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BLUE HOLE SPECIAL INTEREST AREA |
WF #1 Fiddlehead Falls | ||
Intersection of White Oak Mt. Road (FR 1301) and Lindsey Road (FR 1311) |
Parking Area "A" 35.53567°, 92.86044° (+- 0.7 mile from intersection of FR 1301 & 1311) |
Rock Cairns (From here, following trails downhill) |
Trails comes to this upper waterfall. Cross here or further upstream. There is a trail on north side of Mill Creek that leads down and under WF #1 Fiddlehead. |
Trail along north side of waterfall |
Begin your picture taking..... |
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WF #1 Fiddlehead Falls 35.53653°, 92.86113° (Named by John Moore) |
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WF #1a 35.53652°, 92.86286° |
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Blue Hole (Wolf Den Hollow & Hurricane Creek) | ||
Parking Area "B" FR 93405K 35.53507°, 92.87201° (The FR on down to the camp area would require 4-WD, not very wide in places) |
FR 93405K to camp area |
Deer Camp Access Point "E" 35.52862°, 92.87716° (At camp area FR 93405K continues straight, there is a faint road the heads off to the left, this is the road/trail you want to take). |
The faint road to the left has a pine log across it. |
Following the faint road/trail to this twin White Oak. Access Point "F" 35.52705°, 92.87912° At the White Oak turn south and follow trail out to edge of mountain. |
After you leave the twin White Oak, you will hike across an open area with scattered trees. Access Point "G" 35.52490°, 92.88127° is south of this area. |
Once at the edge of the mountain, head along the top in a SE direction until you see a faint trail heading down. I follow this trail all the way to a ravine and then go to the creek which will be east of Blue Hole. |
Some folks head down once they see the rock (pic to the left) and go straight down to the creek. |
Once you get to the Blue Hole there is a large rock "patio" for you to enjoy your lunch. |
WF #2 Blue Hole Intersection (Looking East & South) 35.52098°, 92.88063° |
WF #3 35.52021°, 92.88016° |
WF #4 35.51970°, 92.88002° |
There is The Blue Hole Cache located at WF #4 (GCGP2T) 35.51970°, 92.87997° |
Hint: Look for stacked rocks. Cache is near. |
Geocache is a Plastic Jug |
WF #5 35.52137°, 92.87909° |
WF #6 35.52389°, 92.87244° On your way to Green Grotto Falls you will have to go back and forth across creek. |
WF #7 35.52419°, 92.87015° This is located at the intersection of Green Grotto Falls drainage and Hurricane Creek |
This is view heading up Green Grotto drainage. |
Hopefully there will be water when you arrive! |
WF #8 Green Grotto Falls 35.52586°, 92.86998° |
To get out of grotto head back down drainage and climb up at this point. Access Point "H" 35.52576°, 92.86969° (You can follow an old logging road part way up hill) |
The road will
soon disappear, but continue heading straight up hill to old home site. 35.52918°, 92.87428° (Only thing left of home site is a few stacked rocks and piles of rocks in a once cleared area) |
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intersect FR 93405K just past old home site. Access Point "D" 35.52940°, 92.87461° Now head back up road to Parking Area. You are finished! |
Sand Cave | ||
Intersection of White Oak Mt. Road (FR 1301) and Lindsey Road (FR 1311) |
Parking Area "C" 35.54491°, 92.90145° (+- 3.7 miles from intersection FR 1301 & 1311) |
Trail heading south (Heads down into a small ravine) |
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Sand Cave 35.54430°, 92.90148° (This is a link to a YouTube video of cave) |
Note face profile on right side. |
Inside cave-Photo by Daniel-Shelly Frew |
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