Arkansas trails · Millers Goat
Millers Goat
A 5.0-mile out-and-back in Arkansas, with 208 ft of climbing. Reaches Sunrise Point and other spring/summit/viewpoint destinations.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the middle third: 48% of the ascent falls between mile 1.7 and mile 3.3. It gives back about 284 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Sunrise Point (summit)
- Darling Spring (spring)
- Bench Overlook (viewpoint)
Getting there
Bench Trail access — parking nearby. About 21 min drive (11 mi) from Russellville. 35.22420, -93.24923 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:52 a.m., the sun rises at 7:18 a.m. and sets at 6:39 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:04 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 21 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.9-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 53 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:11 a.m. — 7 h 28 min before sunset.
Loop options
- Millers Goat + Bench Trail — 5.3 mi loop, 634 ft gain
- Bench Trail + Gum Springs Trail + Millers Goat — 8.2 mi loop, 1,162 ft gain
Nearby trails
- Bench Trail — 0.0 mi
- Rim Trail — 0.5 mi
- Huckleberry Mtn-Orange — 15.1 mi
- Winthrop P. Rockefeller Boy Scout Trail — 19.5 mi