Paddle kayaks/canoes to Sugarloaf island in Greers Ferry Lake & hike to the top of the peak.  Bring sack lunch.  Bring kayak or canoe.  We paddle one mile across a sheltered channel, the wide trail to the top is steep, 0.8 mile & 447’ elevation (11% grade).  If you want to tarry longer on the island, there is a 1-mile loop trail circling the base of the mountain.  Note there are two Sugarloaf Mountains … Do not drive to the Sugarloaf behind ASU campus.  Our Sugarloaf is the island near the south shore, Higden, AR.  We last made this trip in September 2023.  You can peruse “Sugar Loaf Mountain Nature Trail” on AllTrails.com. 

Dates.  Monday September 23, rain date Tuesday or Thursday. 

Itinerary.  8:00 optional rendezvous at Mountain Home Wal-Mart, drive 2 hours to Sugarloaf boat launch, Higden AR.  10:30 paddle across to the island, hike to top, 12:30 lunch atop the mountain.  2:00 paddle back to campground.  3:00 drive home.  Optional dinner on the way home at Wing Shack-Cheeseburger Grill in Mountain View. 

Please register on AMN website.  Bring trash bag & leave the lake better than we found it. 

$ave money with Nat’l Park Pass, display lifetime park pass under your windshield to avoid park fee in parking lot. 

Carpool.  Arrive early at Wal-Mart to strap boats to carpool vehicles.  Either arrange your carpool ahead of time, or else arrive early at Wal-Mart (NE corner near car wash).  Carpool passengers customarily pay driver $10 each. 

Directions.  Boat launch (GPS 35.548188 -92.271037) in Sugar Loaf Use Area, Higden, south bank of Greers Ferry Lake.  From Mountain Home, 90 miles, 2 hours, drive Highway 5 through Norfork, Calico Rock, Mountain View, right turns on AR 25, AR 92 and CR 337. 

Q&A Roy Stovall or Heather Cook.