Arkansas Sport Bike Roads

Start At	Finish At	Highway(s) Note: links to Google maps	Submitted by	Notes
Berryville	Junction AR 16	AR 21	Hank Blackstock
Junction AR21 & AR 16	Clinton	AR 16	Hank Blackstock	Berryville to Clinton is the ride of a 1,000 turns. Excellent surface, light traffic, no highway patrol
Eureka Springs	Ozark	AR 23	Hank Blackstock
Eureka Springs	Rogers	AR 23 to AR 127 to AR 12	Hank Blackstock
Camden	Hot Springs	AR 7	Kenneth Bopp	Be sure to stop at Nimrod Dam
Russellville (north)	Harrison	AR 7	Bill Swartzwelder	Beware of a speed trap in Dover
Marshall (northeast.)	Harriet	Hwy 27	Bill Swartzwelder
Harriet (east)	Sylamore	Hwy 14	Bill Swartzwelder	Much of this stretch is in a National Forest with grassy shoulders and very little traffic
Sylamore (east)	Melbourne	Hwy 9	Bill Swartzwelder	Watch for farm tractors on this section
Melbourne (east)	Batesville	Hwy 69	Bill Swartzwelder	Very twisty, some cliffs on roadside
Paris (south)	Junction Hwy 10	Hwy 309	Bill Swartzwelder	This takes you over Mt. Magazine (highest point in AR), watch for sand in the spring, very steep and twisty
Ferndale Cutoff (Junction Hwy 10 & CR41)	Benton	Ferndale Cutoff (CR 41)	Bill VanNewkirk	To get to the Ferndale Cutoff begin at Little Rock, head west on Hwy 10 at Junction I430 & Hwy10. See note 1 below
Mena	Junction Oklahoma Hwy 259 and OK Hwy 1	Hwy 88	Bill Swartzwelder	Take Hwy 88 west (when in crosses into Oklahoma it becomes Hwy 1). When you reach the junction of Hwy 259 and Hwy 1, turnaround and ride it back.
Mt. Ida	Dardanelle	Hwy 27	Bill Swartzwelder	Very little traffic on this 65 mile section.
Story	Junction Hwy 298 and Hwy 7	Hwy 289	Bill Swartzwelder	Start at the Junction of Hwy 27 and Hwy 298, 30 miles route. Little population, lots of turns.
Junction US 71 and Hwy 28	Ola	Hwy 28	Bill Swartzwelder	The Junction of US 71 and Hwy 28 is about 25 north of Mena, AR. The route is about 45 miles and has hairpins at the end of long straights.
Harriet (Junction of Hwy 27 & Hwy 14)	Yellville	Hwy 14	Bill Swartzwelder	This one is a doozy (about 25 miles). WARNING, if traveling south there is a very sharp curve at the end of the Buffalo River bridge. There is a beautiful campground at Buffalo Point state park on the river.
Visit Bill Swartzwelder's web site for an interesting, well-done collection of "ride videos!"
Benton	Hot Springs	Hwy 5	Robert Duncan	Take HWY 5 out of Benton all the way into the downtown historic district of Hot Springs. If you're really adventuresome and have the time cut off onto HWY 7 at Fountain Lake, go north through Russellville, on up into Harrison and back down into Conway on HWY 65. About 7 - 8 miles out of Harrison you can take 62/412 over to Yellville and then 14 down into Alison and hwy 9 (turns to hwy 16, not sure where) back over to 65. This is almost a must do, it runs you down into the Buffalo River Valley. Average auto speed through most of this area is about 35 - 40 tops. Benton to Hot Springs is about 38 miles. The Hwy 7 cutoff is about 30 miles out of Benton. Hwy 7 to Russellville is right at 60 miles, Russellville to Harrison is 80 and Harrison down to Conway is 105 miles. Conway back into Benton, via Interstates, is almost 50 miles. Bill Swartzwel listed (above) a couple of these routes and he is right on the money.
Alma	Fayetteville	Old AR71	Sherman McCoy	OLD AR71 from Alma (I-40) to Fayetteville. I-540 / New AR71, has made this into an abandoned highway. The 12 mile leg from Alma to Mountainburg SUCKS. Crappy surfaces and a lot of traffic / cops. The 24 mile leg from Mountainburg to Winslow is sexual. 3 and 4 lane 15 to 25 mph sweepers. If you don't drag a toe slide on your boots through here... you ain't riding! AR123 from AR164 (N in between Russellville and Clarksville) This is my second favorite highway. At Hagerville (AR164), you can go west to Clarksville (AR21) or east to Pelsor (AR7). If you go east, it's 28 miles of beautiful twisties. Zero traffic and cops. Good road surface. NOTE: AR123 continues NE from Lurton (AR7) for about 11 mile of great new pavement and... without warning, turns to gravel! AR154 from AR7 at Centerville to AR9 at Oppelo. This goes over Petit Jean Mt. / Park. AR16 / AR9 from Clinton to Mt. View. 1st leg to Shirley is the best part. AR263 from AR92 by Brownsville to AR14 by Big Flat. Has some really great parts and some really bad surfaces (especially around Fox to Onia). AR58 from AR14 (E of Mt. View - fun too) to AR69 at Sage. The folks at Sony PlayStation must have designed this road. From AR14 to Guion is real wide and has some 40 mph chicanes that you can FLY on. County deputies like to hang around just N of Guion. It's gets a lot tighter from Guion to Sage. THE HOLY GRAIL AR341 from AR14 by Big Flat to AR5 by Norfork. The 17 miles starting from AR14 is the best part. The road surface isn't as good from the last 7 or 8 miles. David Edwards, the editor of CYCLE WORLD wrote about this highway in the Jan. '00 issue. In the Feb. '00 issue, "Tour Arkansas" ranked in the top 10 (I think) in "101 Things To Do Before You Die". Waaaaaaaaay before ANY other state! As you can tell Mt.View is kind of an "epicenter" of good highways. Many of our best are within 25 miles of Mt. View. There's a Best Western right in the middle of town (at the intersection of AR5-9-14). There are a few more hotels / motels (most N of the BW) and several fast food places. Heck, there's even a Wal-Mart near by.
Mountainview	Mountain Home	Hwy 87, 14 and 341	Kevin Doherty	Head north on Hwy 87 to Hwy 14, north on 14 to Hwy 341. This road goes through the national forest Lots of very smooth pavement with fast and slow curves and switchbacks. Paved shoulders and wide lanes. very little traffic. This is an awesome road that must be seen to believe. Very fast and very smooth.
			Barbara English	Visit the Ozark Riders Gold Wing Trike Page for more hints
AR 123 from intersection of AR374 near Vendor	Intersection of AR 7 & AR 16	AR 123	Paul Bailey	AR123 from intersection of AR374 near Vendor South to intersection of AR7/16. Road consists of new pavement for approximately 17 miles. North end of the route begins with a some technically challenging switchbacks. Beautiful scenery (when you can afford to look) and great road conditions. Recommend the North to South direction as the most fun as it is uphill rather than the South to North putting the really tight switchbacks in a downhill situation.
See notes		AR 263	Dan Jasa	A great road is AR 263 which is right near the beginning of AR341 N. This is an awesome road with many up downs with curves in the middle. And the best part is that it follows a creek (very awesome scenery) This is a good road to go on if you go from 14 across the Buffalo River then 263 and then 341. Three great roads within 5 mi. Just thought you might want to add that one...oh yeah great pavement and little traffic. Editor NOTE: AR 263 is found in the North Central section of Arkansas. The Junction of 14 and 263 can be found at the SW corner of the Ozark National Forest.

1. Road changes name several time on the way south. Coming north (from Benton) you have to look hard to find the road (known as Congo Road at this end). Going south just follow the yellow caution signs on the curves. Road conditions--Swoops, dives, twists and turns. Smooth pavement and pretty scenery. There are very few gas stops along the way. Also, very limited number of straight-aways long enough for safe passing.