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Back in October, I went with my son and his girlfriend to Lake Leatherwood near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We walked the Beacham Trail, the trail that makes a loop around the lake. The coolest part of the hike is probably walking across the 1940′s-era limestone dam.This is some cell phone video I took of the spillway water flowing down the back side of the dam.Alternate link.
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Spillway on Lake Leatherwood Dam These are some photos I took back in October when I went with my son and his girlfriend to the Lake Leatherwood, near Eureka Springs, Arkansas. We walked on the Beacham Trail around the lake. The trail goes right across Lake Leatherwood Dam. 
Lake Leatherwood Dam, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 
Lake Leatherwood A nice feature of walking at Lake Leatherwood is that there are no motorboats. It was a nice day for walking out at the lake.
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[This post was originally published on May 21, 2011 on "A Hiking We Will Go."]
There are several trails around Lake Leatherwood, a municipal park in Eureka Springs. Thinking of most city parks, images of a true “hike” are not what come to mind which is probably why this wasn’t one of the top trips on our list. We were surprised to find a really nice hiking trail around a very scenic lake. The weather was great with blue skies and sunshine. They have been missed lately with all of the rain in the area.
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Miner's Rock – Lake Leatherwood Park When my kids and I were on a short vacation in Eureka Springs a few weeks ago, we hiked two of the trails at Lake Leatherwood Park in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I really enjoyed the Miner’s Rock Trail. Interactive Miner’s Rock Trail GPX Map
Sinkhole on Miner's Rock Trail – Lake Leatherwood Park Miner’s Rock Trail is named for the Miner’s Rock, a unique geological rock formation. (Read more about the Miner’s Rock here (pdf).) The trail runs nearly three miles from the south (main) trailhead (where there is parking) to the north trailhead.
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Beacham Trail – Lake Leatherwood Dam Lake Leatherwood Park in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, is a cool place for hiking with a variety of trail types. One of the easier trails is the Beacham Trail which makes a loop around the lake without much up-and-downhill climbing.
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