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Mountain Biking at Hobbs State Park
Here in Arkansas, we are fortunate to have some truly awesome State Parks. Most of them are located near lakes, rivers, or mountains offering a wide variety of outdoor recreation. Most of the State Parks have at least a few hiking trails, and some of them also have mountain bike trails. If you’re a mountain biker, there are four State Parks that should be on your favorites lists. They are the ones that have been blessed with Monument Trails. Those are Pinnacle Mountain, Mt. Nebo , Devil’s Den, and Hobbs State Park. I’ve been on a mission to ride them all. And this year, I finally got to do some mountain biking at Hobbs State Park, where the Monument Trails were born. You may be wondering, “what are Monument Trails?” The best description is straight from the Ar...
Mountain Biking at Pinnacle Mountain State Park
Since I was a kid, Pinnacle Mountain has always been the most popular place in Central Arkansas for hiking. The last few years it’s become so popular it gets overcrowded on most weekends. But fortunately there is much more to this State Park then just the hiking trails. There are picnic areas and group pavilions, a playground and open play fields. It has access to the Maumelle and Little Maumelle Rivers available for paddling and fishing. They also have an Arboretum, a visitor center with meeting facilities, and educational programs conducted by the park staff. And now mountain biking at Pinnacle Mountain is the latest attraction – and it’s almost as popular as the hiking. Mountain bike trails are actually not a new thing at Pinnacle. There have been two MTB trails in the...
