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Creekside Hike to Green Grotto Falls
Coming into 2021, I had a pretty long list of hikes to do in the southern Ozarks’ Lost Corner area. But one hike that was not on my list was the creekside hike to Green Grotto Falls. Nope, I was going to follow the main trail and miss some cool waterfalls upstream from Green Grotto. That is until I met up with my friend Gez Rogers, who knew a great creekside route to Green Grotto and several others. We did two hikes that day, and Green Grotto was our afternoon hike. In case you missed it, Part One of this hiking day was a creekside hike to Brushy Grotto Falls that morning. Gez really knows the Lost Corner area well. So I was stoked to team up with him and his pals Super Leeds and Travis Howk for this hike. As I mentioned in Part One, Gez Rogers is the creator of the Waterfalls in Ark...
Creekside Hike to Brushy Grotto Falls
Lost Corner is an area I first visited in early 2021 with a hike to Schoolhouse Falls. When researching that one I learned there are a TON of waterfalls in the wilderness around Lost Corner. It’s another one of those places where most of the hikes will show you multiple waterfalls on a single hike. This January, after a good rain, I made my third visit to Lost Corner for a full day of waterfall hikes. The first one of the day was a creekside hike to Brushy Grotto Falls. For this hike, I teamed up with Gez Rogers, the creator of the Waterfalls in Arkansas map. This is an awesome map that has recently surpassed over 125K views! It’s super helpful, so if you your’e not using it, you should be! Anyway, we had discussed teaming up on a hike for nearly a year. Lost Corner hikes...
Hike to Magnolia Falls in the Ozarks
When it comes to hiking, I learned long ago to plan your hike, research it, and know what you’re getting into. I’ve learned this lesson several times. But every now and then I seem to forget it, and will go off exploring without a plan. Or I’ll plan a hike and change my mind on the way so I can see something else. Such was the case the first time I made the hike to Magnolia Falls between Deer and Fallsville. I had planned two other waterfall hikes near Ponca that day in early October. But after seeing that the area creeks would be low on water, I opted for Magnolia Falls. I had Magnolia Falls on my list for a while and even read a little bit about it. But I was still completely unprepared that day. I had not downloaded a map or read enough about how to access the other wa...
