Little Rock: Pinnacle Mountain
Tough day at work? Reenergize yourself on this quick but steep 2.5-mile hike or trail run to the top of the city's landmark peak.
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Trail Facts
- Distance: 4.1
Waypoints
PMT001
Location: 34.8394088745117, -92.4929962158203
Lace up and climb the rocky West Summit Trail
PMT002
Location: 34.8412895202637, -92.4888000488281
Scramble over sandstone and shale outcrops; in the last 300 million years, this bulge has cracked, folded upon itself, then uplifted above the nearby areas
PMT003
Location: 34.8412208557129, -92.4874420166016
Keep a healthy pace (it?s steep!)
PMT004
Location: 34.8419990539551, -92.4856033325195
Pinnacle Mtn. (1,011 ft.): Check out the Fulk Mtns. and Maumelle Pinnacles rising above the confluence of three rivers: the Big Maumelle, Little Maumelle, and Arkansas. To continue, head down the East Summit Trail (red and white blazes)
PMT005
Location: 34.8414001464844, -92.4855270385742
Hand-to-foot descent over boulders
PMT006
Location: 34.8404388427734, -92.4831314086914
End of scramble; trail tread reappears
PMT007
Location: 34.8437690734863, -92.4788208007812
Hard R @ 4-way onto the Base Trail, snaking around the foot of Pinnacle Mtn.
PMT008
Location: 34.8374214172363, -92.4833450317383
Trail transitions through upland forests and floodplain hardwoods on the Little Maumelle River. Pass 500- to 600-year-old bald cypress trees
PMT009
Location: 34.838680267334, -92.4912261962891
Trail ends @ boat launch. Head NW on road back to car