Faulkner County High Point Trip Report
Buffalo Hump on Barney Quadrangle (882 ft at BM)
Date: April 12, 2001
Author: Hans Haustein
Buffalo Hump is located in Northeast Faulkner County off of State Highway 107. To reach Buffalo Hump
go about one mile south of Quitman, then turn east on Buffalo Mountain Road. When you turn onto
Buffalo Mountain Road, Buffalo Hump is visible to the Southeast. Drive about 1/2 mile down the road,
you will pass a mobile home on the south side of the road. Soon after that, there will be a gate on the
south side of the road across from a house. Buffalo Hump is on private property that is posted. I was able
to obtain the name of the landowner from the neighbors in the area. Once I had the name of the owner I
used my cell phone to call information to get his number (he lives in a small town about 10 miles away)
and then call him for permission to access his land. He was very pleasant on the phone and did not have a
problem with me accessing Buffalo Hump.
At that point I parked by the gated road and began to walk to the summit. The walk to the summit is
about 3/4 of a mile following a gravel road that winds around the north and west sides of the hill before
heading to the top. The natural highpoint is located at the base of a large oak tree, this is about 50 feet
west of the bench mark location. The entire summit of Buffalo Hump is forested, with lots of poison ivy
just starting to green up. There is point that is man made that is taller, it is just southwest from the oak
tree by about 15 feet. The manmade point seems to be some sort of concrete cistern covered with soil. On
the summit there were also the concrete bases for a fire tower long gone.
All in all, it was a very pleasant highpointing trip after work. It only took about an 1 hour 15 minutes to
reach it from Little Rock.