Sponsored: Hell Creek Natural Area
What to know
Add this natural gem to your outdoor bucket list for the jaw-dropping (and Insta-worthy!) landscape that Hell Creek Natural Area is known for. Explore the vast cave system, countless rock formations and boulders, waterfalls, flowing springs, and of course, its namesake Hell Creek. Located at the boundary of the Springfield and on Salem Plateaus of the Ozark Mountains, this Arkansas Natural Area is also home to the only known population of the albinistic cave crayfish as well as populations of the gray myotis—both federally endangered species.
**Please use the written directions from the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission to verify directions provided by Google Maps. The Google Maps link may take you to a location other than the natural area entrance. The error has been reported. The correct GPS coordinates to the entrance are: 35.90699, -92.07728.** From Mountain View travel north on Highway 9N/14W/5N (Sylamore Avenue) for approximately 2.5 miles and turn right on Hillbilly Ridge Road. Travel approximately 0.1 mile and turn right on Mountain Crest Drive. Continue approximately 1.2 miles and turn right on Sarah’s Way. Proceed until the road dead-ends (approximately 0.2 mile) and park in the cul-de-sac.