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5
days
Tuesday to Saturday
6–10 October, Jonesboro to Arkansas City.
342
miles
Farm roads and levees
From 34 miles into Helena to 99.5 on the last day.
6
towns
Every night somewhere new
A state park, a blues festival, a duck-calling town.
2
routes
Full Graveler or Half-Grav
Come for the gravel. Stay for the people.
There's no podium and no clock. Just good roads, six welcoming towns, and hundreds of riders who'll know your name by Friday. The riding ends every afternoon — that's about when the Graveler really starts.
What's included
You Ride. We Carry the Rest.
01
Fully supported
Aid stations, mechanics, medical, and a SAG vehicle all day. You are never out there alone.
02
Gear moved for you
Your bags travel town to town. Ride light, arrive to your stuff.
03
A camp every night
Somewhere to clean up, sleep, and a hot meal waiting at the end of each day.
04
Real hospitality
Host towns that put a table out and mean it. This is the point.
The route
Six Towns That Ride
Like A Story.
From Jonesboro down Crowley's Ridge and out through the Delta to Arkansas City. Each day ends somewhere new — a state park, a blues festival, a duck-calling town.
DAY 1
Jonesboro → Village Creek SP
71.2
2,331'
DAY 2
Village Creek → Miss. River SP
50.2
1,795'
DAY 3
Miss. River SP → Helena
34.4
1,009'
DAY 4
Helena → Stuttgart
86.7
1,277'
DAY 5
Stuttgart → Arkansas City
99.5
1,125'
342 total miles
7,537' total climb
Routes subject to change
After the riding
Summer Camp, for People Old Enough
to Appreciate It
A fire going. Long tables. Delta cooking, and enough of it. Live music from folks who grew up on it, playing close enough that you feel it in the chair.
Can't take the whole week off
Half-Grav: Helena to the Finish.
A shorter run at the same route, joining in Helena on 8 October for King Biscuit night and riding Friday and Saturday to Arkansas City. Same camp, same food, same people.
Everything Half-Grav riders need is in the Rider Guide.
A word from the director
“I've watched folks show up as strangers and leave as friends. Spend five days outside, with friends, and you come home understanding yourself a little better than you did.”
Bobby Finster
Event Director · Route Architect
