Buffalo National River

3 stamp stations

Buffalo Point Visitor Contact Station

Address: 2229 Highway 268 East, Yellville, AR 72687

The Buffalo was America's first National River, protecting 135 miles of free-flowing water past 500-foot sandstone and limestone bluffs through the Arkansas Ozarks. The karst landscape hides caves, springs, and waterfalls, including 209-foot Hemmed-In Hollow, and the park is home to Arkansas's only elk herd.

Splash at river swimming holes, float a gentle stretch by canoe, and watch elk graze in the Boxley Valley. For a challenge, skilled paddlers can test themselves on the Hailstone, a steep 15-mile whitewater run upriver from Boxley that is only floatable at high water.

Coordinates: 36.07877, -92.57388

Steel Creek Ranger Station

Address: 386 NC 2104, Jasper, AR 72641

The Buffalo was America's first National River, protecting 135 miles of free-flowing water past 500-foot sandstone and limestone bluffs through the Arkansas Ozarks. The karst landscape hides caves, springs, and waterfalls, including 209-foot Hemmed-In Hollow, and the park is home to Arkansas's only elk herd.

Splash at river swimming holes, float a gentle stretch by canoe, and watch elk graze in the Boxley Valley. For a challenge, skilled paddlers can test themselves on the Hailstone, a steep 15-mile whitewater run upriver from Boxley that is only floatable at high water.

Coordinates: 36.03852, -93.33832

Tyler Bend Visitor Center

Address: 170 Ranger Road, St. Joe, AR 72675

The Buffalo was America's first National River, protecting 135 miles of free-flowing water past 500-foot sandstone and limestone bluffs through the Arkansas Ozarks. The karst landscape hides caves, springs, and waterfalls, including 209-foot Hemmed-In Hollow, and the park is home to Arkansas's only elk herd.

Splash at river swimming holes, float a gentle stretch by canoe, and watch elk graze in the Boxley Valley. For a challenge, skilled paddlers can test themselves on the Hailstone, a steep 15-mile whitewater run upriver from Boxley that is only floatable at high water.

Coordinates: 35.98655, -92.76342

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