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Arkansas Pig Trail |
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State:
Arkansas
Submitted
By: Asphalt Surfer
Date Submitted: Jun 06
Motorcycle Type: 00 Goldwing
Motorcycle Road Length: 19 Miles
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Motorcycle
Road Scenery: 
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The
rugged and forested Boston Mountains region of the Ozark
Mountains provides the setting for this route, which
often runs through a tunnel of foliage during spring,
summer and fall. Spring wildflowers and brilliant autumn
foliage make the route especially popular during those
seasons. The route crosses the Mulberry River and the
165-mile Ozark Highlands Trail.
Additional
scenery information submitted by "Bone" (Sep
06) - "Deep wooded terrain, many 15mph hairpins with
short straights between them with dropoffs on one side
cliffs on the other. The road runs between valleys beside
streams to mountain hard curves. This has been called
the Arkansas Dragon, and at the one general store
midway of the run, you can buy pins and patches of this.
The ride can be extended northward another 18 miles to
the town of Huntsville where there are complete services,
food, gas, lodging. "
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Road Quality: 
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Ark.
23 from the south boundary of the Ozark National Forest
to its intersection with Ark. 16 at Brashears. Hair raising
hairpin turns, switchbacks, curves, curves, hills, curves
and more curves! Not for the faint of heart.
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Roadside Amenities:
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The
Pig Trail provides numerous recreational opportunities.
Enjoy open fields and pastures, rugged cedar breaks and
rocky bluffs or the banks of the Mulberry River. If fishing
isn't your favorite activity, brave the rushing waters for
a few hours of whitewater rafting or kayaking and afterward
spend a night under leafy boughs while the rushing waters
from the White River sooth you to sleep. Start off the next
day with a hike along the Ozark Highlands Trail, and capture
the widespread views beneath you with your camera. There
is Turner Bend Store and campground at the "end of the trail"
where you can get a patch that says "I survived the Pig
Trail" and a campground, along with several lodges and cabin
sites along the beginning and end of the ride.
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Written directions:
From
Interstate 40, near the
town of Ozark (between Little Rock and
Fort Smith), you will want to take exit
35 north on to Hwy 23 and into (and through)
the town of White
Oak, AR (Franklin County). Start this
motorcycle road where Hwy 23 and Route 352
intersect. From here continue heading north
on Hwy 23 and the fun starts when you cross
into the Ozark National Forest … here is
where the Pig Trail starts and continues
all the way up to where Hwy 23 and Hwy 16
meet (at Brashears Cemetery and just south
of the town of St. Paul, AR).
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