First Jim Kress Mission

Beyond Big Creek Natural Area (above), an excellent little hike down through the bluffline along and down to that feature is contained within a larger space known as Jim Kress Wildlife Management Area.  While mostly ignored, it recently sparked some curiosity, where it was resolved to return and dive down many of the other paths it offers on the next encounter.

Following a logging road one afternoon led roughly 1.6 kilometers down to Big Creek.  There was no surprise there, though access to the same did not seem a wise choice at the time. After passing a gate that seemed to have a primarily purpose of blocking road traffic, nearing the creek found a settler.  A lone pickup shrouded with a variety of blankets, towels, and the sort did not encourage much more than a solitary hiker back the way he had come.  

Warren Mountain Logging Road 1a, as it was dubbed for this occasion, is not a particularly challenging  path, but a pleasant stroll overall, with any sound of humanity completely erased from the landscape. Numerous similar roads  criss-cross the landscape in this area, which appears little more than a huge pine tree farm for the state of Arkansas.   It is likely a great place to hunt also, so care will need taken on future intrusions into this land.

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Further Reading

Big Creek Natural Area

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission

Jim Kress WMA

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission