Marshall is the
Front Door to the Buffalo National River! The
largest city in the Buffalo River Watershed and one of Arkansas' finest mountain towns! Located just a few miles south of the Buffalo National River, Marshall is also centrally located between two segments of the
Ozark National Forest and is a
base camp for a large variety of Ozark’s outdoor fun!
Wild elk roam just outside the city limits! Home of the fabulous
Buffalo River Historic Jail & Museum that tells the story of the land and people of the Buffalo River watershed in a fabulously renovated 1902 jail! It also showcases native son
Elton Britt, the first performer in Country Music to be awarded a Gold Record! The
Searcy County Veterans Memorial Hall has an incredible museum of local military history. The
Searcy County Library is one of Arkansas’s finest public libraries with historic art and displays and a renowned genealogy department!
Also home of the
Buffalo River Airport! A
great fly-in destination for tourists to visit the Ozarks and the Buffalo National River! Operating out of the airport is the amazing
Buffalo River Air Tours of Marshall! See the Buffalo River and the gorgeous Ozarks from a 2,500 foot perspective!
Marshall hosts one of Arkansas' most unique and fun attractions, the
Kenda Drive-In movie theater! The only year round drive-in movie theatre in Arkansas!
Marshall is a
great motorcycle town and the gorgeously beautiful Growl Lasso Motorcycle route runs through Marshall. On the
cycling side of things, the annual
Arkansas High Country Race transits Marshall each year! This epic, self-supported event attracts some of the
greatest long-distance cyclers in the world to tackle a course that is approximately 1,034 miles with approximately 84,000 feet of total elevation! The
Ozark Grinder Trail is a nearby gravel grinder bicycle trail covering approximately 200 miles and 13,000 feet of elevation in some of the wildest, scenic, and remote parts of the north central Arkansas Ozarks! It also features a loop trail that circles Marshall! The
Arkansas Graveler is a new cycling event that will send up to 400 cyclists 336 miles along the state’s northern gravel roads across Searcy County from Fayetteville to Jonesboro! The Arkansas Graveler is set for June 23-29 next year and features a route that begins on the University of Arkansas campus and travels through Oark, Jasper, Marshall, Mountain View, and Cave City before finishing at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. The cyclists will spend the night at our amazing tourism attraction the
Kenda Drive-In!Close to Marshall are some of the finest
horseback trail riding experiences east of the Rocky Mountains with miles of scenic trails at both private horse camps and on public lands! Marshall sits near one of the greatest long-distance hiking trails in Middle America, the
Ozark Highlands Trail and is also part of the Arkansas Quilt Trails for painted barn quilts!
The
Mountain Homestead Natural Area is just outside Marshall at the very end of Range Street! 1.46 miles of
Multiuse Trails! Mountain Biking & Hiking! Nature Trail! Dark Night Sky Viewing! Bird Watching! Great place to walk and soak up nature! Pets must be on a leash. Two trails. The Meadow Homestead Trail and the Mountain Shadow Trail at Dead Bear Farm. Call 870-448-2557 for more information! 993 Range Street, Marshall, AR 72650
Marshall has two other nice parks.
Raccoon Springs Park has a small fishing lake, pavilions, and a walking track near the courthouse square. The
Searcy County Park is located near the Dr. Charles D. Daniel Civic Center where there’s a swimming pool, ball fields, and tennis courts.
Scenic US Highway 65 transits Marshall and is a highly traveled route to Branson, Missouri and the Buffalo National River, America’s 1st National River! The scenic overlook above Marshall is one of the finest panoramic scenes in all of Arkansas and comes with a roadside park, coffee shop, historic marker, and interpretive sign. This is a great selfie spot! Just northwest of town along US Highway 65 sits the Smith Barn, one of the most photographed barns in all of Arkansas!
In addition to a host of diverse food options, USA Today selected Searcy County in 2017 as its Food Capital to represent all of Arkansas as Searcy County is the Chocolate Roll Capital of the World™. Searcy County is the home of the Chocolate Roll Festival™, whose centerpiece is the World Champion Chocolate Roll Contest™ held in Marshall at the high school. This is a unique competition of local bakers to crown the World Champion Chocolate Roll maker! Reader's Digest July/August 2021 recognized our cultural dessert, the chocolate roll, as the Best Dessert in Arkansas! The local Daisy Queen has been in operation for more than 50 years and is an Arkansas Food Hall of Fame nominated dairy bar!
Marshall has nearby tent camping, cabins, lodges, cottage-style, and apartment-style lodging facilities, and an RV park! For information, contact the Greater Searcy County Chamber of Commerce at 870.448.2557.
Marshall and the local area are also a favorite for antique lovers with multiple flea markets and thrift stores and the big annual event held the first week in October, called Junkfest!
The area is also well known for its embracing of agritourism. The two most visited locations are Ratchford Buffalo Farms near Marshall and Dogwood Hills Guest Farm near Harriet.
Marshall is home to the Searcy County Fairgrounds and the annual county fair each September. Next door to the fairgrounds, the Flintrock Saddle Club rodeo grounds host both annual rodeos and the annual Buffalo River Bull Bash! The fairgrounds are also the site of the Kitchen of the Arkansas Ozarks, a certified kitchen that is available for private individuals to lease in order to start a food business or aggregate garden crops for distribution. The Searcy County Farmer’s Market is located nearby at the old berry shed and operates two days a week in the warmer months.
Marshall was designated a 2021 Trendsetter City by Arkansas Business magazine by winning Honorable Mention in Wellness and Fitness for the new Raccoon Springs City Park and Honorable Mention in Tourism Development/Creative Culture for the Buffalo River Historic Jail & Museum!
The town also serves as the corporate headquarters for
Boston Mountain Rural Health Center, Inc. and is served by numerous clinics as well as
Highland Court, a rehabilitation and resident care facility. Marshall has two excellent campuses for
Marshall Elementary School and Marshall High School. Marshall has
high-speed broadband internet delivered by Kinetic Windstream and Ritter Communications! It also has several industrial buildings and nearby available industrial real estate.
Marshall sits beautifully located in the Ozarks at the foot of the Boston Mountain Range! Marshall has a distinct four seasons and is well suited for many outdoor activities. Waterfalls, dogwoods, and redbuds grace the spring forest, hayfields and swimming holes call out in summer, beautiful autumn colors dress up the fall hillsides, and winter brings open forest vistas and spectacular ice formations! Several inches of snowfall is not uncommon.
Searcy County hosts approximately 48 miles of the Buffalo National River, the 1st park in Arkansas to be named an International Dark Sky Park! Searcy County has some of the darkest night skies in the Eastern United States with Bortle Dark-Sky Scale Two designations for sites along the Buffalo from Woolum to Tyler Bend to Gilbert. With a designation of two, the Milky Way can be seen in great detail!
Make the Ozark Mountain town of Marshall your Arkansas Outdoor destination!
