Arkansas · 6 roads · 220.9 catalog miles
Best Driving Roads in Arkansas
Arkansas's strongest driving-road mix in the catalog sits in the Ozark and Ouachita country, where state highways connect forested hills, river valleys and small communities.
These 6 editorial picks come from the RevRoutes Explore catalog. Each orange line is the exact saved itinerary, and its listed mileage follows that route rather than the full length of a named highway or byway. The list is a starting point for choosing a drive, not a live road-conditions report.
Exact catalog lines. Every orange route below is a real RevRoutes itinerary—not a pin, shortcut or newly calculated alternative.
Pig Trail Scenic Byway (AR-23)
22.77 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 22.77 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
Pig Trail Scenic Byway is the AR-23 Ozark forest drive at the top of this selection. Plan around the saved section's bends and elevation changes, allowing time for traffic and stops away from the roadway.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
Push Mountain Road — AR-341 to AR-87
44.35 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 44.35 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
The saved Push Mountain itinerary connects AR-341 with AR-87 rather than treating a road nickname as a precise distance. Follow the orange line when comparing it with other versions of this well-known northern-Arkansas drive.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
AR-123 (Lurton northbound)
31.02 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 31.02 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
This AR-123 selection is the Lurton northbound itinerary. It gives the guide a focused Ozark mountain-road option; check the selected start and finish before linking it with a longer AR-123 road trip.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
AR-16 — Brashears to Deer
51.29 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 51.29 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
AR-16 between Brashears and Deer is an Ozark hill-country itinerary, not the whole cross-state highway. Its saved endpoints make a useful basis for a day drive without adding unrelated highway mileage.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
AR-21 (Ozark Highlands / Boxley Valley)
47.88 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 47.88 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
AR-21 connects the Ozark Highlands and Boxley Valley setting in this selection. Choose it for a valley-and-upland contrast to the tighter mountain-road entries, and plan stops without blocking narrow road shoulders.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
Mount Magazine Scenic Byway (AR-309)
23.58 miles in the Arkansas catalog region
- 23.58 mi
- Arkansas
Exact saved Explore itinerary. The displayed distance follows this line; the full named road may continue beyond the selected start or finish.
AR-309 brings the Mount Magazine area into the selection. Mountain weather and separate park access rules are worth checking, even for a relatively short catalog drive.
Official travel information: Arkansas traffic and road closure resources
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Planning your Arkansas drive
The shortest saved route in this guide is 22.77 miles; the longest is 51.29 miles. Choose one itinerary first and account for travel to its start and back from its finish. These are separate route picks, not an automatically connected road trip, and some can share road sections.
Check official Arkansas traffic and road closure resources before leaving. Park entry, timed reservations, vehicle restrictions and visitor-site permissions can be separate from whether the public highway is open. Follow current local instructions over an old map or article.
How we chose these Arkansas roads
This is a focused selection from the curated RevRoutes Explore catalog, ordered editorially for driving character and reputation, not mileage. We do not pad every state to the same number of picks; more roads remain available in the app. It is not an objective ranking or a claim that the editorial team has personally driven every itinerary. Distances describe the exact saved catalog lines and can differ from official byway lengths. The maps are planning aids—not live navigation or road-condition reports.
Check official Arkansas traffic and closure resources before traveling. The label-free satellite imagery is supplied by USGS The National Map; map providers receive ordinary browser requests when a map loads.
Arkansas route pages
- Pig Trail Scenic Byway (AR-23)Arkansas · 22.77 mi
- Push Mountain Road — AR-341 to AR-87Arkansas · 44.35 mi
- AR-123 (Lurton northbound)Arkansas · 31.02 mi
- AR-16 — Brashears to DeerArkansas · 51.29 mi
- AR-21 (Ozark Highlands / Boxley Valley)Arkansas · 47.88 mi
- Mount Magazine Scenic Byway (AR-309)Arkansas · 23.58 mi
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