Enter the trail and travel 3 miles to P2 Homestead
Trailhead or 3.5 miles to P3 Tompkins Bend Trailhead.
Amenities:
bathrooms, food, and water at the Joplin Store
Difficulty:
moderate with one short, steep grade
Direction to the Trailhead
Go east from Mount Ida about 10 miles or west
from Hot Springs about 24 miles on U.S. Highway 270 to Mountain
Harbor Rd. at the Joplin Store/Mountain Harbor Resort sign. Turn
north on Mountain Harbor Rd. and travel about 1 city block past the
Joplin store and several trailers on the right. Turn right on the
next road (see brown hiking sign.) Follow the road .4 miles to the
parking area on the right. Walk abut 1/10th mile to a split in the
trail. Turn left at the split to travel back to the Tompkins Bend
Trailhead. Turn right and follow the trail to Hickory Nut
Mountain.
