AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Back 40–Flo Ride, 3 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Back 40–Flo Ride, 3 sights is an 11.8-mile out-and-back near Rago, AR. It climbs 1,003 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,066 – 1,371 ft12.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Back 40 36.49513, -94.18444
Nearest town Rago, AR
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Back 40–Flo Ride, 3 sights

11.8 mi · ▲ 1,003 ft · 4 hr 26 min

Elevation 1,065–1,371 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Back 40 · 36.49513, -94.18444

Weather Sep 21: sunrise 7:05 AM · sunset 7:17 PM

  1. Start on Back 40, heading S.
  2. 0.7 miTurn left onto Newburn Drive, heading W.
  3. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Back 40, heading W.
  4. 350 ftBear left onto Newburn Drive, heading W.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Gosforth Lane, heading SW.
  6. 450 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading W.
  7. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading NW.
  8. 450 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading W.
  10. 150 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading W.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading W.
  12. 350 ftTurn left onto Back 40, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  14. 0.7 miTurn left, heading SW.
  15. 450 ftTurn right onto Orford Circle, heading NW.
  16. 200 ftBear right onto Back 40, heading N.
  17. 0.9 miTurn left onto Flo Ride, heading W.
  18. 2.8 miReach Back 40, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  19. 2.8 miTurn right onto Back 40, heading N.
  20. 0.9 miBear left onto Orford Circle, heading E.
  21. 250 ftTurn left onto Mildenhall Drive, heading E.
  22. 450 ftTurn right onto Back 40, heading E.
  23. 0.7 miTurn right onto Gosforth Lane, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading S.
  25. 50 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading SE.
  26. 150 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading S.
  27. 150 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading S.
  28. 400 ftContinue straight onto Back 40, heading E.
  29. 100 ftContinue straight onto Gosforth Lane, heading E.
  30. 400 ftBear left onto Newburn Drive, heading E.
  31. 0.1 miBear right onto Back 40, heading E.
  32. 350 ftContinue straight onto Newburn Drive, heading E.
  33. 0.2 miTurn right onto Back 40, heading E.
  34. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/back-40-flo-ride-out-back-3-sights-19-km-5090

Trail surface

99% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:05 AMSunset 7:17 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 6:57 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:17 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:43 PM.

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