There will be many self guided rydes mapped out for you by our club members. We have included an official Arkansas Motorcycle Riders guide in your gift bag. To get a head start on your planning, check out the link below to see the online Arkansas Riders Guide
Enjoy two scenic poker run opportunities featuring local flavors and southern hospitality, discounts at local restaurants, and our select Vendor Villagers at the host hotel each day. Poker Runs for the rally: Friday June 11, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and Sat. June 12, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Judging of winners each night at 7:00 pm at the Host Hotel Registration Desk.
SCENIC RYDES:
Lake Ouachita
Circumnavigate Lake Ouachita nestled in the Ouachita National Forest. Lake Ouachita is 40,000 acres of clear and clean water with many day use and overnight accommodations. There are several great destinations along this route. Click the links below for maps to some of our club favorites.
Queen Wilhelmina State Park
Explore this scenic ridgeline and take in the vistas through this beautiful part of Arkansas. This is a great half day ride.
Mt. Petit Jean State Park
Enjoy the spectacular views. Waterfalls, overlooks, and beautiful geology have always attracted visitors to this site. It is an inspiring place we are sure you’ll love. Be sure to visit Mather lodge and restaurant. This ride is approximately a half a day.
Crater of Diamonds State Park
Your diamond search begins here , where you can prepare for your visit by learning about diamonds and how to search for them. At the park’s visitor center, you can view real, uncut diamonds and interact with exhibits illustrating the area’s unique history and geology. At the Diamond Discovery Center, you can learn more about rocks and minerals found at the park and how to search for diamonds using various techniques. Diamonds come in all colors of the rainbow: the three colors found here at the park are white, brown, and yellow. Amethyst, garnet, jasper, agate, quartz, and other rocks and minerals naturally occur here. Park staff provide complimentary identification or rocks and minerals found at the park, as well as diamond mining demonstrations and other interpretive programs.
More great scenic rydes to enjoy:
Scenic 7: Among the Most Scenic Drives in America
Drive Scenic Byway 7 in Arkansas, the state’s first state-designated scenic byway, and travel through four of the state’s varied geographical regions. Arguably one of the most scenic drives in America, the route begins on the south end within the West Gulf Coastal Plain, a region that saw an oil boom beginning in 1921 near El Dorado. It continues to Camden and on to Arkadelphia through rolling terrain with dense pine forests and stream valleys with bottomland hardwood forests.
Near Arkadelphia, the route enters the Ouachita Mountains, famous for their quartz crystals, and passes by DeGray Lake, home of Arkansas’s only resort state park. At Hot Springs, the byway journeys through the historic downtown and immediately in front of the famed Bathhouse Row of Hot Springs National Park. Continuing through the forested Ouachitas, it passes through the Ouachita National Forest and by Lake Nimrod, then reaches Russellville and crosses the more level terrain of the Arkansas River Valley.
Leaving the valley, Scenic 7 ascends into the Ozark Mountains, famous for fall foliage, and the Ozark National Forest, and passes through the mountain town of Jasper along the Buffalo National River on its way to Harrison.
Just before Scenic 7 sharply twists its way down to Jasper, the Cliff House Inn and Restaurant offers a great meal and amazing vistas of the “Grand Canyon of the Ozarks.” A quaint small town square boasting several antique shops awaits visitors at Jasper. Across from the Newton County Courthouse is a legendary diner — the Ozark Cafe. Originally opened in 1909, it is, as the sign on the front says, “A North Arkansas Landmark.” It’s a place where swapping stories over cups of coffee is as important to the locals as getting a good plate of inexpensive food.
A little farther north, hanging baskets of flowers and awnings accentuate old brick storefronts that line the Harrison square, which with a few adjacent buildings, make up its national historic district. The flavor of the city is reflected in the Main Street Harrison Historic Walking Tour, which includes downtown parks, the historic Lyric Theater, the 1909 Boone County courthouse, the 1914 Boone County Jail, and the completely restored 1929 Hotel Seville. Downtown Harrison also embraces restaurants, an art gallery, antique stores, and other retail shops. In addition, the town has the Boone County Heritage Museum and Mystic Caverns.
Route: 290 miles
Arkansas State Highway 7 from the Louisiana border to Harrison, Arkansas.
Check with the local club members. They are a great resource of information on riding destinations!
