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template: byway.jade
id: "2152"
name: "Great River Road - Arkansas"
distance: "362"
duration: Allow four days to enjoy the byway.
description: "The Arkansas Great River Road embodies a fading agricultural past with a growing modern society that utilizes new agricultural technology. From the first settlers who conquered the swamp to the sharecroppers and finally to a community embedded in pastoral rhythms, this rich heritage can be seen all along the road."
contact: "**Arkansas Delta Byways**  \r\n 870-972-2803  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:rhawkins@astate.edu )  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/arpo/"
    name: Arkansas Post National Monument
  - url: "http://www.arkansas.com/"
    name: Arkansas State Parks and Tourism
  - url: "http://www.deltabyways.com/trails-tours/crowleys-ridge-parkway-national-scenic-byway.dot"
    name: "Crowley's Ridge Parkway"
  - url: "http://www.fs.usda.gov/osfnf"
    name: "Ozark-St. Francis National Forests"
  - url: "http://www.nps.gov/trte/"
    name: Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Arkansas State Scenic Byway
  - Great River Road
states: 
  - AR
includes: 
  - "2160"
part of: 
  - "2279"
ll: 
  - -90.18514999997251
  - 35.14651899955214
bounds: 
  - - -91.483541
    - 33.00465000019733
  - - -89.89820546321153
    - 35.999531313918965

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The Arkansas Great River Road embodies a fading agricultural past with a growing modern society that utilizes new agricultural technology. From the first settlers who conquered the swamp to the sharecroppers and finally to a community embedded in pastoral rhythms, this rich heritage can be seen all along the road.