White Rock Mountain Rim Trail
Arkansas
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0.9 mi
Distance
864 ft
Gain
40 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Ozark-St. Francis National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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White Rock Mountain Rim Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 864 ft
- Elevation loss
- 864 ft
- Highest point
- 2,263 ft
- Lowest point
- 2,192 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
White Rock Mountain Rim Trail is a short out-and-back hike in Arkansas covering 0.93 miles with 716 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows the mountain rim and returns via the same path it went out on.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 2,238 ft
- High point
- 2,263 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 11% grade around mile 0.5 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1.9 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Boston Mountain Ranger District · Ranger district
- Ozark-St. Francis National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Boston Mountain Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Forest Order- White Rock Rappelling
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Forest Order- Shores Lake Rappelling
information · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Ozark Highlands TrailHiking0.1 mi
- White Rock CgCamping0.3 mi
- White Rock Mtn Rim LoopHiking0.3 mi
- White Rock - Shores Lake LoopHiking1.5 mi
- Shores Lake CgCamping3.2 mi
- Zone 13Rock climbing4.9 mi
- MMA WallRock climbing5 mi
- Frog BayouCanoeing6.3 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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