Sam's Throne is a hard sandstone rock climbing area in the

Boston Mountains The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozarks, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper ...

of north central

Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...

, in the Ozark - St. Francis National Forest. Among its attractions for serious rock climbers is the Chickenhead Wall formation. The area is extensively described in the guide ''Arkansas Rock'' Volume 1 by Clay Frisbie (Boston Mountain Press). The surrounding area contains over 100 named climbing routes of various difficulty, and is serviced by a paved Forest Service Road from the town of Mount Judea.{{cite web, url=http://www.mountainproject.com/v/sams-throne--surroundings/105901033 , title=Climbing Sam's Throne & Surroundings , publisher=Mountain Project , date=2006-12-24 , accessdate=2013-12-01

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Protected areas of Newton County, Arkansas Climbing areas of the United States Ozark–St. Francis National Forest