7 Arkansas Places That Look Caribbean — And Almost No One Knows Them
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0:00 A countdown of seven scenic, water-based locations in Arkansas that reveal hidden histories and human stories.
1:39 Gunner Pool
5:17 Sand Island
8:59 Buffalo National River
11:53 Mammoth Spring
14:52 Blue Spring Heritage Center
17:06 Lake Ouachita
20:30 Bull Shoals Lake
What looks like paradise in Arkansas can hide dams, vanished towns, buried forests, and stories most visitors never hear.
I count down seven water-based locations across the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains, from the turquoise waters of Gunner Pool and Mammoth Spring to the beaches of Norfolk Lake and the free-flowing Buffalo National River. Along the way, I explore springs, dams, historic sites, and the human stories behind these remarkable places.
I also uncover the submerged forest beneath Lake Ouachita, freshwater jellyfish, the Trail of Tears connection at Blue Spring, and the communities lost beneath Bull Shoals Lake. Arkansas may not be the Caribbean, but its waters have histories that run much deeper.
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Lake Ouichita ia a very nice lake with pristine clean water. One of the cleanest lakes in the County, but doesn't look ANYTING like the Caribbean.
There are better small streams to camp than Gunner Pool, although its pretty decent. Bard Springs in the Ouichita's is as nice, and The Ouichita Mountains has lots of places that are really nice, as does the Ozarks.
Little Missouri Falls is very nice. You should have included that one.
I've camped and hiked all over Arkansas and there are A LOT more and better places than what you showed, which was TOTALLY STOCK FOOTAGE of places as far away as the Northern Rockeys on Montana or Canada!!!!
Dont use stock footage of places NO WHERE NEAR ARKANSAS, if you're talking about Arkansas. Thats BS and basically mis or disinformation.
But if you want to see water falls that look like the Caribbean, hike up some "feeder creeks" that flow into many of the creeks or rivers in the Ozarks....
Go to Long Pool Campground on the Big Piney Creek.... Walk a trail from the water tower UPSTREAM til you find about 100 ft waterfall. Find a way to get to the top of that waterfall and follow that feeder creek. You will find 3 more waterfalls, the last of which, (in spring when its flowing) looks EXACTLY like the waterfalls on Caribbean Islands. The first time I saw it, I stood there in literal awe, of the breath taking water cascading down the bluff.
Arkansas has places that are truely beautiful.
7 Arkansas Places That Look Caribbean — And Almost No One Knows Them
Homestead Index
8,310 views
0:00 A countdown of seven scenic, water-based locations in Arkansas that reveal hidden histories and human stories.
1:39 Gunner Pool
5:17 Sand Island
8:59 Buffalo National River
11:53 Mammoth Spring
14:52 Blue Spring Heritage Center
17:06 Lake Ouachita
20:30 Bull Shoals Lake
What looks like paradise in Arkansas can hide dams, vanished towns, buried forests, and stories most visitors never hear.
I count down seven water-based locations across the Ozarks and Ouachita Mountains, from the turquoise waters of Gunner Pool and Mammoth Spring to the beaches of Norfolk Lake and the free-flowing Buffalo National River. Along the way, I explore springs, dams, historic sites, and the human stories behind these remarkable places.
I also uncover the submerged forest beneath Lake Ouachita, freshwater jellyfish, the Trail of Tears connection at Blue Spring, and the communities lost beneath Bull Shoals Lake. Arkansas may not be the Caribbean, but its waters have histories that run much deeper.