Jeff's Arkansas Hiking Blog: Chinquapin Ridge Bluffs (North) - Arkansas Ozarks - East of Horsehead Lake - East of Batson, AR

2/5/2023 - Chinquapin Ridge Bluffs (North)

GPS Coordinates: (Latitude, Longitude, Elevation)

Parking Area: 35.60267, -93.58623

ATV Trail: 35.59997, -93.58662

Rock Formation 1: 35.59683, -93.59278

Bluff Line: 35.59752, -93.59372

Shelter 1: 35.59785, -93.59249

Feature 1: 35.59802, -93.59246

Feature 2: 35.59800, -93.59235

Feature 3: 35.59811, -93.59213

Feature 4: 35.59814, -93.59217

Feature 5: 35.59821, -93.59204

Rock Formation 2: 35.59828, -93.59190

Shelter 2: 35.59831, -93.59192

Feature 6: 35.59832, -93.59191

WF 1: 35.59889, -93.59201

Feature 7: 35.59893, -93.59172

Feature 8: 35.59898, -93.59144

Feature 9: 35.59898, -93.59126

Feature 10: 35.59897, -93.59125

Shelter 3: 35.59879, -93.59121

Feature 11: 35.59912, -93.59115

Feature 12: 35.59931, -93.59100

Shelter 4: 35.59951, -93.59090

Feature 13: 35.59966, -93.59087

Feature 14: 35.60016, -93.59046

Feature 15: 35.60026, -93.59024

WF 2: 35.60090, -93.59033

Rock Formation 3: 35.60107, -93.59002

Feature 16: 35.60115, -93.58985

Rock Formation 4: 35.60115, -93.58984

Shelter 5: 35.60126, -93.58990

Feature 17: 35.60120, -93.58975

Shelter 6: 35.60120, -93.58960

Feature 18: 35.60127, -93.58974

Rock Formation 5: 35.60230, -93.58904

Feature 19: 35.60234, -93.58887

Shelter 7: 35.60244, -93.58858

Feature 20: 35.60254, -93.58877

Feature 21: 35.60302, -93.58841

Feature 22: 35.60314, -93.58832

Shelter 8: 35.60326, -93.58832

Feature 23: 35.60460, -93.58790

Rock Formation 6: 35.60477, -93.58761

Feature 24: 35.60493, -93.58750

Feature 25: 35.60505, -93.58743

Spurton Falls: 35.60414, -93.58789

WF 4: 35.60395, -93.58766

WF 5: 35.60390, -93.58751

WF 6: 35.60388, -93.58718

Markers

Blue Waypoint = Named WF

Black Waypoint = Unnamed WF

Green Rock Symbol = Rock Formation

Orange Binoculars Symbol = Feature

Grey Sleep Symbol = Shelter

Brown Backpacker Symbol = ATV trail

Blue Vehicle Symbol = Parking

Level of Difficulty: Hiking along the ATV trail is easy. When you reach the drainage and have to start bushing up the hills to your right along the drainage to reach the bluffs, the hike becomes moderate to a little strenuous and is a bushwhack. When you are hiking along the bluffs, there are the usual up and down small hills that are moderate. The hill is a little steep getting down below Spurton falls and then it is a moderate to a little strenuous hike down the drainage and back to Hwy103, but it is a short hike down the drainage to the road.

Hiking Statistics for Loop: 2.4 miles / Ascent is 426 ft / Descent is 349 ft

The parking area is North of the town of Harmony right along Hwy 103. From the parking area, I hiked just a little ways south on Hwy 103 and there is an atv road on the right across the street. I crossed the street and got onto the atv trail and hiked along that to the drainage. After I reached the drainage at waypoint 35.59564, -93.59137, I took a right and started bushwhacking up the drainage and hills to reach the bluffs. They are not that far up the hill from the atv trail. I reached the bluffs at waypoint 35.59747, -93.59369. I then took a right and hiked along the bluffs. There are many nice rock formations, features and shelters along these bluffs. There are a couple of places where water runs off the bluffs along there also. I kept hiking the along the bluff line checking out all the features until I reached Feature 25 (35.60505, -93.58743) and then I worked my way downhill to get below Spurton Falls. After I was done there, I kept working my way down the drainage and back to Hwy 103. I came across 3 more smaller waterfalls while working my way back down to Hwy 103. After I got back down to Hwy 103, I took a right and hiked back to my vehicle. It's a short hiked down the drainage back to Hwy 103. The yellow line on the maps is my track and the red line is Hwy 103