Posted in Arkansas December 20, 2016 by J.B. Weisenfels

You Can Sit On Top Of The World At This Arkansas State Park

Baby, it’s cold outside. It might not seem like a fantastic time to visit an amazing Arkansas State Park, but you can enjoy some truly lovely sights at Mount Magazine. Arkansas’s highest point is easy to see from your car or from the warmth of the sublime lodge you’ll find there. The views from the overlooks are unspeakably beautiful if you’re up to braving the cold for a few minutes, and there’s no time like the present to get out there and enjoy a little natural beauty right before all that holiday stress threatens our peace.

You’ll find Mount Magazine at 577 Lodge Drive in Paris. Find directions here.

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The drive to Mount Magazine is incredible...

...especially once you get to the state park.

If you want to stretch your legs inside a warm building, you should stop by the Lodge.

You can eat lunch in the restaurant and warm up with good food near huge windows that provide quite a view.

All the views from the Lodge are incredibly gorgeous.

The expansive views from the overlooks up there aren’t diminished at all by lack of greenery.

In fact, they may even be more impressive.

The bluffs are somehow more majestic in the winter.

Could any kind of cold weather take away from the breathtaking beauty of the sunsets there?

And when the weather out there is frightful, the forest becomes extra delightful.

If you don’t already live on top of a mountain, you should be aware it’s going to be cold up there. But it’s well worth a little discomfort.

Regardless of whether you decide to enjoy Mount Magazine from your car, the lodge, or by braving the cold at an overlook, it’s absolutely the best place in the Natural State to feel like you're sitting on top of the world.

For more about why you absolutely have to stay at the lodge sometime, click here. To learn about the town nearest to Mount Magazine, check out this article.