Arkansas trails · Stinking Bay Island Walking Trails
Stinking Bay Island Walking Trails
A 8.2-mile network in Arkansas, with 49 ft of climbing. Reaches Ditch Lake and other lake destinations. Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Elevation profile
Essentially flat — no sustained climb anywhere along its 8.2 miles.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Ditch Lake (lake)
- Round Lake (lake)
- Gordon Lake (lake)
- Bark Shanty Lake (lake)
- Leak Lake (lake)
Getting there
Stinking Bay Island Walking Trails access. About 2 h 01 min drive (83 mi, 2 of them unpaved) from Little Rock. 34.42833, -91.20540 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:44 a.m., the sun rises at 7:09 a.m. and sets at 6:31 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:57 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 23 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 8.2-mile route takes roughly 3 h 05 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 10:13 a.m. — 8 h 18 min before sunset.