Considered to be one of the best bicycle tours in Arkansas, the Arkansas River Trail is utilized by an estimated 3,000 people on a typical weekend who walk, run and bike the trail. For visitors, it’s one of the coolest ways to see the city.

The 17-mile loop of road and paved trail runs from Riverfront Park in downtown Little Rock to the Big Dam Bridge in west Little Rock, where it traverses the river to North Little Rock, passing key landmarks and breathtaking scenery and wildlife along the way. The trail is accessible from both sides of the river and almost anywhere along the route.

Two new bridges are also part of the trail, adding even more adventure and convenience—the Two Rivers Park Bridge in west Little Rock and the Clinton Presidential Park Bridge, or Rock Island Bridge, near downtown Little Rock’s Clinton Presidential Center.

Visitors can experience all the trail has to offer by renting a bicycle from Fike’s Bikes or Bobby’s Bike Hike. A variety of bikes, including hybrids, road bikes, mountain bikes, tandems, recumbent, cruisers and kid’s cruisers are available for rent at both Fike’s Bikes and Bobby’s Bike Hike. Guided tours are available as well.

Fike’s has locations on both sides of the river, including River Trail Station in North Little Rock and the Peabody Hotel Little Rock, and Bobby’s Bike Hike is located in downtown Little Rock’s River Market Pavilion.

Fike’s Bikes: River Trail Station, North Little Rock (two blocks south of Verizon Arena), Peabody Hotel’s Riverfront Rotunda, 3 Statehouse Plaza, Little Rock;
Bobby’s Bike Hike: 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock