Arkansas River Trail

We put the bikes on the truck and drove to the nearby Two Rivers Park trailhead for the Arkansas River Trail. We crossed the Little Maumelle River on the Two Rivers Park bicycle and pedestrian bridge.

That took us to the western end Arkansas River Trail on the south shore of the Arkansas River. The first park we came to was the Big Dam Overlook, where we got a good view of the "big dam bridge." Its pylons are sunk into the dam itself.

We cycled along the river on a dedicated hike and bike trail, but after a bit the route went onto surface streets. We biked past the ATA International World Headquarters (formerly American Taekwondo Association) and past Verizon soccer fields.

Parts of the route are detoured because of major construction along the river. At points it was a bit difficult because we had an outdated map of the detours. But we finally came to the Clinton Presidential Library, where a former railroad bridge has been re-purposed as a bicycle and pedestrian bridge. It has a great view of downtown Little Rock.

We had further adventures as we cycled west on the north shore, back to the big dam bridge, where we crossed again to the south shore, and then back to the truck and home.

In all, our route was about 24 miles. We were hot and sweaty and tired when we got home, but we enjoyed the ride.