Hiking - Village Creek State Park
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Arboretum Trail
Length: .25 mile
Time: 1/2 hour
Difficulty: Easy
Brochure: Available at visitor center
Description: This is the shortest and easiest of the park's trails and accessible to almost everyone. There are signs identifying many of the trees found along the trail.
Location: Exit 242 off I-40 at Forrest City and go 13 miles north on Hwy. 284 to the park
Austell Trail
Length: 2.24
Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Additional Trail Information: This trail connects the visitor center with the Lake Austell boat dock, and Austell swimming and picnic areas. You can begin the trail at any of these locations.
Visitor Center to Lake Austell boat ramp - .91 mile
Visitor Center to Lake Austell picnic area - 1.12 miles
Description: From the visitor center, the trail meanders along steep, hogback ridges and through a wooded stream valley to Lake Austell, then continues to the picnic area. Allow and hour or more for a leisurely hike through a variety of terrain. The trail is moderately steep in places and allows a good view of the Crowley's Ridge landscape and rich forest diversity of the park.
Location: Take Exit #242 off I-40 at Forrest City and go 13 miles north on Ark. 284 to the park.
201 County Road 754
Wynne, AR 72396
Phone: (870) 238-9406
Big Ben Nature Trail
Length: 1/2 mile
Time: 3/4 hour
Difficulty: Moderate
Brochure: Available at visitor center
Description: A self-guided trail booklet that will guide you through this unique area of Crowley's Ridge can be obtained at the visitor center. The trail begins near the visitor center and loops back to its beginning.
Location: Exit No. 242 off I-40 at Forrest City, then 13 miles north on Hwy. 284
Lake Dunn Trail
Length: 2.75 miles
Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Easy
Brochure: Available at visitor center
Description: The Lake Dunn Trail starts at the lake Dunn Dam. It travels along wooded ridge tops and winds around to cross Village Creek where the Memphis to Little Rock Road Once passed.
Location: Exit No. 242 off I-40 at Forrest City, then 13 miles north on Hwy. 284
Military Road Trail
Length: 2 1/4 miles
Time: 2 hours
Difficulty: Moderate
Brochure: Available at visitor center
Description: This beautiful trail preserves a dramatic remaining portion of the Trail of Tears. Called the Memphis to Little Rock Road, it was completed in 1829 and provided the first improved route between Memphis and Little Rock, and became a major route of Indian removal for Choctaw, Chickasaw and Muscogee (Creek). It was also used by the detachment of Cherokee that signed the treaty of New Echota that led to Cherokee removal. Today the route is part of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail.
Location: Exit No. 242 off I-40 at Forrest City, then 13 miles north on Hwy. 284
Multi-Use Trail System - Horseback & Hiking
Length: 25
Time: varies
Difficulty: Moderate
Brochure: Available at Visitor Center
Description: The multi-use trail system is composed of several interconnecting trails that wind through the forest of Crowley’s Ridge. You can climb hog back ridges or traverse across creek beds and valleys.
Comments: Some parts of the trail are very steep.
Multi-Use Trail System - Mountain Biking & Hiking
Length: 25
Time: varies
Difficulty: Moderate
Brochure: Available in the Visitor Center or here: http://tinyurl.com/VillageCreekMTB
Description: The multi-use trail system is composed of several interconnecting trails that wind through the forest of Crowley’s Ridge. You can climb hog back ridges or traverse across creek beds and valleys.
Comments: Some trail sections are very steep
For Information:
Park Superintendent,
201 CR 754,
Wynne,
AR
72396
, (870) 238-9406
villagecreek@arkansas.com
- Contact Information
- 201 County Road 754
Wynne, AR 72396
- Email: villagecreek@arkansas.com)
- To reach the park office or make campsite reservations call 870-238-9406
- ArkansasStateParks.com
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