Lee County High Point Trip Report
on LaGrange quadrangle
Date: February 3, 2002
Author: Hans Haustein
This highpoint is located on Crowleys Ridge in the southern part of the county near the town of LaGrange.
To reach the highpoint from the intersection of Arkansas State Highways 1 and 121, go east on Highway
121 for two miles to the town of LaGrange. The pavement ends at a 4-way stop in LaGrange.
Continue east on a gravel road, Lee County Road 233. Lee County Road 217 intersects County Road 233 at 2.2
miles east of LaGrange. Turn north on County Road 233, continue on for 1.5 miles to a gated forest service road.
The latitude and longitude of this forest road are (34.65593° N, 90.69035° W).
The trail number posted on the gate is Trail 97010A.
From this point it is about 1.3 miles to the highpoint. The old road follows along the ridge top to the
southeast then to the south. There are several branches that fork from the road, stay to the left at every option.
About 0.25 mile north of the highpoint the road leaves the forest service property, there are no postings.
The latitude and longitude of the forest service property are (34.64893° N, 90.68109° W). The road
continues to a cleared area that has an old saw mill and is signed 'Saw Mill Rode'. The highpoint is just west
of the saw mill about 200 feet. I identified one spot by hand leveling just above a road cut. The latitude and
longitude of this location are (34.64231° N, 90.67987° W).
The route described above does the least amount of trespassing.
Another option is accessed by continuing on County Road 233 from County Road 217 for about 0.25 mile
to where the road turns due south. There is an unimproved road that goes east from this corner, it is posted.
This road accesses a hunting club that owns the highpoint area, permission could possibly be granted from
the hunting club clubhouse if someone is there. If that is the case, the highpoint is pretty much a drive up.
This highpoint is probably best done in the spring or summer to avoid the hunting seasons.