Buffalo National River

Visit Date:  September 15, 2019

The Buffalo National River is the second stop in my National Passport Book travels.  There are no fees to go to visit to the Visitor Center, but you may want to call ahead or check their website for camping fees.

The Buffalo was the first National River and was established in 1972 to the National Park System.  This is one of the few undammed rivers in the lower 48 states.

It begins in the Boston Mountains and flows east until it meets the White River.

 

Visitor Center

The NPS lists 4 places to get your stamp cancellations.  I went to the Tyler Bend Visitor Center to get mine.  This is the main Visitor Center and is open year round.

Inside there was some interesting information about the vegetation and wildlife that thrive in the area.

Just a short walk or drive from the Visitor Center is one of the access points to the river.

 

Getting My Stamps

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Your Visit

If you are interested in visiting for yourself, you can click here to view the NPS page.

 

Conclusion

Because the river is 153 miles long, it is one of those things that you could visit multiple times and never see the same thing twice.  What I got to see was beautiful, but I’m not opposed to the idea of returning for perhaps a camping or float trip.

 

 

 

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