Frog Bayou

Total Miles
12.0

Elevation

623.23 ft

Duration

3.5 Hours

Technical Rating

Moderate

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

This trail follows FS1705/Kenney Rd and runs along Frog Bayou, the main tributary for Lake Fort Smith, and features Frog Bayou Falls. Frog Bayou can be traveled either from Bidville Rd on the west side or FS 124 on the east side. The trip's highlight is Frog Bayou Falls, which is more easily accessed from the east side, with a travel time of 45 minutes or less to reach the falls. This side of the trail is mostly an easy rating. Starting on the west side, travel time to the falls is between 2-3 hours and features several narrow, overgrown sections that are sure to leave pinstripes if you are in anything bigger than a SxS. This side of the trail is intermediate and features water crossings, steep climbs and descents, washouts, mudholes, and Kenney Cemetery.

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Difficulty

60% of the trail is easy, but there are several intermediate sections and obstacles like mudholes, water crossings and steep grades.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Whoever submitted this trail originally to OnX did a terrible job. I’m a local and I’ve ran this trail from end to end easily 100+ times in my life. It’s very important to note the trail does NOT follow the blue line in OnX. The trail follows the red line in my photos. This is especially important on the western end of the trail. Whoever submitted the original track to OnX started at the wrong spot, which is also on private property. Please start where my red line shows. I’ve reported this to OnX, but they refuse to make the corrections.

the trail was very dusty and washed out, alot rougher than I had expected, bbasketball sized rocks and dried out mud holes. bent one sway bar mount and had overheating issues due to slow speeds. do able in mostly 2wd. 4wd required for a few climbs, wouldn't recommend bringing a daily or low ground clearance rig out here. some spots would be tight in a full size rig but we didn't rub any trees in my Cherokee. Will definitely comeback, would be a entirely different trail if it was wet...

Ran this in my gladiator overland with no lift on 33’s. Started on the east side and just went to the falls and back out. Fun and easy trail. No need for a super gnarly rig to enjoy the east side of this trail. Lots of razors on this trail so be careful.

So I started on this trail on the west side. Now I am not sure who decided it should start there but it is someone’s private property and I felt like an idiot driving through someone’s land getting to the trail. However, I would suggest if you are going to start from this end you only go in a side by side or 4wheeler. The trees and bushes are very overgrown and to say you’ll get some pin stripes is an understatement. I will say once you get out of the thorns and trees the climb out was fun. I’ll have to start on the other end next time.

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