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Hikers will occasionally run onto old roads, farms, and cabins from before the area was designated as a wilderness area that are returning to nature.
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Many caves exist within the wilderness area, but all of them are closed to human entrance to prevent the spread of
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303:"List of old-growth forests"
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197:among bat populations.
114:36.0586667; -92.3584667
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88:Coordinates
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898:Petit Jean
878:Mount Nebo
713:Cane Creek
541:Pond Creek
531:Logan Cave
526:Holla Bend
521:Felsenthal
401:Fort Smith
313:2021-02-11
253:References
100:92°21′30″W
97:36°03′31″N
594:East Fork
589:Dry Creek
546:Wapanocca
506:Bald Knob
470:Pea Ridge
307:Knowledge
230:spicebush
226:gum trees
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868:Moro Bay
858:Millwood
662:Mulberry
647:Cossatot
599:Flatside
569:Big Lake
536:Overflow
511:Big Lake
429:Ouachita
358:Arkansas
236:See also
220:Besides
201:Wildlife
162:Arkansas
67:Location
488:Buffalo
366:Federal
179:Terrain
833:Logoly
185:Ozarks
778:Hobbs
738:Daisy
686:State
994:List
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