Map Prepared by TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers

Parking Area (Limited) 35.23742°, 93.16321°	Trailhead 35.23745°, 93.16342°	Dardanelle Rock Landmark Sign
Beginning of Trail	Rock Climbing Area	Rock Climbing Area
Water Tank	Trail follows base of bluffs	Access up
Access to top	Top of Rock looking Northwest	Top of Rock looking Southeast
View of Dardanelle Dam	Top of  Rock and Trail	View of Dardanelle Bridge
View of Mt. Nebo	East end of Dardanelle Rock	Trail Marker
Dardanelle Rock	Monument at East end 35.23699°, 93.16374°	Dardanelle Rock

History of Dardanelle Rock
Dardanelle Rock has been a major landmark along the Arkansas River since the days of early Arkansas exploration.
There is a romantic "Legend of Dardanelle Rock" that relates the story of a Cherokee Indian chief named Dardanelle
who was wounded in a fierce battle with the Choctaws and while recuperating, fell in love with a beautiful maiden named Leonietta.
They made a pact.  He was to stand on Dardanelle Rock at sunset, and she would wave her mantle to him as a signal that she would
run away with him and become his bride.  He waited on the rock for many hours, but for some reason she failed to make an appearance.
He flung himself into the turbulent stream of the Arkansas River below.  Thus Dardanelle Rock was named for him. 
NOTE: This is just a Legend.