The Wonder House at Queen Wilhelmina State Park
The Wonder House at Queen Wilhelmina State Park near Mena, Arkansas is a trip back in time at this Arkansas state park.
Queen Wilhelmina Arial View
A short clip on our visit to Queen Wilhelmina in Rich Mountain, Polk County, Arkansas. The Castle in The Clouds.
Snow on Queen Wilhelmina State Park -2015
Queen Wilhemina Arkansas
Yes...Getting Lost can be good. We found an amazing State Park called Queen Wilhemina. We stayed 2 days on top of a mountain in Ouachita National Forest. BEAUTIFUL!
Drive down from Queen Wilhelmina state park oct 2014
Mena, Arkansas
Mena is a city in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Polk County. The population was 5,637 as of 2000 census.
Mena is included in the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region. Surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest, Mena is a gateway to some of the most visited tourist attractions in Arkansas.
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Queen Wilhelmina Train Ride
Awesome ride on a 1952 miniature train through Queen Wilhelmina State Park in Arkansas. Good folks running the train too!
Day 1 Mena Mountain Loge Arkansas
Sorry about the fact that I missed the first day, I left my phone at the loge.
Queen wilhelmena state park 2009
august 2009
Mena, Arkansas
Mena (/miːnə/ MEE-nə) is a city in Polk County, Arkansas, United States. It is also the county seat of Polk County.[4][5] The population was 5,637 as of 2000 census.
Mena is included in the Ark-La-Tex socio-economic region. Surrounded by the Ouachita National Forest, Mena is a gateway to some of the most visited tourist attractions in Arkansas.
History
Mena, 1907
Mena, 1907
The Mountain Fork Bridge is one of 14 sites in Mena listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The Mountain Fork Bridge is one of 14 sites in Mena listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Depot in Mena
Depot in Mena
Mena was founded by Arthur Edward Stilwell during the building of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad (now the Kansas City Southern), which stretched from Kansas City, Missouri to Port Arthur, Texas. Train service to Mena began in 1896.
Stilwell named the town in honor of Folmina Margaretha Janssen-De Goeijen, the wife of his friend and financier Jan De Goeijen, whom Mr. De Goeijen affectionately called Mena. Janssen Park in the center of Mena is also named for her.
Mena was settled in 1896, and incorporated on September 18, 1896.
In 1897, the Bank of Mena was founded. The following year, the county seat was moved from nearby Dallas, Arkansas to Mena.
Mena's population had grown to 3,423 by 1900.
The town's main industries were timber, agriculture and mineral extraction, though it was advertised as a spa city located within a healthy environment.
Stilwell donated land to the city in 1906, and a park and campground were constructed.
In 1910, the railroad moved its shop facilities from Mena to Heavener, Oklahoma, causing a loss of 800 jobs.
A private school in Mena, Hendrix Academy, closed in 1905.
In 1911, a damaging tornado struck the town.
Riding Queen Wilhelmina Lodge Westward
Riding my R100RS westward from Queen Wilhelmina Lodge toward Oklahoma
Mena Arkansas
Picked up a new jet from the Paint Shop
USA on a Bicycle - Day 27 - Mena, AR
Motorcycle Ride From Mena, AR to Wilhelmina Lodge
Watch in HD 1080 p for best viewing; or higher with a fast connection. Motorcycle ride from the edge of Mena on hwy 88 to the top of the mountain at Wilhelmina Lodge. Shot with a Go Pro on top of my helmet in June, 2015. Great ride! I had the road to myself on my custom, Screaming Eagle Harley.
Daisy State Park in Arkansas
Visit Daisy State Park on Lake Greeson in Arkansas for amazing scenery and picturesque kayaking with the Ouachita Mountains as your backdrop. It is a very popular fishing spot. It has become on of our favorite parks. They have several yurts you can rent if you don’t have a tent or a trailer.
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So Mena Activities
Tour of a Wolfpen Creek Cabins. This is the Sleepy Bear Cabin. Great place to stay and enjoy the ATV trails around Mena.
Talimena National Scenic Byway - AR-88 / OK-1 - Arkansas / Oklahoma | Drive America's Highways ????
???? Join us as we drive 53 miles along the scenic Talimena National Scenic Byway -- including all the vistas -- in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
In partnership with Stichn Travel, we start the video turning north onto Arkansas Highway 88 from U.S. Highway 71 in Mena, Arkansas. Continuing generally northwest, we enter the Ouachita National Forest as the road ascends to the top of the ridgeline and approaches Queen Wilhelmina State Park -- just past Rich Mountain.
Continuing west, we soon cross over the Oklahoma border where the route becomes Oklahoma Highway 1. All along this road, we are stopping at the scenic vistas (listen for the driver commentary) which offer stunning views of the surrounding area and the gorgeous views of the Ouachita Mountains.
After a long relatively straight stretch of westward travel, we soon come to one of the curvier sections of the route and the only major junction along the trail -- with U.S. Highway 259. If you are traveling with someone who is scared of heights or you otherwise need a quick way off for gas or whatever, this is the ONLY place along the way to do so. There is a campground a few miles later (it's in the video) with outhouses, but do you really want your wife to use that?
Moving right along, we resume a northwesterly drive across the ridge line before making our final descent to U.S. Highway 271 where the video ends. There are visitors centers on both sides of the trail, although the one on the Arkansas side holds weird hours.
We would like to thank our friends at Stichn Travel (stitchntravel.com) for shooting this video for us. While we do have a video of this route in our archives, it is very old and is a timelapse recorded from a cell phone -- this is much better. When you are done watching our videos here at Interstate 411, check them out -- they have a great site and promise more great content in the coming weeks.
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Ouachita Trail | AR/OK State Line to Foran Gap | 46.3 - 68.1
February 15-17, 2019
Day 1: AR/OK State Line to Queen Wilhelmina State Park 5.3 miles
Day 2: Queen Wilhelmina State Park to Clear Fork Creek 7.1 miles
Day 3: Clear Fork Creek to Foran Gap 9.4 miles
This completes the Arkansas section of the Ouachita Trail! 46.3 miles to go....
Music: “Falling for me” by JOHNNYSWIM
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USA on a Bicycle - Day 25 - Hot Springs, AR
Basically this video shows the ride towards Hot Springs. We decided to take the route through the mountains.
Here is some information about the ride towards Hot Springs:
...and here is what happened in the next day when we were in the city of Hot Springs:
The name of the road we took to go from Conway, AR to Hot Springs was Mount Ida Road.
ATC072017 Lodge at Mount Magazine