
till I reached South Main St and then turned north and drove on S Main St for 0.3 miles until I reached
a nursery called Main St Garden.  At Main St Garden I turned onto a road that went east across some
RR tracks, I could not find a name for this road.  I took this unnamed rd for 0.4 miles until I
reached Midway Rd, then I turned east on this road.  I Followed Midway Rd for 0.3 miles until I saw a gravel
pulloutbon the northeast side of the road, a water tower is also near by.  The natural highpoint seems to be
located near a lone pine tree on the remaning dirt and gravel that hasn't been mined away.
At some point in the future it could be gone.

I didn't visit the area within the lumber plant, I took Jobe's word on it.
Photos
 

Faulkner County, Arkansas
Buffalo Hump
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 4/12/01
Quad Sheet: Barney
Elevation 882' At Benchmark
 

Buffalo Hump is located in northeast Faulkner County off of State Highway 107.  To reach Buffalo Hump
go about one mile south of Quitman, then turn east on Buffalo Mountain Road. When you turn on to Buffalo
Mountain Road, Buffalo Hump is visible to the southeast.  Drive about 1/2 mile down the road, you will pass
a mobile home on the southside of the road, soon after that there will be a gate on the southside of the
road, across from a house.  Buffalo Hump is on private property that is posted.  I was able to obtain the name of
the landowner from the neighbors in the area.  Once I had the name of the owner, I used my cell phone to call
information to get his number (he lives in small town about 10 miles away) and then call hime for permission to access
his land.  He was very pleasant on the phone and did not have a problem with me accessing Buffalo Hump.

At that point I parked by the gated road and began to walk to the summit. The walk to the summit is about 3/4 up the
gravel road that winds around the north and west sides of the hill, before heading to the summit.  The natural highpoint
is located at the base of a large oak tree, this is about 50 feet west of the bench mark location.  The highpoint seems
to be about a foot higher than the bench mark location, which would put the highpoint at about 883 feet.  The entire summit
area of Buffalo Hump is forested, with lots of poison ivy.  There is a point that is higher than the natural highpoint about
15 feet to the southwest.  The manmade point seems to be some sort of concrete cistern covered with soil.  On the summit
there were also the concrete bases for a fire tower that is long gone.  All in all it was a very pleasant highpointing trip
after work.  It only took about 1 hour and 15 minutes to reach it from Little Rock.  I am currently withholding the name and
number of the owner until I get his permission to publish it.
Photos
 

Fulton County, Arkansas
Wallace Knob
Ascent: 8/12/02
Quad Sheet: Salem Knob
Elevation 1138'

To reach Wallace Knob from Salem go to the US Highway 62B and US Highway 62
intersection on the west side of town and proceed 2 miles west on Highway 62
to Corkwood Rd on the south side of the highway.  Wallace Knob is visible to
the WSW as you drive west along Highway 62.  Turn south (left) onto
Corkwood Rd (gravel) and go 0.8 miles to a locked gate.  The gate is not posted.
There is also a house just west of the gate across the gravel road.
Follow the gravel road past the gate for about 0.6 miles east to the top of Wallace
Knob.  The gravel road passes a barn like structure to the north, before heading
steeply uphill to the summit, about a 300' elevation gain.  The actual highpoint
is a boulder at the edge of the woods, just NNE of a building on the summit.
The summit also has a couple of communications towers on top.  I looked for Andy
Martin's register, but could not find it.  I did find the remains of his cairn
on the highpoint boulder.  I rebuilt the cairn and left a PVC register. There is
somewhat of a view to the west from the summit area. It was a pretty
decent highpoint by Arkansas standards.
 

Franklin County, Arkansas

Franklin County, Arkansas

3 Areas on Hare Mtn, 1 Area on Whiting Mtn, and 2 areas near Mountain Crest

Ascent 2/17/08 and 2/18/08

Elevation 2400'+

After discussions online questioning the highpoint of Franklin County Arkansas being over 2440 feet,

I looked into it myself. Using the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) information for the Ozark National Forest

that I downloaded from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies

(CAST), I have located 6 areas in Franklin County that are 2400' and above. These 6 areas are all shown the

quad sheets of St Paul and Delaney.

Remembering my past trip to the presumed Highpoint on Hare Mountain, the area on top is relatively flat

with no (40') rise to the highpoint. I didn't really think of that fact when I visted the first time, so until it was

brought up with recent post I thought I had been to the highest point in Franklin County.

This past Sunday afternoon and Monday I went on my quest to finish Franklin County armed with my new found

points of interest.

The first area I visted was the largest of the 2400' contours in Franklin County on Whiting Mountain.

To reach the area Drive North from Cass on Highway 23 to Fly Gap and go west on W Fly Gap Rd.

The road was in really bad shape from the recent rains so I parked just east of a natural gas pumping station

and walked the rest of the way along roads to the highpoint.

During good weather it should be no problem to drive all the way to this highpoint. It is 2.3 miles from Highway 23

to Burrell Mountain Road that goes North off of W Fly Gap Road, then 0.8 miles on Burrell Mountain Road to where

it crests and bisects the highpoint area. The area has had recent timbering activity. I did not have my handlevel with

me, but the SE lobe of the highpoint area seemed the highest. This contour is the largest of all the Franklin County

2400 foot contours and seemed to have the most relief within the contour. The lat lon for this area is 35.7625, 93.9092 WGS84.

The two Western most areas are near Mountain Crest, there are several ways to reach Mountain Crest depending upon road

conditions. From Mountain Crest drive west 1.4 miles crossing into Crawford County and then back into Franklin County

till you come to a crest with pullouts/roads on both sides, this is the northern of the two highpoints lat lon of

35.7625 93.9092 WGS84, the other area is reached by going south along an old road to a fenced field with a gentle rise to the

highpoint area, lat lon of 35.7602 93.9105 WGS84. I hand leveled between the areas and the highpoint near the road crest

is higher. There is still need to visit this contour, for the southern edge is in Crawford County and is one of its highpoint

areas (there is also another liner for Crawford County just to the southwest of this contour) When I did Crawford County

back in 2001, I had parked in the same place.

On Monday I went and revisited the 1 orginal area plus the two new ones on Hare Mountain. I parked at the point where

the Ozark Highlands Trail (OHT) Crosses E Fly Gap Rd at Fly Gap, about 2.5 miles East of Highway 23. I hiked the OHT east

for about 2.5 miles to where it crosses the southern end Hare Mountain. There are some nice views to the South, you can see Mount Magazine

on a clear day. I then bushwacked north along the ridge line to the Southern of the 3 areas lat/lon 35.7596 93.7571 WGS84.

It was relatively flat with little rise within the 2400 foot contour. The next area to the north was much like the first area

flat with little rise, lat/lon 35.7655 93.7532 WGS84. The northern most (the orginal area) is much like the other two areas,

so there is definitely not a 40 foot rise within the 2400 foot contour, lat/lon 35.7699 93.7528. It is about 1.5 miles of bush

wacking from the OHT to the northern 2400 foot area on Hare Mountain

From my observations I would bet that the area on Whiting Mountain is the actual highpoint of Franklin County, it definitely

seemed to have the most rise within the 2400 foot contour.

Old Trip Report**********************************************************************************

Hare Mountain
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/05/01
Quad Sheet:  St Paul
Elevation 2440' +
 

Hare Mountain was the thrid of five highpoints I did this day, and it was by far the hardest.
The mountain is reached by driving to Dutton (just west of St Paul) on State Highway 16 and then
turning south on the first road and crossing the White River and past Dutton Cemetery on the east.
This road continues southeast for 4 miles until it comes to a saddle on the ridge where it comes to
a 'T'.  Go west at this 'T' past the Liberty Cemetery, the road shortly turns due south the total
distance to the next road intersection is 2.2 miles.  At the next intersection turn west on to National
Forest Road (NFR) 1504, the sign is pretty hard to read, and continue. The next intersection is NFR 1518
and it is 2.7 miles from the NFR 1504 sign continue on NFR 1504, NFR 1533 is the next intersection and it
is 0.7 miles from NFR 1518.  From NFR 1533 it is 2.7 miles to a due south turn in the road (it is just past a
house on the south side of the road) this is closest point to park to Hare Mountain.  I used a GPS to locate
the summit area, it is a good thing because the fog rolled in when I started hiking.  The straight line distance
is 0.57 miles to the highpoint area from the parking spot.  I started up the mountain climbing up about three
benches before I found an overgrown road/trail that headed in northwestern direction.  There was a lot of
vegetation, I was about mid-thigh deep in May Apples and Poison Ivy for a good part of the bushwhack.
I followed this road/trail until it reached  the ridge top, it was quite steep.  I followed the ridge top in a northerly
direction past some old rock walls and then headed in a northeasterly direction toward the highpoint.
Walking on the ridge top was relatively easy because of the lack of underbrush (I will tell you morein a moment).
The highpoint area was relatively flat with no noticeable higharea, so tramping around is necessary.
 I couldn't tell if there was a view or not due to the fog.  On my way down, I noticed on the ridge top in the area with
 little ground cover, what looked like to me to be some of Arkansas' #1 cash crop growing on the summit and I don't mean rice.
So, if you make a trip to Hare Mountain during growing season and especially  harvest season, beware.
Photos

Garland County, Arkansas
Ouachita Pinnacle
Ascent 3/24/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Hamilton
 

Ouachita Pinnacle is located in the north central part of Garland County.  To reach Ouachita Pinnacle go about seven miles
south of Hollis on State Highway 7, then turn west on National Forest Road (NFR) 11 and travel about six miles, then turn
south on NFR J60 and travel southwest for about one mile crossing the North Fork of the Ouachita River.  At this point
NFR J60 heads south for about 3.5 miles and continues to the summit of Ouachita Pinnacle.  There are several radio towers
on the summit.  The highpoint is within a fenced area that surrounds the base of the former fire tower.  This area probably
has been disturbed , but about 45 yards to the east is an area just the other side of a rock wall that is natural.  There
are great views of Lake Ouachita and Ouachita National Forest to the south.  The entire summit area is clear.

Photos

Grant County, Arkansas
Three unnamed areas
Ascent 4/26/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad: Willow

Grant County's highpoints are nothing to write home about.  All three are located in non-descript paper company land.
To reach the highpoint areas go south of Lono about five miles and turn east Lemons Road follow the road past a burned out
trailer on the south side of the road and a house in the 90 degree corner of the road that heads north, the road soon
passes through a gate on to the paper land. The first highpoint is located about 500 feet north of road in a flat area
with no distinct highpoint, walk around till you are satisfied.  The second area is reached by driving west back toward
the gate and turning south on a timber road, you can drive about a 1/4 mile down this road before the mud holes get to deep.
Park along the road and follow this trail to the southeast, the trail comes to a three way fork, take the northern most fork
for about 500' to the second high area.  The second high area looks just like the first, walk around till you are satisfied.
The third area is just south and east of the second area about 300 feet.  Located in this third area is a rotted out stump
that seems to be higher, but you better walk around until you area satisfied.  Note: There were signs of timber harvesting in
the area so be wary of the large timber equipment and log trucks

Hempstead County, Arkansas
8  Unnamed Areas
Ascent 12/27/02
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheets:  Nathan, Nashville, and McCaskill
Elevation 540'+

Note: Areas 2 and 3 are contained in one 540' contour, also the contour interval for the Nathan Quad is 20 feet and the Nashville Quad is 10 feet

Beginning at the Pike/Howard County Line drive south on Highway 27 for 1.5 miles to a sign for Bingen Community Center.
Turn on to Hempstead County (HC) Road  27N the first part is paved and drive northwest 1.8 miles to the intersection HC Road 352.
The first of the eight areas is in a field SE of the intersection, there is a spot elevation at the intersetion of 541'.  There is only a slight
rise to the HP in the field possibly making it about 545' max.  The east-west road HC 352 is on the Pike/Hempstead County line.
Go west on HC 352 for about 0.2 miles to the second HP area, from this point I hand leveled west down the road and it showed the
next area (3rd area) higher. Continue west about 0.4 miles to the next area.  The HP area is just south of the road in a barb wired fenced
cow pasture.  I hand leveled back to the second area confirming it to being lower.  A 560' contour is located only a few hundred feet to the north
in Pike County.  Continue on HC 352 about 0.2 miles to the intersection with Pump Springs Road (paved).  There is a spot elevation of 545' at
the intersection on the Topo map I hand leveled back to the 3rd HP area and it was higher than my eye level standing.  I estimated it to probably be
about 7' higher than the 545' spot elevation making it about 552' from what I could judge.  Continue south on Pump Springs Road 0.5 miles to a 90 degree
turn of the paved road, a gravel road intersects from the east.  Take the gravel road 0.4 miles to rather large 540' contour (4th) area.  There are a couple of abandoned
houses north of the road a one that is lived in south of the road with a cow pasture south of it.  The area north of the road is wooded, thick in places and very
little noticable rise.  The next area (5th)  is about 0.2 miles from the (4th) area around the corner on the gravel road head south.  This area is bisected by
the road and has a spot elevation of 540'.  I hand leveled toward the cow pasture of the 4th area and it appeared only slightly higher. 

Returning to Highway 27 the way I came in, I stopped at the 3rd area (the one I estimated at 552') and hand leveled toward the wooded portion of the 4th area
and it was quite a bit lower than the 3rd area.

Note: The Contour interval for the McCaskill Quad on which the following areas are located is 10 feet

To reach the next 4 areas return to the Pike/Hempstead County line on Highway 27.  Take the gravel road to the east HC 355 (gravel) for 1.4 miles the the community
of Tokio to an intersecton go NE for about 200 feet to another intersection HC 31 then go SE for about 0.4 miles to a crest of a hill.  The small highpoint areas are on either
side of the road along with matching trailers.  The highpoint on the west side of the road is NW of the trailer (Beware of Dog sign present, only saw friendly dogs).  The east
side of the road highpoint is north of the trailer (No Dogs seen).  No one was home at either of the trailers.  The next area is 0.4 miles SE on HC 355, this area is bisected
by the road and appears to be timber company land (very thick small pine trees).  Highest area was hard to determine due to thick vegetation and small elevation change.
The final area is reached by continuing SE on HC 355 to a white gate on a small road appears to the left (east), park at the gate (No Postings) then walk south on the
old Rail Road grade (It is now a road) for about 600 feet to a road going east.  Go east about 200 feet then into to the moderately thick woods for about 50 to 75 feet and
walk around a bit.

That all being said I feel confident that the highest area of Hempstead County is area 3 that I estimated at 552' ( Lat 34.0085 Lon 93.8214)
and it is located on the Nathan Quad that has an interval of 20'

Hot Spring County, Arkansas
Bismarck Lookout Tower
By:   Hans Haustein
Ascent:  8/29/01
Quad Sheet:  Bismarck
Elevation: 1,282’
 

I reached the tower road from Bismarck to the south.  It is 3.1 miles from the intersection of Hwy 7 and Hwy 84 to the tower road.  When I reached the tower road turn off the stream was dry and the gate was open.  The drive to the top was pretty rough and in a couple of spots I thought was going to be stuck due to my back truck tires spinning in loose gravel on a steep slope.  I stopped at the lookout area on the way up it  had some great views of DeGray Lake and the building rain to the south.  When I reached the top, I got out and was about to take a picture when a voice called out to me.  I jumped and was startled to see a man on the side of the look out tower steel work peering down at me.  I talked to him for a moment while searching under the tower for the highpoint.  He said he had hiked up the side of the mountain.  I made it a point to leave when he started down off the tower (this guy reminded me of the homeless guys I see in downtown Little Rock)

Photos

Howard County, Arkansas
Big Tom Mountain
Ascent:  12/24/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Athens
Elevation 1660'+
 

To reach the Howard County Highpoint go west from Langley, AR on Hwy 84 at the junction
of Hwy 84 and Hwy 369.  Hwy 84 crosses the Little Missouri River 3.5 miles west of Langley
and crosses the Howard County Line 5.5 miles west of Langley.  The turn off of Hwy 84 is on
Goat Ranch Rd, which is 6.4 miles from Langley.  Goat Ranch Rd goes north from Hwy 84 and is
gravel.  There is also a sign for the White Oak Cemetery at the turn off for Goat Ranch Rd.
A natural gas pipeline crosses Goat Ranch Rd 1 mile from Hwy 84, continue north on Goat Ranch Rd.
There is a Three Way fork 0.6 miles north of the pipeline crossing stay to the left, there is a
sign for Valley Ranch.  Take the left fork and go west for 1.8 miles to a farm on the south
side of the road (Alexander Farms).  There is a lessor road on the north side of the road across
from the farm entrance.  Following the road to the north, rough in places, for 0.4 miles to a
90 degree turn to the east, park here. Looking to the north a saddle in the ridge is visible, the
highpoint on Big Tom Mountain is just to the west of this saddle, about 0.5 miles away.
There is an overgrown trail through some high grass and blackberry vines that heads north toward the saddle.
The trail leaves the overgrown area and heads into the woods near a ravine and ends.  Follow the ravine
toward the saddle.  I went along the east side of the ravine, it seemed a little more open than the west side.
The hillside is very steep and unstable in some places (lots of small loose rocks covered in pine
needles).  The top of the ridge on the south facing side is covered in small scrubby oaks.  On the
north edge of the ridge there is a trail that is marked with ribbons, that follows the entire ridge line
east and west.  Following the trail to the west, it will go within a few feet of the highpoint.  The highpoint
is about 0.2 miles west of the saddle.  There is a large open area just east and below the highpoint, which
offers great views to the north, east, and south.  The highpoint itself is a large rock that is very obvious.
There are a views during leaf off through the scrubby oak trees.

I built a rock cairn just south of the highpoint rock and placed a highpoint
register in a capped white PVC pipe.

All of the access described to this highpoint is on National Forest Land
Photos

Jackson County, Arkansas
Unnamed Hill
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent:  7/12/01
Quad Sheet:  Olyphant
Elevation 840'+

To reach Jackson County's Highpoint, take Arkansas State Highway 367 to Possum Grape.
Once reaching Possum Grape go west on Jackson County Rd 2 (right across 367 from the Possum Grape One Stop).
Follow County Rd 2 for 3.6 miles until the pavement ends at the junction of County Rd 1, continue going west
on County Rd 2, which is now gravel.  Follow County Rd 2 for 2.4 miles (it has turned north) to the intersection
with County Rd 313.  Turn East on County Rd 313 and continue for 0.5 miles until you reach a 90 degree turn
to the north of the road (you will pass an open gate and house on the north side of the road).  Park at this
90 degree turn.  The highpoint is 0.22 miles to the southeast of this point.  There is a barbed wire fence
to cross, but no postings.  Follow the cow trails through the scattered woods for about 700' until reaching
the edge of a pasture. The highpoint is in a cleared area of the pasture and is obvious from the edge of the woods.
The highpoint is located about 500' south of the woods area and about 500' north of a medium sized pond (which is
not shown on the quad sheet)  On the return trip to Possum Grape there are some great views looking east across
the vast Mississippi Embayment Region.
Photos

Jefferson County, Arkansas
16 Areas - Miller Hill, Jennings Hill, and Sanders Hill
2 Legitimate Areas
Ascent: 8/26/01
By:  Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Hardin
Elevation 430' +
 

Jefferson County is listed in Andy Martin's County Highpoint Book as having a single highpoint of 440'+, but that point is now buried under a mountain of garbage.  So looking at the next lower contour of 430',
16 Areas were discovered.  I have created a map showing the 16 areas that can be viewed at

http://www.geocities.com/arkansashighpoints/jefferson.html

Area 1 has now been mined away in a gravel operation
Area 2 is under the landfill
Area 3 is under the landfill
Area 4 is located at the gate to the landfill and maybe natural, areas inside the gate look like they have been modified by heavy machine.
Areas 5 - 13 are located north of Gravel Pit road in a very large disturbed area, none of these areas look intact as natural
Area 14 is under the landfill

Areas 15 (Jennings Hill) and 16 (Sanders Hill) are natural and somewhat undisturbed areas.

The highpoint areas are reached by taking Exit 27 on Interstate 530, which is Gravel Pit Rd (Co Rd 4) and driving west 0.6 miles to German Springs Rd.  Areas 1 and 2 are located south on German Springs Rd. Continue off Gravel Pit Rd for 0.4 miles to a hill top and back entrance to the land fill.  Area 4 is located
south of Gravel Pit Rd by the landfill gate and Areas 5 - 12 are located north along the unimproved dirt
road  (the entrance to the road is blocked by a bulldozed mound).   The landfill is the highest point in
the county and is visible to south of Gravel Pit Road, be sure to look for the turkey vultures roosting on the summit.  Continue west on Gravel Pit Rd for 0.6 miles to a white steel gate across the road and park here.
The road is in International Paper land holdings and is closed now because of illegal dumping (I guess people thought the landfill fees were to high and just drove down the road to dump their garbage).

Mountain Biking is the best way to get to Jennings Hill from this location.  Continue on the road for 0.25
miles and take the road to the north, follow this road for 0.75 north to the top.  While traveling on this road,
it enters a cleared area just below the hill a dead tree is visible on the hill top that lines up with the center of the road.  The register is located in a section of bark about head high in an opaque film cannister on this tree.  The highest area on the hill top is located east of the road in a wooded area, west of the road has been
gravel mined.  I was unable to find the Bench mark.  There are some pretty good views from this hill top to the north, west, and south.  The KATV tower is visible to the north and the trash mountain is visible to the south and east.

To reach Sanders Hill drive east on Gravel Pit Road and cross the interstate and continue to Hwy 365 for 3.1 miles.  Drive north on Hwy 365 for 2.3 miles to a gravel road on the west side of the road to the KETS tower.  There is gate at this road but it was open.  Continue west on this road for 0.2 miles to a large white brick and tin building at the base of the tower.  The highpoint area is located just south of this building in a young pine thicket
 

Johnson County, Arkansas
Three Areas on Garlands Knob
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 8/14/01
Quad Sheet: Ozone
Elevations: 2360'+
 

Johnson County's highpoints are located in the north-central part of the county near the Newton County line.
To reach the three areas on Garlands Knob, go south from Fallsville on Hwy 21 (Junction of Hwy's 16 and 21)
or 2.4 miles to a gravel road on the west (right) side of Hwy 21. The gravel road does not have a name,
but can be indentified by the Moon Hull Full Gospel Church sign.  Follow this gravel road for 0.7 miles to
a fork stay to the west (right), then continue on this road to another fork 1.2 miles further, stay to the
east (left).  Another 0.4 miles along this road and there is a telephone pole that is almost in the road, park
near here. The Eastern most highpoint area (1st area)is 0.08 miles north of this location
(according to my Garmin GPS).  The highpoints are located in the Ozark National Forest

The hillside is forested with some underbrush an poison ivy.  The first highpoint area is forested but has
little underbrush.  The entire area was about the same elevation.

The second highpoint area is about 600 feet west of the 1st area.  The underbrush is alot thicker with lots
of shoulder high grass and greenbriars (ouch). The second area seemed a bit higher than the first area,
but this was only my perception because I could not see the first area from the second area.  The highest
part of the second area is located in the northwestern part of 2360 closed contour. LAT 35.73248N  LON 93.47829W

The third long highpoint area is tough bushwhack along the ridge line southwest from the second area.
There were times when both my legs were tangled in the thick mix of high grass, blackberry vines, and
greenbriars making it very difficult to move.  The third area seemed lower than the second but this is just
my perception, no hard evidence.

If you continue southwest down the ridge to the road you will see a grouping of five mailboxes in a circle
on one center pole.  From the mailboxes it is 0.7 miles northeast along the road to the area
at which your vehicle is parked.

Note:  Upon viewing the DEM for Ozone when I got back to Little Rock, it indicated that the area within
the second highpoint area  2375 ' was higher than the other two areas.

Lafayette County, Arkansas
4 Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent: 08/19/02
Quad Sheet: Boydville
Elevations: 400'+

This was one tough county to complete:  Heat, Dense Vegetation, Ticks and Fire Ants just to name a few reasons.
To reach the northern 3 areas go north from Lewisville on Arkansas Hwy 29 (I didn't record the mileage) to the
place of Palm (shown on the DeLorme Atlas).  Go west of Palm on Lafayette County (LC) Road 5 (paved) 1.4 miles
to LC road 101 to the north (gravel).  Go north on LC 101 0.7 miles to a gate that was open and sign for the
PC Hunting Club, continue on the road another 0.1 miles to where a lessor road forks to the north at 90 degree
turn of LC 101 to the west (If you reach some oil wells you missed the turn on the lessor road).  Continue north
of the lessor road for 0.4 miles to where it forks (this road is shown on the quad sheet).  This is the best place
to park with plenty of room to turn around.  Follow the left fork of the road west to reach the two western most
highpoints.  I used a mountian bike from this point.  The first of the two highpoints is about 0.4 miles west of
the fork on the road with about 700 foot bushwhack to the summit of the highpoint south of road.  There were
lots of thorny bushes and dead falls with a gain of about 50' in elevation.  The next highpoint with the Spot Elevation
of 402' is reached by continuing west on the road about 0.15 miles to a gate. The woods are more open than that
of the last highpoint with a walk of about 500 feet north of the gate and road with a gain of about 70' in elevation.
There were quite a few rocks on the surface, which is unusual for the Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas, which appeared
to be of sandstone nature along with some neat conglomorates intermixed.

The northern most area is reached by returning to the fork and your vehicle and this time taking the right fork (north).
Follow the track to the north for about 0.3 miles to a gate marking the boundary between the PC Hunting Club and the Poor
Boys Hunting Club. The phone number for the Poor Boys Hunting Club is (870)-653-4834.  Follow the road for about 0.3 miles
to a large clearing/gravel pit, continue west across the clearing to where the road remerges. Follow the road north past
several deer stands until it goes up a hill and comes to another gate, about 0.4 miles, this is the highpoint. Walk along
the sides of the road and watch out for the fire ants to claim this one.

To reach the forth and final area return to LC 5 and go west toward Boyd Hill.  Go 2.1 miles west then south on LC to a
rough trail to a gravel pit on the east side of the road.  If you have a 4wd you can take the trail about 0.1 more miles
to the east, if not park along the road. (note this area is just south of a newly formed lake with a dirt road on its
dam).  This was the toughest bushwhack of the 4 highpoint areas.  It is about 1/2 mile to the summit from the gravel pit
up and down two hills, through some thick brush (crawling maybe necessary) to the highpoint area.  A GPS came in real handy
in reaching this dandy of a bushwhack.  The highpoint area is pretty broad with no defined highest area so, more bushwhacking
is required on the summit.

You can reach Hwy 82 by continuing south on LC 5 for 5.1 miles.

It is impossible to tell which of the areas is highest, one has a Spot Elevation of 402', but the last one has the largest
400' contour, so hit all four to claim this devil of a county.
 
 

Lee County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area on Crowleys Ridge
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 2/3/2002
Quad: LaGrange
Elevation 390'+
 

Lee County's highpoint is located on Crowleys Ridge in the southern part of the county
near the town of LaGrange.  To reach the highpoint from the intersection of Arkansas
State Highways 1 and 121, go east on Highway 121 for two miles to the town of LaGrange.
The pavement ends at a 4-way stop in LaGrange, continue east on a gravel road Lee County
Road 233.  Lee County Road 217 intersects County Road 233, 2.2 miles east of LaGrange.
Turn north on County Road 233, continue on for 1.5 miles to a gated forest service road.
The lat lon of this forest road is 34.65593, -90.69035.  The trail number posted on the gate
is Trail 97010A. From this point it is about 1.3 miles to the highpoint.  The old road follows
along the ridge top to the southeast then to the south.  There are several branches that fork from the
road, stay to the left at every option. About 0.25 mile north of the highpoint the road leaves
the forest service property, there are no postings. The lat lon of the forest service property is
34.64893,-90.68109.  The road continues to a cleared area that has an old saw mill and is signed
'Saw Mill Rode'.  The highpoint is just west of the saw mill about 200 feet.  I identifed one spot
by hand leveling just above a road cut the lat lon of this location is 34.64231,-90.67987.

Another option is accessed by continuing on County Road 233 from County Road 217 for about 0.25 mile
to where the road turns due south.  There is an unimproved road that goes east from this corner, it is
posted.  This road accesses a hunting club that owns the highpoint area, permission could possibly be
granted from the hunting club clubhouse if someone is there.  If that is the case the
highpoint is pretty much a drive up.

This highpoint is probably best done in the spring or summer to avoid the hunting seasons.
Photos

Lincoln County, Arkansas
Unnamed Points
Ascent: 5/31/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Star City
Elevations: 410'+
 

Lincoln County has three areas of elevation 410 feet plus.  The first location is in the
yard of a one story red brick house just north of the Highway 425 and Highway 54 intersection.
I knocked at the door but no one answered, so I walked around in the large yard area south
of the house.  A fire tower is indicated on the Quad sheet, but I could not even find any
traces of it.  The highest point of this area is near a Magnolia tree close to Highway 425.

The second area is located just across Highway 425 to the west in a cow pasture.  The easiest
access is to drive to the first road (unnamed) that goes west, south of the second highpoint area
and park in a gravel pullout on the south side of the road.  The high area is about 500' north
of this location.  There is a fence, but it is not posted.  The high point area is not distinct
so walking around on top of the high area is necessary.

The third area is reached by going 2.8 miles south of the Highway 425 / 54 intersection to County
Road 90 to the east.  Follow County Rd 90 (dirt/gravel) for 0.7 miles till reaching a trailer with
the address HC64 Box 101, the trailer is brown and it has no dogs.  I knocked at the door, but
no one answered.  The was quite a bit of stuff in the backyard (the area near the highpoint), so
I didn't feel real good about walking among the stuff to reach the highpoint without premission.
So I got back in my truck and drove a little further south down Co Rd 90 till I saw a drive branching
to the west, just south of the highpoint.  I went up this drive until I came to two trailers, the
first one didn't look occupied, so I knocked on the second one.  A gentleman came to the door and I
explained what I was doing and he allowed me access to the power line cut to the north of his trailer.
I walked this power line cut and reached the highpoint area, it was located just beyond the junk from
the first trailer, near an old satellite dish.  I tromped around in the grass and into the edge of a
pine thicket until I was satisfied.
Photos

Little River County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 11/12/01
Quad Sheet:  Arkinda AR/OK
Elevation 480'+

To date these are two of the worst highpoint areas I have visted in Arkansas
If my first line hasn't detered you here is how you reach them.

From the intersection of Highways 41 and 234 drive south on Highway 41 for 2.1 miles to Little River Co. Rd 55.
Drive east then south on LR Co Rd 55 for 3.8 miles at this point a faint road trace enters the woods on the west
side of the road (POSTED).  Here is where you need a GPS to reach the highpoint.  The highpoint area is located 0.38 NNW
of the road through lots of brush, vines, and dense thickets of young pines.  The highpoint is impossible to
determine, so crash around through the brush and call it done.  The second area is reached by continuing south
on LR Co Rd 55 for 0.6 miles to a timber road that goes east at a 90 degree turn on Co Rd 55.  Continue on this
road for 0.6 miles to a timber road that goes east, turn on this road and continue 1 mile to an intersection with
another timber road (you would have ended up at this point if you went south instead of east at the last intersection)
turn north onto this road a drive 0.4 miles to another intersection, turn east and drive 0.4 miles to a crest and
a cleared area and park.  The highpoint is located south of the road 0.2 miles in a wooded area (a lot easier access
than the first area).  I passed an entire cow skeleton on the way to this highpoint, some rancher must have dumped it
here.  There were several 'humps' near the highpoint area, these all appeared unnatural.
I left a highpoint register at the base of cedar tree on the highpoint area.  The register is a PVC pipe labled as
the highpoint register, I may be the only person to ever sign this one.
Photos

Lonoke County, Arkansas
One Long area on Wilson Hill
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/17/01
Quad Sheet: Mountain Springs
Elevation 560+

To reach Lonoke County's highpoint go north on US 67/167 from Little Rock to the Hwy 5 Exit and go west on
Hwy 5, the Hwy turns to the north and follows the Pulaski / Lonoke County Line. It is 5.4 miles from the
west side of US 67/167 to the West Mountain Springs Road, you will pass a sign for the Greystone Community
on the east side of the road along with a golf course 0.6 miles before you reach W Mtn Springs Road.  At the
West Mountain Springs Road intersection there is the Mountain Springs Baptist Church.  Go west on West
Mountain Springs Road (paved) for 1.1 miles to the intersection with Longbotham Road, turn south on Longbotham
Road and continue, the pavement ends 0.2 miles from the West Mountain Springs Road intersection.  Continue
following the gravel portion of Longbotham Road for 1.3 miles.  At this point you are due north of the highpoint
area. The DD of this point is 35.02804N 92.110461W.  This access point is right across the road from a railroad
tie used as a fence post with a 'NO HUNTING' sign.  The access area is a narrow strip of land on the south
side of the road that is not fenced and is not posted but the land on either side of this strip is posted.
Park your vehicle along the road an enter the woods here.  The ridge top is 0.31 miles to the south.  Shortly
after entering the woods you will cross a small creek/ditch in pretty dense vegetation, continue south along
the fence line.  As you climb the hill the vegetation becomes less dense. Once you reach the ridge top
go to the location of 35.02338N 92.11486W, this is the western edge of the high area indicated by the DEM.
This area was shown to have an elevation of 575'.  If you don't have a GPS it is located just west of the 'W'
in Wilson Hill on the Quad Sheet.  Head east along the ridge top making sure that you step on all of the
rocks that seem highest in that area as you travel.  The entire ridge top has rocks scattered about it so it
is hard to determine the highest area in the 0.29 miles between the  eastern and western terminous'of the
high area. The ridge top is covered in a scrub oak-hickory forest with some clear grassy areas.
Continue East for 0.29 miles to you reach a fence line, this is the eastern end of high area, its
DD is 35.02346N and 92.11042W.  Return the same way you came, and watch out for ticks and snakes in season.
Jeff Runder had given me the information on the access point from an ascent of two weeks earlier.
Photos

Madison County, Arkansas
Four Areas Listed
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/05/01
Quad Sheets: Boston and Pettigrew
Elevations 2480'+

I used the Digital Elevation Model (DEM) to help determine the highpoint of Madison County.
From the DEM I was able to confirm the points in sections 28 and 33 on the Pettigrew Quad Sheet
to have a max elevation of 2515' which matches the spot elevation listed for that Knob. On
the Boston Quad Sheet I used the DEM also to determine the elevations, the spot elevation of 2514' was
confirmed. A higher area north of Hwy 16 was also found using the DEM showing it to be approximately
2520' actually a little more when you convert from meters.  The highpoint was indicated to be about
1000' feet north of Hwy 16 right at the Newton/Madison County line.  The area is posted, but there
where no houses near by. The area is pretty none descript with the highpoint area being pretty broad
with no definite point, so tramping around in the poison ivy is necessary. I also went to the area south
of the road, it seems lower than the area north of the road but I was unable to visually determine it.
This is another case where I feel confident in using the DEM because of it's ability to confirm the
spot elevations. The DD of the highpoint is 35.81921N 93.51778W
Photos

Marion County, Arkansas
3 Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  8/15/01
Quad Sheets:  Zinc and Pyatt
Elevation:  1340'+
 

Marion County's highpoints are located in the west-central part of the county.  The following directions
are from Dodd City, there are several other routes to the highpoint areas.   From the junction of US Hwy 62 and
State Hwy 125, go north on Hwy 125 for 6.5 miles to Dodd City  and go west (left) on Marion County Road 3021
and continue southwest, after 1.9 miles the pavement ends and the road becomes gravel.  The road continues southwest
and then turns west, there are alot of side roads that intersect MC 3021.  A communications tower is visible along this
road to the west, this is the highpoint destination.  Four miles from where the pavement ended a road intersects from
the south and is signed Sunview Ln.  The sign seems to represent a county road but there is a gate that is locked.
There is a trailer  a couple hundred feet past the gate along the road.  The fore mentioned communications tower is
located across the lane from the trailer. I wasn't keen on the idea of crossing the fence by the locked gate to walk up to the trailer,
but I saw a couple of men working at the base of the tower, so I got their attention and they motioned me inside.
I explained what I was doing, and they told me that owners of the property lived in the trailer across the lane.  I surely would have
not knocked on this trailer door if those guys hadn't been nearby.  I climbed the rickety set of stairs to the door and knocked, no answer.
On the door I saw what appeared to be religious stickers (ie a cross, man praying, angels), I thought to myself this is either a good sign or
a really bad one (should I be praying I don't get shot?).  Anyway, no one answered after several knocks so I wandered around toward the
base of the old Tar Kiln Lookout tower.  I found the the old concrete bases to the tower, and the highest area seemed to in this location.
I walked back toward the lane to continue on to the second area.  After passing the communications tower the lane went across a cattle guard
and  through a fence.  Shortly past the fence the a road leaves to the east.  A short walk down the road past a stinking pond (Martin's Pond)
reached the next highpoint along the road in a cleared area.    Returning to my vehicle I noticed the friendly dog that Andy mentioned along
with a tame deer wandering through the heaps of junk and under clothes lines.   This is a stereotypical Ozark setting.

The third area is located 1.7 miles west along MC 3021.  The highpoint area is north of the road , west past the gravel drive for 7897 MC 3021 (Valley View Acres)  The area is relatively flat with no real distinct HP area.  I was able to find Andy's cairn and register (no wasps in this one).  This is probably the highest of the
three areas, since it had a spot elevation of 1345' whereas the Tar Kiln LT was 1341'  and the second HP was very small with not much elevation change from the edge of the 1340'  contour.

Note:  None of the areas were posted
Photos

Miller County, Arkansas
1 Unnamed Area
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent: 08/19/02
Quad Sheet:  Mandeville
Elevation: 510'+

I had a little trouble finding the best route to this highpoint.  The highpoint is near the
center of the section with roads around the perimeter of the section.  I drove from the intersection
of US Hwy 82 and Arkansas State Hwy 237 (Rondo Road), south on Rondo Road to a four-way stop at
Tennessee Rd.  I turned east on Tennesse Rd and drove 0.6 miles to Snell Road intersection from
the south.  There was a dirt pullout on the north side of Tennessee Road north-east of the Snell
road intersection. There was a locked gate to a pasture on the north side of Tennesse Road with
a dirt track leading to the wooded highpoint area.  I could see a house on the highpoint area from the
road but I did not know how it was accessed so I walked across the pasture and up to the house, It was
about 0.35 miles north of Tennessee Rd.  I walked up to the front door and rang the bell, I was a little nervous
as always, a lady answered the door (I can't remember her name) and was hesitant at first, (I would be to, If some strange per
person walked up and rang my door bell) but friendly.  She gave me permission to walk around the house to reach the highpoint.
The newly built house sat directly on the highest contour.  It was unable to pinpoint the highest point, a lot
of dirt had been moved around in the construction of the house.  There were some really nice views to the
north from the house.  Just as I was leaving the husband of the lady that I just met drove up, I explained
what I was doing and he told me of and old graveyard just west of the house that I might want to check out, so I did.
It was pretty neat, I was unable to read any of the head stones due to all the vines, but the gentleman that had
directed me there said that a lady born in 1776 was buried there. (Interesting side note to the Miller County, Highpoint).
I was never clear on how to reach by vehicle, but I think it is a gate on Rondo Rd with the mail box addresses of
410 and 420 Rondo Rd.
 

Monroe County, Arkansas
7 Unnamed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 5/16/02
Quad Sheets: Roe and Brinkley
Elevation: 220'+
 

Starting with section 36-1N-4W, I will call this area one. To reach this highpoint go north on Highway 49 for about 1/2 mile to Gilda Ln going to the west. Turn onto Gilda Lane and  proceed through an unposted gate with a sign for Henry's Clubhouse for  about 0.15 miles to a small pullout. Go northeast from this pullout up a small ridge to the highpoint area. The highpoint area  had been plowed under and was not planted. The area stretches southeast to northwest terminating  near a few sheds on the northwest end. The highest area was  impossible to determine so I walked around  the plowed ground until I was satisfied. I tried to hand level but,  there was just not enough relief.

The next two areas are reached by returning to the Highway 49 and Highway 33 intersection. These areas are on the east side of the northwest quarter of section 35-1N-4W.  From the Highway 33 and 49 intersection, go west on Highway 33 0.4 miles to Porter Ln and a sign for Porter Seed Cleaning. I drove up the drive to several large barns and buildings with trucks around and got out and was greeted by two friendly dogs.  I called out to see if any one was there, but no one responded. I then  continued down the drive to a ranch style house, no one was there either, the total distance from Highway 33 to this house is about  0.3 miles. The drive forks at the house and I took the northern (right) one of the two and proceeded through an unposted gate. The drive continues north and dips down into a small ravine crossing a concreted ford 0.2 miles north of the house, the drive continues another 0.2 miles to the edge of a rice field, with a lessor drive going to the west toward the highpoints. I parked at this point and got my mountain bike out and rode down the lessor drive to the west for about 0.2 miles to the end of the drive at a fence. Beyond the fence was a plowed under field that contained the highpoints. The southern most of the two highpoints is about 0.1 miles from the fence line and is marked with a white PVC pipe sticking up next to a well head. The northern of the two highpoints is also marked in the same manner and is about 0.2 miles north of the southern highpoint area just across a small pond. The area around the two well heads seems to be undisturbed by plowing due to the presence of the well heads.

To reach the final two areas in section 35, return to Highway 33 and continue west 1.1 miles to a gravel  road going north just across Highway 33 from a road signed Propeller Rd. Go north on this road 0.7 miles then park along the road and walk about 0.1 miles to the east to a pump house structure on the highpoint
of the southern most of these contours. The ground around the pump house was higher, due to not being plowed. The northern most of these two areas is about 0.2 miles further north on the road and also crosses the road. The highpoint area stretches from a barn like structure in a semi-wooded area on the south end to field on the north end. The highest area seemed to be between the ditch and the plowed portion of the field. I hand leveled back toward the pump
house, but with no clear difference between the two.

The final area on the Roe Quad is reached by returning to Highway 33 and going west and then north 3 miles to the Monroe/Prairie County Line. The highpoint area is south and east of intersection of Bock Rd and Highway 33. The entire area is about the same elevation so I walked around a bit before
calling it done.

The seventh and final area is reached by driving to Brinkley, which is about 30 miles from these southern Monroe County highpoints. If you take Highway 33 north to I-40 you will go through DeValls Bluff, be sure to stop in Craig's BBQ if you have the time, it is just west of where Highway 33 and Highway 70 intersect.  It is a hole in the wall place, but the food is great.

The seventh area is reached by driving north on Highway 49 from I-40 in Brinkley about 4.3 miles to West Freeman Rd. Turn west onto West Freeman Rd and go 0.5 miles to a gate with postings. The gate was open so I drove on to the highpoint which is 0.6 miles past the gate. The highpoint of this area was also near a well head in a dry rice field. There looked to be a trailer at the end of this drive but I did not get close enough to tell if it was one or just some farm
building. It was getting dark so I bagged the last point to claim Monroe County and departed the area with out making contact with anyone.
 

Montgomery County, Arkansas
Slatington Bench Mark
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  11/12/01
Quad Sheet: Big Fork
Elevation 2209'
 

Jobe's Description to this highpoint is accurate, my odometer readings matched his to the tenth.

Only a few things to add

I have placed a PVC pipe register on the highpoint in a rock cairn near the highpoint.

There are some awesome views from the top looking down on the Little Missouri River.

A good place to camp in the area is the Albert Pike campgroud just to the south of highpoint.
Photos

Nevada County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
Ascent 6/20/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheets: Laneburg and Emmett
Elevation 520'+
 

To reach the highpoint areas of Nevada County drive south of Prescott to
the junction of Highway 53 and Highway 73.  Continue south on Highway 53
for 2.1 miles to a gravel road on the west (right).  While driving south
on Highway 53 the communication tower on the highpoint area is visible to
the southwest. Drive west on the gravel road for 0.1 miles to a "Y", take the
road on the north (right), follow the road for 0.3 miles to the summit area.

There are two areas shown on the quad sheets the first area is located
in the curve of the road on the summit.  The area has recently been logged,
so there are views from the northeast to the southwest.  The second area is
located down the road to east past a rusty locked gate by the communications
tower.  The highest point of this second area is by a large oak tree just
east of the tower site. From a visual inspection, the first area seems
to be higher than the second area, but I can't be for sure.
Photos

Newton County, Arkansas
Five Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/05/01
Quad Sheets: Fallsville and Boston
Elevations 2560'+

Newton County's highpoint is the highest point in the Ozark Plateau Region.  To reach the highpoints
drive west to Red Star on State Highway 16 from Fallsville the first gravel road on the north side of
the road is the one to turn on. Follow this road for one mile to an intersection and turn east following
the road for two miles past and old church on the southside of road (Robert's Chapel) to a forest road
that forks to the southeast follow this road for 0.5 miles to a road that goes east.  Turn on this road and
it will take you to the summit area around the fire tower.  The fire tower is still standing, but the bottom
two flights of stairs are gone.  It would be a great view from the top of the tower.  The area near the
fire tower along with an area to be discussed later were close in elvation using the DEM, they were only
one meter in difference.  The highpoint area is near the tower but the ground was possible disturbed so
I walked around the entire summit area to ensure that I reached the highpoint.  There was an area above
2560'+  about 1/4 mile to the south of the tower area.  I bushwhacked to this area hoping I could
see the tower area, but the vegetation was too thick. Just from walking down from the tower area and
back up to this area the tower area seemed higher, but I could not visually confirm it.  To reach the
other highpoints return to Red Star and drive Highway 16 6.7 miles to a dirt road to the north of
Highway 16 there is a small pull off area on this road just off of the highway. The highpoint is due east of this location
about 1/4 mile.  The first thousand feet are through a wooded area that ends at a fence line that is not posted the highpoint
is visible from here.  The highpoint is located in a large cow pasture and is very large in area so a lot of walking around is
necessary.  This is the area that showed up as the highest area on the DEM.  There is an additional area located to the north
and east of this area that is visibly lower.  The 2560'+ contour at Yates is reached by driving about 1 mile south on
Highway 16 and pulling of the road and walking about 1000 feet to the area at the edge of a pasture. If using the DEM
as the offical determiner of the Highest points and being conservative in using it, one should only visit the Buffalo Fire Tower
area and the area located in the large cow pasture north of Highway 16.
Photos

Ouachita County, Arkansas
Bench Mark Chidester
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent: 11/11/01
Quad Sheet: Chidester
Elevation 405'
 

To reach the highpoint drive about 1 mile south of Chidester on State Hwy 57 to the first
gravel road on the right (west), park near the intersection.  The highpoint is 0.25 NNW of the
intersection.  The highpoint is located in an area that has been recently been selectively logged
leaving scattered trees.  The highpoint area was rather large with really no 'higher point' so I
walked around until I was satisfied.  I searched for the Bench Mark, but I was unable to find it,
it might have been destroyed during the logging. The bush whack to the summit was through lots of
beggar's lice and blackberry bushes, I was covered in beggar's lice when I returned to my truck and
spent about 20 minutes picking them off.

I orginally thought the area I entered into the woods was not posted when I arrived, but noticed some
faint purple paint when I returned to my truck.  I did not encounter anyone while I was there and it
was during opening weekend for the deer gun season in Arkansas, the prime time to see other people in
the woods.
Photos

Perry County, Arkansas
Deckard Mountain
Ascent 3/24/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Nimrod
 

Deckard Mountain is the highest point in Perry County at 1812 feet.  The mountain is located in the southwest portion of the
county in Deckard Mountain Walk-In Turkey Hunting Area.  Deckard Mountain is reach by going seven miles south of Hollis, then
go west on National Forest Road (NFR) 11 for two miles. Park in the area on NFR 771 just northwest of its intersection with
NFR 11.  The NFR 771 is now closed to vehicles, but is open to horse, foot, and mountain bike traffic.  Follow NFR 771 for about
1.25 miles until it reaches the base of Deckard Mountian, then bushwhack in a northerly direction to the summit for about 0.4 miles.
The Forest Service was been doing burns in the area, so much of the underbrush is gone.  On the top of the mountian there is a rock
cairn indicating the summit.  There are views t the southeast and southwest of Smith Pinnacle and Ouachita Pinnacle, respectively.
This is a really nice hike, just make sure it is done outside of turkey seasons.
Photos

Phillips County, Arkansas
Unnamed Area on Crowleys Ridge
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 2/3/2002
Quad: Helena
Elevation 410'+

Fred Dale's description was very helpful in accessing this highpoint.

I have a few notes to add.

When driving north of town the route described by Fred is marked with the
Great River Road Signs.

The Dixon Cemetery is posted.

The route described by Fred from the cemetery is probably the best way to
access the highpoint.

I did not try the access from the Crowleys Ridge Parkway.

The highpoint area has been cleared and planted with clover with several deer
stands near the clearing.  The highest area is near a 50 gallon yellow drum that
had been cut in half and placed around a young tree.  I placed a white PVC register
by a large stump about four feet northeast of the yellow drum. There is an unnatural
pile of dirt south of the highpoint that is higher than the natural highpoint, it is probably
the top soil that was scraped off of the clearing.  The Mississippi River is visible to the east
from this highpoint during leaf off.

While I was at the highpoint I heard several dogs barking and running through the woods, as I turned
around to see what was going on, a large deer jumped across the clearing.  I happened to be taking pictures
of the highpoint area at the time, and snaped one just as the deer crossed in front of me.
Photos

Pike County, Arkansas
Hog Pen Mountain
Ascent: 12/24/01
By: Hans Haustein
Quad Sheet: Langley
Elevation 1780'+
 

To reach the Pike County Highpoint go north from Langley, AR on Hwy 369 at the juction of Hwy 84 and Hwy 369.
The Forest Rd that goes east toward the highpoint is 2.1 miles north of Langley and just south of the Ouachita
National Forest Sign and just north of Blocker Creek.  Follow National Forest Road 10185 to the east for
2 miles to a Forest Road that intersects from the south, the lat lon for this intersection is 34.33635,-93.81933;
park here.  There is currently quite a bit of logging in the area, so be on the look out for fast moving log trucks.
Across from the road to the south is an old road that heads north toward Hog Pen Mountain.  The summit is 0.66 miles
straight line distance from the road intersection.  The old road heads up the southwest side of the mountain and does
several switch backs.  The old road fades out near some old mines on the side of the mountain.  There are several steep
drops into some of these open mines, so be on the lookout.  From the mines it is a steep bushwhack up the mountain to an
obvious highpoint area.  There are great views to the south and west from some of the open glade areas toward the summit.
The summit itself is tree covered with views during leaf off. The Lat Lon of the summit is 34.34446,-93.81363.

I built a rock cairn and left a capped white PVC highpoint register at the summit.

I was unable to locate the benchmark HOG when I was there.

All of the access described to this highpoint is on National Forest Land
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Poinsett County, Arkansas
7 Unnamed Listed Areas
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 2/10/02
Quad Sheets: Cherry Valley East and Harrisburg
Elevation: 450'+

Poinsett County's Highpoints are located south of Harrisburg on Crowleys Ridge.
To reach the highpoints from the junction of State Highways 14 and 1 in Harrisburg,
drive south on Highway 1 for 4.1 miles.  There are large piles of sand and gravel on
the east side of Highway 1, this will mark where Farm Hill Rd intersects Highway 1.
Turn east on Farm Hill Road, go across the railroad tracks and past the sand and gravels
piles and then up Crowleys Ridge. It is 0.8 miles from Highway 1 to the Farm Hill Church
and Cemetery, also Old Military Road intersects from the northeast near this point.
South of Old Military Rd 0.6 six miles is the first of the highpoint areas on the east side
of the road.  This highpoint area is located in Kudzoo across the road from a large gravel
pit.  There are two other areas show on the Quad Sheet north and east of this point, they
no longer exist, they have been reduced to the gravel seen in piles by Highway 1. Benchmark
DEAD is 0.2 miles south on Farm Hill Rd from the first area.  There were two discs set in
concrete about forty feet apart, I was unable to tell which was the actual BM, they both
had DEAD imprinted on the disc.  The most northern of the two was the highest and seemed
to fit the placement on the Quad Sheet.  The one disc further south is near a large propane
tank and near a drive to a trailer.  Across Farm Hill Road from the discs is the entrance to
the RazorRock Materials Company (address 18595 Farm Hill Rd), this company owns most of the
land on either side of Farm Hill Rd. Visible in the distance to the east are some very large
gravel piles, much higher than the natural highpoint areas. The final three highpoint areas
are located about 0.2 miles south of BM DEAD.  From the entrance drive to the water tower the
next two highpoint areas are located east of the water tower along the road cut.  The area
east of Farm Hill Rd is higher than the area west of Farm Hill Rd by the water tower, this was
confirmed by hand leveling.  The east highpoint area is near a fence line of house's backyard, it appears
to be in the right-of-way of Farm Hill Rd.  The final highpoint area is located south of the
water tower drive in a field of briars and sage grass, it is posted.  This area hand leveled
the same as the area east of Farm Hill Rd.  So of the orginal seven highpoints listed only four
need to be visted.  The Lat Lon of the highest BM DEAD is 35.4952 90.70818.
 

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Pope County, Arkansas
Unnamed Location
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 4/21/01
Quad Sheets: Sand Gap And Fort Douglas
Elevation 2200' +
 

Pope County is one of my favorite counties in the state, only being behind Newton in beauty, I think.  State Highway 7 which
traverses the county is beautiful in any season.  The trip to Pope County Began early on the morning of 4/21/01, leaving
North Little Rock at 5:30 AM.  There is lots of road construction on I-40 so it is best to avoid the traffic. To reach the first
areas of 2200' follow Highway 7 North from Russellville to the Junction of 16 and 123 at Sand Gap AKA Pelsor, then go east on 16
0.6 miles to the first gravel road on the south side of 16, then head southwest up the hill then when the road turns due south
again, this is the first area above 2200'+ about 0.3 miles from Highway 16 the other area is about another 1000 feet south of this
location (near a radio tower). Both areas are very close in elevation as one can see one from the other.  The spot elevation at the
second area by the radio tower is 2201' and the whole area contained by 2200' contour is very close in elevation, so each of these
areas are no more than 2201 to 2203 feet in my estimation.

The next area is reached by returning to the Highway 16, 7, and 123 intersection.  (BTW if the store is open in Pelsor, stop in and
have a look around, this is a Ozark Classic!) Head west on Highway 123 for four miles till you reach a dirt/gravel road on the
north side of Highway 123.  There are two choices here, continue on Highway 123 until you see the Hurricane Creek Wilderness Sign (about 1/4
mile further down Highway 123) and park along the highway, or you can turn north on the dirt road and follow it up a steep hill to a
white house.  I parked at the white house and asked the owner (didn't ask his name) for access across his land to the wilderness area.  My
GPS reading showed the summit to be about 1/2 mile from the house. After a short walk across his property, I entered the wilderness area, and
the poison ivy began!!! About 2/3 of the hike onthe east side of the knob was through knee deep poison ivy.  I headed in a northwesterly direction
toward the highpoint, crossing and then following an old road toward the summit.  The highpoint area is relatively clear, but with no view. The
actual highpoint is located under two Dogwood trees.  I am going to propose to the USGS to name this Dogwood Knob.

The spot elevation on the Fort Douglas for this area is 2205', again much like the highpoint areas on the Sand Gap Quad, the 2200 foot contour area
has a very gentle rise so the 2205' elevation is probably over a 400 square foot area if not more.  With that said, I feel confident
in saying that the unnamed 2205' area is the highpoint of Pope County.
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Pulaski County, Arkansas
Shinall Mountain
By:  Hans Haustein
Date: 2/14/02
Quad: Pinnacle Mountain
Elevation: 1060'+
 

Shinall Mountain has a new access to the summit.  The old route is no longer available.
To reach Shinall Mountain from I-430 in west Little Rock, take the Highway 10 west exit.
From the west side of I-430 it is 5.9 miles west to Chenal Parkway on Highway 10.  Turn south
(left) onto Chenal Parkway, and continue 2.1 miles just past a crest of a ridge and turn west (right)
onto a new road, yet unnamed.  This new road looks like it will accessing a new pricey residential area.
Going west 0.4 miles on the new road to a road that intersects from the north, this is where old route
intersects the new route.  Turn north (right) onto Gordon Road (unsigned) and travel 0.8 miles passing Bear Den
Mountain on the east (right) to where the road comes to a 'T' at a ridge crest directly under some high voltage
power lines.  (Note on Bear Den Mountain, it is popular with area rock climbers and affords some great views from
its open rocky top.)  At the 'T' turn west (left) and continue uphill.  From the 'T' it is 0.7 miles to the
summit of Shinall Mountain.  There is a small turnout to a littered (household dumping) area between to large towers.
I have built a rock cairn just north of the actual highpoint area and placed a highpoint register there.  There are no
views from the actual highpoint, but continuing west on the road past the towers it ends with some great views to the west.
If you have time in the area be sure to visit Pinnacle Mountain State Park and climb to the summit of Pinnacle Mountain
for some great views of Lake Maumelle, the Arkansas River, Shinall Mountain, and Downtown Little Rock.
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Randolph County, Arkansas
Unnamed Location
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent: 05/29/01
Quad Sheet: Wirth AR/MO
Elevation: Spot 922'
 

Leaving from the Sharp County highpoint, drive north on Tick Ridge Rd for 0.5 miles to the intersection with
Oregon MO County Road 288, this is the State Line.  Go east on Oregon Co Rd 288 for 0.2 miles, this is the intersection with
Oregon Co Rd 257, stay on Co Rd 288.  There is a white house on the south side of the road 0.6 miles from the
Co Rd 257 interection.  The road begins to go downhill with a muddy area at the bottom, it wasn't too bad, but it
hadn't rained in a while either.  A locked gate is reached 0.3 miles from the white house.  

I followed the gravel road in past the gate and found the hunting shack Andy Martin mentioned in his trip report, but I did not
find the coke can register. I walked around the area looking for rocks that could be the highpoint, I think I found
the one.  This rock was higher than any other area that I could see, and it stood about 2 feet above the ground.
The rock was about 75 feet west of the hunting shack.
The Lat/Lon for this rock is 36.49590N 91.40335W
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Saline County, Arkansas
North Slope of Smith Pinnacle
Ascent 3/24/01
By:  Hans Haustein
Quad: Nimrod SE

Saline County's highpoint is located in the west-southwest area of Saline County, right on the Garland County Line.  To reach the highpoint
go about seven miles south of Hollis on State Highway Seven and head east on National Forest Road (NFR) 132 for about three miles
to NFR 963.  Go southeast on NFR 963 until it intersects with NFR 964.  Follow NFR 964 south for about 1.5 miles until it becomes NFR 762
and heads east.  NFR 762 soon ends at a turn around, it is still about 1 mile to Smith Pinnacle, but there is a fire break that is passible by
a small 4WD vehicle (In my case a Bronco II).  If you decide to walk or drive, follow the fire break east to the USGS survey marker on Smith
Pinnacle (located in Garland County). Once at the survey marker head north-northeast for about 250 feet, there is no exact way to determine
where the highpoint is located, unless you are using survey grade GPS equipment.  I spent the better part of 45 minutes moving about the area making
sure that at some point I reached the highpoint.  I placed a symbolic rock carn where I thought the highpoint could be located.  I used my hand held
Garmin GPS receiver to get me in the general vicinity from the coordinates that I derived from the USGS Quad Sheet.  This was my first virgin county.
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Scott and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas
Poteau Mountain
By: Hans Haustein
Ascent 05/04/01
Quad Sheet:  Cauthorn and Bates
Elevation 2660' +

The Scott/Sebastian highpoint is located on the ridge that divides the two counties.
The highpoint is reached by driving to Hartford in Sebastian County and taking State Highway 96
west through town until reaching West Hartford Road (paved) on the south side of Hwy 96, turn on
this road.  Follow West Hartford road for 2.6 miles then turn south on Poteau Mtn Road (paved),
this road continues for 2.8 miles before it crosses a bridge and becomes gravel.  Follow the road up the
mountain for 2.4 miles to the ridge top, the road forks east and west. Take the east fork of the road
through an open gate, this were the road begins to get rough there are lots of ruts and looks like it
could get slick after a rain also there was a lot of sand in places (a vehicle tends to slide when braking
hard in sand).  Follow this road for a bone jarring 4.7 miles until it reaches a road that turns north.
Turn north on this road and follow it for 0.5 miles, this is the last bit to the summit, also the county
line follows this road to the top for part of the way.  The summit area has several towers around it, but has
no views.  The highpoint seemed to be near the gate to the microwave tower (could be unnatural). It is best
to walk around the entire area to make sure, since you can't be positive where the county line lays. The
natural highpoint possibly lays with the grassy area of the turn around.
It is a long trip to the top, but worth the double highpoint.
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Searcy County,  Arkansas
2 Areas on Horn Mountain
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  8/15/01
Quad Sheet:  Eula
Elevation: BM 2203

Searcy County's highpoints are located on Horn Mountain on the west central edge of the county.
To reach the highpoint drive to Mt. Judea in Newton County (pronounced Mount  Judy) to the intersection of  State Hwy 123 and State Hwy 74.
Continue east on Hwy 74 to the community of Bass (5.4 miles from Mt Judea).  Stay right at the T-intersection and continue 1.1 miles to the end
of the pavement, the road continues 0.7 miles to the next intersection, turn left and cross a low water bridge.  The road continues another mile
to the next intersection stay to the right.  The road crosses into the Ozark National Forest and is labeled National Forest Road (NFR) 1200.
Continue uphill on NFR 1200 for 3.3 miles to the intersection of NFR 1205,  along this section of NFR 1200 Horn Mountain is viewable to the east.
Turn left on NFR 1205, and continue east for 1.6 miles to the intersection with NFR 1211 on the north side of the road.
NFR 1211 is narrow and rough in places it is driveable with a vehicle with high clearance, it is really well
suited for mountian biking.  Drive north on  NFR 1211 for 1 mile and pass a reddish brown cabin on the right, continue on passing , a brown cabin on the right
at 0.6 miles and passing a white cabin another 0.2 miles on the right.  The road continues on for another 2.9 miles to where it abruptly  ends.  The total distance
from NFR 1205 is 4.7 miles.   A jeep trail continues on from this point, it is drivable with 4WD. Continue along the jeep trail for about 0.4 miles passing a
sign for the Gene Rush WMA, there are a couple of roads branching off at this point stay on the road on the ridge top.  Continue along the
road for about 1/3 of mile.  At this point begin to look for purple or blue ribbons on the right (I am color blind) in the trees and follow them to the summit.
The ribbons identify the BM for Horn Mountain.  It is tough to tell where the highest rock is located without a hand level.
There had been a recent burn on the summit so alot of the underbrush is gone.  I built a rock cairn on a rock that I surmised to be the highest and
placed an opaque film cannister with a register inside the cairn.  There may be some views during leaf off.  This is the first area.

The second area is located about 3/4 mile northeast of this point along the fore mentioned road.
The road continues along the ridge top passing a few low muddy areas.  The highpoint area is located
on a narrow ridge which comes to a pretty defined highpoint.  On the Quad Sheet this area is shown to
be very small.  I built a rock cairn between two small trees.  It is tough to tell which of the two areas is
highest.  I feel the first area is higher than this second area, but it is impossible to tell with out surveying
the area with a high quality GPS.  Overall the hike and driving trip to the Searcy County Highpoint is
very enjoyable, as compared with many of the other Arkansas Highpoints.
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Sevier County, Arkansas
Two Unnamed Areas
By:  Hans Haustein
Ascent:  11/12/01
Quad Sheet: DeQueen NW AR/OK
Elevation 880'+

These highpoints are in a pretty out of the way place.

To reached these highpoints drive 7.5 miles north of the intersection of US Highways 70 and 71 in DeQueen Arkansas to
Bellah Mine Rd to the west.  Follow Bellah Mine Rd (paved) for 4.7 miles to Lake DeQueen, continue another 3.3 miles until
reaching Kellum Rd (gravel).  Drive north on Kellum Rd for 0.5 miles until reaching Mountain Rd.  Turn East onto Mountian Rd
and continue 3.7 miles, the road forks take the right fork (north) and continue 0.9 miles until reaching Deer Rd.  Just north
of the intersection with Deer Rd there is a gate that was locked and the land was posted.  The property is owned by a timber
company and leased to a hunting club.  The highpoints were still about 2 miles from the gate on the road.  I was wary about
walking up the road during deer season, so I drove down Deer Rd to the first house and talked to a lady there. She said her
husband was part of the hunting club that leased the land.  She stopped short of saying it was ok to walk up the road because
she didn't know all of the hunting club members and how they would react to someone on the lease.  Even though I didn't have
100 percent ok on access I went ahead anyhow.

I parked at the junction of Deer Rd and Mountain Rd, put on my orange vest and proceeded north past the gate.
The timber company road heads north past a pond on the left another road intersects to the east just north
of the pond stay to the left (north) the road then heads uphill to a ridge top and turns east.  The highpoints
are about 0.75 miles east of where the road crests the ridge and turns east.  Continue on this road, the first
highpoint is just south of the road with a undefined highpoint.  The second area is just east of this area about 200 feet in
a recent clear cut. This highpoint area seems to be a little higher than the first area.  This area did not have a defined highpoint.
There were some decent views to the north and to the east from the second highpoint area.
I placed a PVC pipe register next to a large oak tree that had not been cut just north of road and highpoint area

I ran into some hunters on 4 wheelers near the second highpoint, but they did not stop and ask any questions.
I guess I had an official appearance wearing my mesh orange vest, holding a GPS, and looking down frequently at
my topo map.  They probably thought I