The state's highest peak, Mount Magazine near Paris, has been likened to a Tour de France climb and was named the climb to do in Arkansas by Bicycling magazine.
When the Delta Heritage Trail is finished, it will stretch almost 100 miles through Southeast Arkansas. The trail's crushed limestone bed leads through a shaded canopy of native hardwoods, alongside agricultural fields and streams.
Petit Jean Mountain is a must for the iconic state park at the top. Hwy 154 rises out of the valley and winds up the isolated mountain between the Arkansas and Petit Jean rivers.
