Arkansas Trails Day is June 2!

The main
event to celebrate Arkansas Trails Day ( being held on the same day as National
Trails Day and in conjunction with this national celebration) takes place this Saturday ( June 2) in
and around Burns Park in North Little Rock. Plans to celebrate the event
include bike, hike, equestrian, paddling, and other trail events. Below
is an outline of the day via the Arkansas Trails Council folks. If you can’t make this event, no worries as city,
state, and national parks across
the state are hosting different events to celebrate the day. For more details click here!

Horse rides
to Big Dam Bridge            River
Trail Horse Camp (West end of Burns Park)            0900            1230            Ark
Trail Riders Assn (ATRA)

Horse rides
for kids            River
Trail Horse Camp            0900            1230            Ark.
Trailblazers

Horse-drawn
Wagon rides            River
Trail Horse Camp            0900            1230            ATRA/Trailblazers

Birds/mammals/watchable
wildlife            Scout
Trail Head            0900            1230            Ark
Master Naturalists (AMN)

Hiking 101
class            Scout
Trail Head            1100            1200            Friends
of the Ouachita Trail, Jim Gifford

Backpacking
Equipment Demo            Scout
Trail Head            0900            1200            Ark.
Master Naturalists Joe Wankum

Red Trail
Hike (easy 1.8 miles)            Scout
Trail Head            10:30            12:30            Sierra
Club, Carolyn Shearman

Boy Scout
High Adventure Demo            Scout
Trail Head            0900            1230            Venture
Crew, Sean Smith

Leave No
Trace (LNT) Camp Demo            River
Trail Horse Camp            0900            1230            LNT
of Ark and Quapaw Council BSA, Jacque Alexander, Rob Stephens

Canoe Burns
Park            Victory
Lake            0900            1230            Arkansas
Game and Fish

Youth
Bicycle Skills Workshop            Soccer
Parking Lot 3            0900            1230            City
of NLR Fit-To-Live

Youth
Bicycle Rally            Soccer
Parking Lot 3            1130            1230            City
of NLR Fit-To-Live

Road Bike
Ride for Anyone (Easy pace on the River Trail.)            Victory
Lake            1100            1300            Mello
Velo Bicycle Club, David Holsted

Mountain
Bike Ride (Advanced)            Victory
Lake            1030            1230            CARVE,
Tom Burks

Mountain
Bike Introductory Training            Foot
of Big Dam Bridge, NLR side            1000            1230            Bicycle
Advocacy of Central Arkansas, Cliff Li

Trails
maintenance and construction            Scout
Trail Head            0900            1230            AMN,
Bill Toland

Nature Hike
(Plants)             Scout
Trail Head            0830            1030            Ark
Natural Heritage Comm, Theo Witsell

Wildflower
ID            Scout
Trail Head            0900            1100            AMN,
Linda Saylor

Nature Hike
(Edible Plants)            Scout
Trail Head            0930            1130            Mike
Thennes

Nature Hike
(Geology)            Scout
Trail Head            1030            1230            AMN,
Darcia Routh

Rails-To-Trails
            Scout
Trail Head            0900            0930            NLR,
Robert Voyles

Multiuse
Trail Etiquette Program            River
Trail Horse Camp            0900            1230            Trudy
Kincade

Hike over
Big Dam Bridge            Cook’s
Landing            0900            1100            Ouachita
Mountain Hikers

ATV Ride            Soccer
Parking Lot 4            0900            1600            Ron
Osborne

Explorer
Sea Scout Ship 394            Victory
Lake            0900            1230            Sean
Smith

CONVERGENCE
of all users            Victory
Lake            1300                        Noah
Grady