Wildcat Mountain Trail - January 28, 2007

Hike Features:

Date:  January 28, 2007
State: Arkansas
County: Perry
Location: Off Highway 9, on FR 179, just off FR 132 (Winona Scenic Drive). 
Length of hike shown:  ~ 8 miles
Trail: All off-trail
GPS: 516664.50E  3856035.19N 15S (UTM WGS84) (parking off FR179 (just off FR 132))

 33 photos in OHJ Photo Gallery
Reaching Trailhead:    There is a parking lot at the trailhead.     From Little Rock, we drove out Hwy 10 until Williams Junction, then south on Hwy 9.   After a few miles, on a hilltop, there is a dirt road on the right called "Winona Scenic Drive", which is a NFS maintained scenic route (and logging/forestry road).  The official name is FR132.  After a few miles (~ 3.3 miles), there is an intersection, where we turned left.   After just a few feet, on the left, there is a turn in for a small parking lot, with a trailhead sign announcing that we had arrived at Wildcat Mountain Trail.  

Description:  This is a mountain bike trail made almost entirely on old abandoned roads.   Instead of writing a narrative for this hike, a counterclockwise walk around the long loop is recorded as a sequential series of photos in the photo gallery.   The details of the hike are in the photo captions.  

Notes:    This hike was relatively easy but it is 8 miles long.  As of this date, the trail was well-marked by the National Forest Service, with white blazes and plastic markers with arrows.   It goes up/down in several places and probably has a total elevation gain (over the whole 8 miles) of about 600-700 feet.

Hikers:   jc, sb.