My route to Eureka Springs

Rayabusa0818

Never Forgotten
We are planning to take two full days for the ride out and two more for the ride home and are interested if there any "must see" spots along this route...

Minimal Interstates...


From: 16224 Lakewood Dr Sale Creek, TN 37373-7749 US
To: Huntsville, AL US
To: Eureka Springs, AR US

DRIVING DIRECTIONS
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A) 16224 LAKEWOOD DR SALE CREEK, TN 37373-7749 US
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1. Start out going NORTHEAST on LAKEWOOD DR toward DAUGHERTY FERRY RD. (go 0.45 miles)
2. Turn LEFT onto DAUGHERTY FERRY RD. (go 0.90 miles)
3. Turn SHARP LEFT onto MAY RD. (go 5.17 miles)
4. MAY RD becomes MCCALLIE FERRY RD. (go 2.18 miles)
5. Turn LEFT onto DAYTON PIKE S/US-27 S/TN-29 S/J LON FOUST HWY S. Continue to follow US-27 S. (go 25.54 miles)
6. Merge onto I-24 W toward NASHVILLE/BIRMINGHAM (Passing through GEORGIA- then crossing into TENNESSEE). (go 17.17 miles)
7. Take the TN-156 ex it- EXIT 161- toward HALETOWN/NEW HOPE. (go 0.24 miles)
8. Turn SLIGHT LEFT to take the ramp toward NEW HOPE. (go 0.02 miles)
9. Turn LEFT onto TN-156/SHELLMOUND RD. (go 5.55 miles)
10. Turn LEFT onto HOGJAW RD (Crossing into ALABAMA). (go 1.06 miles)
11. HOGJAW RD becomes CR-91. (go 14.60 miles)
12. Turn RIGHT onto AL-117. (go 2.29 miles)
13. Turn LEFT onto CR-287. (go 0.72 miles)
14. Turn LEFT onto US-72 W. (go 35.52 miles)
15. Turn LEFT onto CR-5. (go 1.93 miles)
16. CR-5 becomes NEW HOPE CEDAR POINT RD. (go 0.87 miles)
17. Turn RIGHT onto CHERRY TREE RD. (go 7.49 miles)
18. Turn RIGHT onto OLD HWY 431. (go 1.28 miles)
19. Turn LEFT to stay on OLD HWY 431. (go 1.58 miles)
20. Turn RIGHT onto US-431 N/AL- 1 N. (go 7.51 miles)
21. Turn RIGHT onto FRANKLIN ST SE. (go 0.83 miles)
22. FRANKLIN ST SE becomes EAST SIDE SQ. (go 0.07 miles)
23. Turn LEFT onto NORTHSIDE SQ. (go 0.07 miles)
24. NORTHSIDE SQ becomes W SPRING ST SW. (go 0.01 miles)
25. End at Huntsville, AL US
"º"ºESTIMATED TIME: 2 hours, 54 minutes | TOTAL DISTANCE: 133.02 miles
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B) HUNTSVILLE, AL US
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1. Start out going SOUTHWEST on W SPRING ST SW toward SPRAGINS AVE SW. (go 0.06 miles)
2. Turn RIGHT onto SPRAGINS AVE SW. (go 0.07 miles)
3. Turn LEFT onto CLINTON AVE W. (go 1.37 miles)
4. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto GOVERNORS DR SW/AL-20/AL-53. (go 0.68 miles)
5. Merge onto I-565 W to ward I-65/DECATUR. (go 17.05 miles)
6. I-565 W becomes AL-20 W. (go 5.30 miles)
7. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto WILSON ST NE/US-72 ALT/AL-20. Continue to follow US-72 ALT W/AL-20 W. (go 41.50 miles)
8. US-72 ALT W/AL-20 W becomes US-72 W (Passing through MISSISSIPPI- then crossing into TENNESSEE). (go 118.97 miles)
9. Merge onto BILL MORRIS PKWY/TN-385 W via the ramp on the LEFT. (go 14.14 miles)
10. Merge onto I-240 W via the exit on the LEFT toward JACKSON MISS. (go 8.67 miles)
11. Keep LEFT to take I-55 N via EXIT 25A&B toward ST LOUIS/JACKSON MISS (Crossing into ARKANSAS). (go 14.08 miles)
12. Keep RIGHT to take I-55 N via EXIT 277 toward BLYTHEVILLE/JONESBORO. (go 15.68 miles)
13. Take the US-63 exit- EXIT 23- toward MARKED TREE/JONESBORO. (go 1.21 miles)
14. Merge onto US-63 N. (go 64.61 m iles)
15. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto US-63 BR. (go 1.98 miles)
16. Turn LEFT onto US-67 BR/SW TEXAS ST/US-63 BR. (go 0.24 miles)
17. Turn RIGHT onto US-63 BR N/SW HARTIGAN RD. Continue to follow US-63 BR N. (go 2.12 miles)
18. US-63 BR N becomes US-63. (go 36.74 miles)
19. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto US-412/US-62/AR-175. Continue to follow US-412/US-62. (go 10.15 miles)
20. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT. (go 0.09 miles)
21. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto US-412/US-62. (go 49.89 miles)
22. US-412/US-62 becomes US-62 BR. (go 4.60 miles)
23. US-62 BR becomes US-62/US-412. (go 13.60 miles)
24. Turn LEFT onto S 1ST ST/US-62/US-412. Continue to follow US-62/US-412. (go 29.29 miles)
25. Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto US-65/US-412/US-62/AR-206. Continue to follow US-65/US-412/US-62. (go 1 2.11 miles)
26. Turn LEFT onto US-412 W/US-62 W. Continue to follow US-62 W. (go 33.69 miles)
27. Turn RIGHT onto MILL HOLLOW RD. (go 1.81 miles)
28. Turn LEFT onto AR-23/N MAIN ST. (go 0.37 miles)
29. Stay STRAIGHT to go onto DOUGLAS ST. (go 0.03 miles)
30. Turn RIGHT onto 1ST ST. (go 0.13 miles)
31. End at Eureka Springs, AR US
"º"ºESTIMATED TIME: 9 hours, 23 minutes | TOTAL DISTANCE: 500.21 miles
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C) EUREKA SPRINGS, AR US
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"º"ºTOTAL ESTIMATED TIME: 12 hours, 17 minutes | TOTAL DISTANCE: 633.24 miles
 
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It's weird to see Eureka Springs empty like in most of that video. It's almost always hopping with people everywhere. It has some really cool shops like a dedicated hot sauce shop and jelly shop for enthusiasts of those. There's really good food offerings, pizza, burgers, covered wagon and especially Ermilio's, a super Italian restaurant that you would never find without directions. What's fun on a bike is to ride up to the top of the hills, shut the engine off and coast downhill all the way through the historic district. Pretty cool stuff.
 
Have you been on a ride up that way ? If so let us know about your experience & if we should visit the area *
 
Me and the wife rode down there a couple weekends ago for bikes blues and BBQ and had a wonderful time. Weather and scenery was great! Was a great chance to stretch the legs on the bmw r18. If anyone hasn't been to the jaspers/rogers/eureka springs area to experience the roads...I highly recommend. Next year we are going to do some riding west of this area and experience the Oklahoma mountains. There are some roads that will (almost) rival roads in the smokies like the dragon.
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