"HP #20! Very accessible, safe but windy road to the top. No fee to enter. Phenomenal lookout both along the road up (on the south side) and at the top next to the lodge. Trail is just to the east of the lodge and very easy to follow. " — sklarguy • Jan 17, 2026

"A beautiful trip. The summit trail is short, with little elevation. The Ozarks were formed by erosion, not uplift, so they tend to be flatter than what many people are used to. Make a full day of the trip by starting at the visitor's center and walking around the top of Mt. Magazine. The views are probably better during the fall, but the wildflowers are spectacular right now. Very buggy, lots of ticks, so make sure you bring some spray. Almost nobody was on the trails. You'll have the place largely to yourself. Arkansas has wonderful state parks and federal lands." — danielmartin • Jun 3, 2022

"Drove to the campground parking lot and hiked up for a quick view of the summit. The whole thing took me about 20 mins. Very easy; summit was tree covered but the foliage was pretty and the views from the outlooks below were impressive. " — mchikes • Aug 10, 2021

"Well! I'd like to come back here once Covid-19 is no longer an issue. The lodge looks gorgeous and the cabins - especially the views from the porches - look phenomenal! I also hear that the hot tub soaks and views are pretty good from here. While some states don't do much for their high points, and others have them on private property, Arkansas has a state park around their highest point and have a pretty awesome lodge and campground. The weirdest thing is, though, is that there are three separate paths to get to the high point yet NONE OF THEM HAVE A PARKING LOT NEAR THE TRAILHEADS. Like... wtf? Maybe the one that starts at the visitor center has an associated parking lot, but one is near the campground (but not in it), and one is near the lodge (but you have to walk along the road to get to it...) so... ? Regardless - we parked at the lodge and walked along the (pretty empty, not much traffic) road to the trailhead. A nice, well-maintained trail. We were the only ones on and at the high point on the way up, but encountered three groups on the way back down. (We masked up to pass people.) This is/was US State High Point #27 for me, and #9 for Mom. " — psychikingjes • Dec 7, 2020

"This was an easy hike to the highest point in Arkansas. I hiked this with my friends Michael and Boni. We drove up to the Cameron Bluff Campground in heavy fog and parked there. We then made the 0.5-mile hike to the peak. The trail was in great condition and easy to follow. Be advised that this is bear country, but we did not see any. The views from Signal Hill are mostly obscured by the surrounding forest. However, in other areas of the state park, there are overlooks with gorgeous views. Overall, a good hike with no issues." — Noodles • Mar 10, 2020

"Part of a 72 hour, 3000km, 5 state high point, 6 state blitz from Calgary to Nashville. Snow led to late arrival and unplanned bivy at Nashville airport to get rental car at 6am. Camped free near Pennsacola, Florida on Sunday night (65F). Hotel in Arkansas on Monday (30F). Cheaha and Britton Hill on Sunday. Driscol Mtn (and False Mtn) and Bonny and Clyde Memorial on Monday. Magazine and Woodall on Monday enroute to another bivy at Nashville airport (28F)." — alexjoseph • Dec 4, 2018

"Very cool peak for the highest point in AR. There is a stone replica of the state of AR, a mailbox with a log you can sign and nice educational boards in Mt. Magazine State Park." — kstu • Aug 16, 2016

"Arriving after nightfall due to an earlier hike at Hemmed-In-Hollow, we did no more than a minimal hike up from the campground entrance. There was snow on the ground which was a bit of a surprise, temperature about 30 deg F. The hike was quite easy, only covering about 0.4 miles in the dark. The area was quite empty, the Mt Magazine lodge may have been 10% occupied, at most." — wbrouhaha • Dec 11, 2011

"Me and my friend Jen drove from Oklahoma on the day of her birthday. It was raining but under the trees we were able to stay mostly dry. Very quick hike Less then 1/2 hour to summit. Would love to go back on a clear day to see more but none the less it was still beautiful hike. Very misty and foggy it was hard to see far. Didn't get to enjoy any beers on this mountain because we wanted to get back and stay dry. We took the longer self guided trail up and then the signal hill trail down to complete the loop back to our car." — elbesto • Oct 27, 2011

"At midnight on July 1, 1991, 5 climbers, Pete Allard, Jim Grace, Shaun Lacher, David Sandway and myself, Dennis Stewart, took their first step off the summit of Mount Rainier and began a climbing marathon to reach the highest point in each of the 48 contiguous states in one calendar month. During the month of July in 1991, the team hiked over 250 miles, climbed over 14 vertical miles and drove over 14,000 miles. Their total time (summit to summit) was 30 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. All 5 members of the climbing team reached every summit during the month long expedition. Magazine Mountain was the eighth peak climbed on this record breaking trip, which got the team recognition in Guinness Book of Records. " — Stewy • Jul 7, 1991