The Rock Creek Trail in West Little Rock is a flat, shaded, scenic trail that makes for a good summertime stroll. In both Trails of Little Rock and Trails of Central Arkansas I describe the trail as paved. The western section of the trail is asphalt, but much of the eastern section is a packed crushed gravel trail. I got some great feedback recently that made it sound like the gravel section was a little rougher for the wear than when I last visited a few years ago.
Hopefully one day this section of trail will expand much farther in both directions since there is no better use for a floodway/floodplain. Other parts of Rock Creek's floodway are paved (Boyle Park) and much of the creek runs through city parks (Weedman, Kanis, Boyle). This trail could one day connect to the Coleman Creek Greenway and to Fourche Bottoms trails allowing residents of West Little Rock to commute to Midtown and Downtown by bicycle through scenic wooded areas instead of along congested concrete highways.
If you find an update or error (no typos please) in Trails of Central Arkansas please let me know and I will post it!
The map below shows existing (blue) and potential (red) trails along Rock Creek.
View Rock Creek Potential in a larger map
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