Bradley County High Point Trip Report
on McKinney and Farmville quadrangles
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Hans Haustein
Allow about 2.5 hours to do Bradley County's Highpoints. There are two groups of highpoints in Bradley
County, 3 in the northern group and 8 in the southern group.
To reach the 3 areas in the north, go from then intersection of Highway 8 and Bradley County Road 8N go
west on Bradley County Road 8N this is right at the Bradley/Cleveland County line. County Road 8N is paved,
and at 0.6 mile it passes a cemetery. Past the cemetery the paved road ends at two gravel roads,
one going west and one going south. Take the south road this intersection is 1.5 miles west of the cemetery.
Stay on this road for 0.6 mile until you reach a road going west. There is sign at this intersection for a lease
for Grice Deer Club. This road begins to angle to the southwest at 0.6 mile from the last intersection.
A road going northwest intersects. Take this road to the northwest for 0.7 mile then the road curves to the southwest.
Continue for 0.1 mile to the crest of a hill. The first two areas are accessed by an overgrown
trail that goes between them. The area on both sides of the trail is really dense pine thicket vegetation.
There are some small game trails that give limited access, it is very tough to tell where the highest area is located.
I crashed through the brush until I was satisfied (i.e. covered in scratches and ticks).
These two areas are covered in the most dense vegetation I have encountered while highpointing in Arkansas.
The third and final northern highpoint area is reached by continuing southwest 0.3 mile, a cleared area is just
southeast of the road and the highpoint area is about 0.1 mile southeast from the road. Getting to this area
was pretty tough due to large ruts from the clear cutting process which were filled with water and covered in
waste high grass.
The southern areas are reached by returning to the last intersection to the east 1.3 miles from the last
highpoint area. Turn south at this intersection a go 3.4 miles to a paved road going east and west this is the
Old Camden Road (County Road 16). Go east on Old Camden Road 4.4 miles to Bradley County Road 7
(gravel) intersecting from the south. Note: While going east on Old Camden Road you will pass quite a few
roads that intersect with Old Camden Road. Go south 2.1 miles to a hill top and a east west unnamed road.
Go west on this road about 0.1 mile to the crest of the road the highest area seems north of the road in a field,
there is cow pasture south of the road. There is a newer house northeast of the crest, whose drive is
accessed by continuing west on the road about 0.1 mile. The four areas shown on the map accessed from
this road are owned by the owner of this house, the address on the mail box is 457. The owner is also a
State Trooper so, be sure to ask for permission before accessing these areas. Using my hand level I
eliminated all the smaller areas north of the road crest. The highest area seems to be about 5 to 8 feet higher
than the next contour, back-sighted to confirm.
The next area is reached by returning to the 4-way intersection east of the crest of the road and continuing
east on the gravel road 0.2 mile to another slight crest. Highpoint area is in a cow pasture just south of the road.
The next area is reached by continuing east on the gravel road 0.1 mile to a road intersecting from the north,
County Road 217. Go north on CR 217 for 0.1 mile to a slight crest. The highpoint area is located in
a wooded area with several unnatural humps just to the west of the road. Going north another 0.2 mile,
the next highpoint area is across the road from a house near a fence line.
The road continues north then east 0.4 mile to an intersection with a north/south road. There is a house on
the northeast corner of this intersection. It appeared the majority of the property was owned with this house.
I knocked on the door but got no answer. There were about four barking dogs on the property.
Continue north on the road to a pullout for a water tower on the east side of the road and walk a fence line
west by a vineyard to a cleared area and continued north and west crossing several fences, the majority of
the highpoint area was cleared but there were some wooded patches. It was tough to tell which area of the
large 300-foot contour was highest. Tried to hand level but there were quite a few obstructions.
Highest area seemed to be just west of the vineyard.