Sevier County High Point Trip Report
on DeQueen NW quadrangle
Date: November 12, 2001
Author: Hans Haustein
These highpoints are in a pretty out-of-the-way place.
To reach these highpoints, drive 7.5 miles north of the intersection of US Highways 70 and 71 in
DeQueen Arkansas to Bellah Mine Road to the west. Follow Bellah Mine Road (paved) for 4.7 miles to
Lake DeQueen, continue another 3.3 miles until reaching Kellum Road (gravel). Drive north on Kellum
Road for 0.5 mile until reaching Mountain Road. Turn East onto Mountain Road and continue 3.7 miles.
The road forks take the right fork (north) and continue 0.9 mile until reaching Deer Road. Just north of the
intersection with Deer Road there is a gate that was locked and the land was posted. The property is owned
by a timber company and leased to a hunting club. The highpoints were still about 2 miles from the gate on
the road. I was wary about walking up the road during deer season, so I drove down Deer Road to the first
house and talked to a lady there. She said her husband was part of the hunting club that leased the land.
She stopped short of saying it was OK to walk up the road because she didn't know all of the hunting club
members and how they would react to someone on the lease. Even though I didn't have 100 percent OK on
access I went ahead anyhow.
I parked at the junction of Deer Road and Mountain Road, put on my orange vest and proceeded north past
the gate. The timber company road heads north past a pond on the left another road intersects to the east
just north of the pond. Stay to the left (north); the road then heads uphill to a ridge top and turns east.
The highpoints are about 0.75 mile east of where the road crests the ridge and turns east. Continue on this road,
the first highpoint is just south of the road with a undefined highpoint.
The second area is just east of this area about 200 feet in a recent clear cut. This highpoint area seems to be
a little higher than the first area. This area did not have a defined highpoint. There were some decent views
to the north and to the east from the second highpoint area. I placed a PVC pipe register next to a large oak
tree that had not been cut, just north of road and highpoint area.
I ran into some hunters on 4 wheelers near the second highpoint, but they did not stop and ask any questions.
I guess I had an official appearance wearing my mesh orange vest, holding a GPS, and looking
down frequently at my topo map. They probably thought I was with the timber company.