11 Places That Prove You Need To Take A Road Trip Through Arkansas

With choice views of Cedar Creek Canyon, Seven Hollows, and Bear Cave, Arkansas's first state park is the perfect place to take in the beautifully rugged terrain the state has to offer.

Here you can learn all you could want to know about the only Arkansan to become president (and potentially our FIRST first gentleman)!

BBQ, beer, and bikes. Experience the four B's of Little Rock in this cycling tour organized by Bobby's Bike Hike.

Towns surrounding the beautiful Ozarks have cultivated their own unique craft beer culture, and this self-guided tour invites you to boozily breeze through all the best breweries in Fayetteville.

Winding 135 miles through the Ozark Mountains, the Buffalo National River features rough rapids and enormous bluffs, an interesting challenge for canoe enthusiasts.

EUREKA! Take in the quaint splendor of "The Little Switzerland of America," known for the Victorian-style architecture that lines its winding streets.

Atop Arkansas's tallest mountain, the 2,573-foot Mount Magazine, lies a sightseeing smorgasbord of mountain cliffs and strange wildlife. There are also tons of extreme activities for you adrenaline junkies, including rock climbing, rappelling, hang gliding, and ATV trails.

Smack-dab in the middle of this city lies a soothing pool of natural hot springs...and so the city was named. The city/park is also home to Superior Bathhouse Brewery and Distillery, the first brewery to be located inside a national park!

Despite being more than a century old, the menu at this locally famous diner hasn't changed: a simple BBQ sandwich with homemade slaw. Jones Bar-B-Q has even been featured on CBS This Morning!

During the Great Depression, many families in Arkansas lost their homes, prompting President Roosevelt to set up resettlement communities like the Dyess Colony. Here, a young boy named Johnny Cash — who would grow up to become "The Man in Black" — was raised.

Pretty self-explanatory: It's a pretty damn big bridge — 4,226 feet, to be exact. It goes over the Arkansas River, and is the longest pedestrian/bicycle bridge in North America.