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Buffalo National River
Operating Hours & Seasons

Access to the national river is open all year. Some facilities may be closed or have limited operating hours during the winter months.

RANGER STATIONS

Buffalo Point Ranger Station open all year - January -December, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone (870) 449-4311.  Closed federal holidays except Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. 

Pruitt Ranger Station open March - September, days and hours vary. Phone (870) 446-5373.

VISITOR CENTER

Tyler Bend Visitor Center open all year.  Hours of operation Memorial Day to Labor Day, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Rest of the year 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Phone (870) 439-2502. Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. 
Two bull elk in pasture at Buffalo National River.  

Did You Know?
Did you know that over 400 Rocky Mountain elk live in and around Buffalo National River? In the early 1980s elk were relocated to the Buffalo River region to replace an eastern elk subspecies that was extirpated in the 1800s.

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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST