Little Rock Area Running Routes

The following are some of the favorite locations for club members to run. If you have a favorite running route that you don't see here, let us know and we'll share it with the rest of the Club.

Arkansas River Trail

There are currently over 7 miles of paved trails on the north side of the river extending from Alltel Arena to Cooks Landing. The southern shore contains four miles of paved trail along Rebmansen Golf course and through Murray Park past the Lock and Dam. The pedestrian bridge at the Murray Lock and Dam is now complete, connecting the trails. Eventually, another pedestrian bridge at the Clinton Presidential Library will be opened to create a 14 mile loop.
Click here for more information on this wonderful resource for Central Arkansas.
Click here to learn more about the attempt to finish the River Trail loop at the Rock Island Bridge at the Clinton Library.

Two Rivers Park

Located at the junction of the Little Maumelle and Arkansas Rivers, Two Rivers Park offers over 6 miles of paved trail and plenty of open roads for local runners. City and County officials recently announced plans to build a pedestrian bridge from the west end of the River Trail to Two Rivers Park! Construction is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and be finished by the end of 2010.
Check out the initial design on this PDF

Directions to Two Rivers Park:: From Cantrell St in west Little Rock, turn north onto Pinnacle Valley Rd (Pinnacle Valley Rd is just under 3 miles west of I-430 on Cantrell St). Pinnacle Valley Rd will gradually curve to the right after passing over the train tracks. Continue straight on what is now County Farm Rd for almost two miles and turn right at the park entrance.

Pleasant Valley Training Group Runs

A group of LRRC members meets at the Pleasant Valley Country Club every Tuesday through Friday at 5:00 AM. Click a link below to check out a map of their runs.

Arkansas Pikes Peak Society Training Routes

A great collection of routes designed specifically as training to run the Pikes Peak Marathon. (Also good for masochistic runners!)

Pikes Peak Training Routes

Little Rock Marathon Training Group Routes

A collection of routes with distances from 3 to 20 miles covering many different locations in the Little Rock area. These routes were developed by Tom Singleton for the Little Rock Marathon training group. Click on a link below to open a PDF file of routes starting from various launching pads around town.

USATF Running Route Database

The link below will take you to a database of Arkansas Running Routes created by local runners. Find a route in your area, or use the map making tools to create a route of your own.

USATF Running Route Database