my neighbor just got back from paddling this river a few days ago. he was on it for a week!
the scenery is incredible. it flows thru north mountainous hills, and incredible bluff and rock formations. camp anywhere, see no-one, until busy times in summer! grey

cool jimbo, very cool, small world huh! grey

Update:  6-8 October 2007, trying to find an alternative to the canoeing in the BWCAW (due to the distance from Tulsa, Oklahoma), my wife  and I floated the lower Buffalo River (23 miles).  THe scenery was unparalleled and there were very few on the river (saw 10 people spread among three groups) in three days on the river.  The only drawback to the trip was the water level.  There was only 2.5 feet at the gauge on Highway 14, and the water should have been at least 3.5 feet.  I will not float it again without at least the 3.5 feet level.  The fatique at the end of each day was magnified several times by the need to get out and push in the low water areas.  We had floated the Eleven Point River (Missouri) about six weeks ago, but the Buffalo is a better float.

When we lived down there we used to use the Buffalo Outdoor Center as our base.  They have nice cabins, and are very helpful regarding route information.  The Ozarks are absolutely brilliant.    (You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

GFY

Since I live in live here in Arkansas in the foothill of the Ozarks and about 70 miles from the Buffalo... I have to admit the scenery is beautiful   but I will still drive 1100 miles north to "get away"   

While there are a lot of trips on the Buffalo that are nice and some of them extended, most of the time if you try to do a nearby or popular float when there is water, you encounter many, many intoxicated college student and adults who seem have a limited vocabulary of word other than four letter words and few if any morals or sense!  That is one reason I rarely go any more and if I do I drive up that morning and leave at daylight to get away from the "wild ones" coming later. 

Bruce