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  • Mountain Village 1890 - an historic re-creation of an Ozark settlement, is a living tribute to the pioneers who first settled this remote part of the country. These were hardy men and women who followed the trails into our mountains from the Carolinas, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. The village is a Bull Shoals, Arkansas, attraction that draws families, particularly those interested in local or living history, from across the United States. Phone: (870) 445-7177 Toll free: (800) 445-7177

  • Ozark Folk Center - Enjoy traditional American folk culture, crafts, music, and festivals in the Ozark Mountains! Arkansas's Ozark Folk Center State Park is America's only facility that preserves the Ozark heritage and presents it as living history. Tap your toes to traditional American mountain music. See blacksmithing, pottery making and over 18 other pioneer folk art and craft demonstrations. Learn how to play the dulcimer, autoharp, or fiddle. Learn hand quilting or turkey wing broom making, or how to grow a backyard herb garden. Pioneer craft workshops are offered throughout the season at the Ozark Folk Center. 870-269-3871  800-264-3655 for reservations. 

  • Top O' The Ozarks Tower - Proclaimed by many as the "Most Beautiful View in Mid-America", the Top O'The Ozarks Tower is surely a sight to behold. Simply take the elevator up to the top and enjoy a view shared only by birds and airplanes. Top O'The Ozarks Tower is located on top of Bull Mountain in beautiful Bull Shoals, Arkansas. When you get to the top, you're an eye-popping 1250+ feet above sea level. This lets you appreciate the beauty and splendor of the Ozarks in a whole new way. Once you get to the Top O'The Ozarks, you may never want to come down! 870-445-4302

  • Wolf House - The Wolf House is the oldest public structure in Arkansas. Standing high on a bluff overlooking the confluence of the White and North Fork Rivers is an imposing two-story log structure. Most people today view the structure from highway 5 as they pass through the Baxter County town of Norfork. Because of the unchangeable shapes of the mountains and hills, however, the more historic and impressionable view of the structure is from the White River. Either view prompts heads to turn and minds to question and wonder. It bears the appearance of antiquity and importance - old logs for walls that have been carefully hand hewn, and an imposing size that gives it a stature not usually associated with the common image of a "log cabin." 870-499-WOLF. 
  • Blanchard Springs Caverns - Blanchard Springs Caverns is administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Blanchard is a three-level system, but only two levels of the caverns are open for guided tours.Blanchard Springs Caverns offers three tours. The Dripstone Trail winds through the magnificently decorated upper level. The longer, more strenuous Discovery Trail explores the middle level of the Caverns system. The Wild Cave Tour offers visitors an introduction to spelunking in a structured enviroment. Informative Forest Service interpreters guide the tours. The Dripstone and Discovery tours are limited to around 30 people; the Wild Cave Tour is limited to 12 people. All tours begin at the Visitor Information Center, where the Ozark Interpretive Association sells books, maps, and other educational materials. 870-757-2211. 

  • Bull Shoals Caverns - Bull Shoals Caverns, located near Mountain Village 1890, is one of those special places in the Ozarks, a limestone cave formed 350 million years ago and still alive and growing today. Join us now for a trip back in time to the Ordovician period, 350 million years ago, when the caverns got their start. 800-445-7177. 

  • Hurricane River Cave - located in northwest Arkansas on Highway 65, halfway between Harrison and Marshall (about a half hour drive either way), and about 50 minutes south of Branson. You will be guided along a level ancient underground riverbed. These fantastic water-eroded passageways are the most unique of their kind among American show caves. Our cave features stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, draperies, soda straws, rimstone dams, cave popcorn, columns, moonmilk, stalactoflats, canopies, along with rare and unique shields, and more! 800-245-2282.

  • Mystic Caverns - Come experience a Once-in-a-Lifetime caving adventure through two of Arkansas' most spectacular caves, Mystic Caverns and Crystal Dome Caverns, located in the heart of the Ozarks of Northwest Arkansas. You will follow the path the first settlers to this area traveled as a trained guide escorts you on your tour through Mystic. You'll learn about the "pipe organ" and hear the infamous story of the "spider monkey". In Crystal Dome you will explore a cavern in its pristine form, and see the spectacular eight-story dome. Although their entrances are only 400 feet apart, Crystal Dome was discovered over 100 years after Mystic.Always a comfortable 58 degrees, tours leave every 35 - 45 minutes. Remember to bring your camera to capture the breathtaking beauty. 870-743-1739. 
  • Ozark National Forest - The Ozark-St. Francis National Forests are really two separate Forests with many differences. They are distinct in their own topographical, geological, biological, cultural and social differences, yet each makes up a part of the overall National Forest system. The Ozark National Forest covers 1.2 million acres, mostly in the Ozark mountains of northern Arkansas. You'll find the tallest mountain in the State, Mount Magazine, and an incredible, living underground cave--Blanchard Springs Caverns. Campsites at Blanchard Springs, Gunner Pool, Barkshed; hiking, horseback riding. 870-757-2211. 
  • Ozark Highlands National Recreation Trail - a 165-mile hiking trail that crosses the Ozark National Forest and is recognized as one of the most scenic trails in the United States. Starting at Lake Fort Smith State Park on Arkansas 71, the trail crosses the forest to Woolum near the Buffalo National River. Trailhead parking is available at several locations along the trail.
  • Pigeon Creek Mountain Bike Trail System - Less than ten minutes from Mountain Home, Arkansas you will find one of the premier trail systems in the Ozarks. Located on Highway 201 North at the Pigeon Creek Park on Lake Norfork, this 'stacked loop' trail system offers over twenty miles of bicycling and hiking opportunities along the shoreline area of Lake Norfork.The trails vary in length and difficulty, with elevation difference of 250 feet maximum, ensuring a great experience for bicyclist and hikers of all skill levels. In June of 2001 the Pigeon Creek Trail system was added to the National Recreational Trail program.

  • Big Creek Golf Club - Big Creek Golf & Country Club was built over nearly 200 acres of rolling terrain featuring four lakes and Big Creek itself. White sand bunkers, lush zoysia fairways and bent grass greens provide a perfect setting for a memorable test of golf. A wide array of hole layouts makes Big Creek challenging, yet enjoyable for all. Five sets of tee boxes ranging from 5,068 yards up to 7,320 yards along with large greens ensure that Big Creek is a course that will always offer a challenge and pleasure to golfers of every ability. If you need to improve your skills, you can do so on our state-of-the-art practice facility that features a three-tiered driving range, separate putting and chipping greens, and a large practice bunker. Big Creek Golf & Country Club was nominated for Golf Digest magazine's Best New Course in America for 2001. The Big Creek golf course was designed by Thomas Clark with Ault, Clark, and Associates.
  • Buffalo National River - The Buffalo River is one of the few remaining unpolluted, free-flowing rivers in the lower 48 states offering both swift-running and placid stretches. The Buffalo National River encompasses 135 miles of the 150-mile long river. It begins as a trickle in the Boston Mountains 15 miles above the park boundary. Following what is likely an ancient riverbed, the Buffalo cuts its way through massive limestone bluffs traveling eastward through the Ozarks and into the White River. The national river has three designated wilderness areas within its boundaries.
  • Bull Shoals Lake - Bull Shoals Lake is a water sports paradise. Almost 1,000 miles of rugged shoreline is open to visitors from all over the nation who come to fish, scuba dive, houseboat, water ski, wake board, camp, and relax. Bull Shoals Lake water is very clean and clear. Swimming is enjoyable from mid May until late September. Fishing on Bull Shoals Lake is excellent all year with peak action in March, April, and May.
  • Norfork Lake - Renowned for its clean, clear water, Lake Norfork is one of the most popular vacation spots in the Ozarks. The Norfork reservoir is formed by a large concrete dam across the North Fork River four miles upstream from where the North Fork runs into the White River at the little City of Norfork, Arkansas. The dam, built for both flood control and hydro-electric generation, was completed on June 2, 1944. It also serves as a bridge across the river gorge. Two turbine generators contribute to the southwestern power grid.


 
 
 
 

 

 
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