Burns Park Covered Bridge, North Little Rock

One of the country’s largest municipal parks, the 1,700-acre Burns Park in North Little Rock includes a pre-Civil War log cabin, fishing pier, campgrounds, golf course, soccer fields, walking trails, an archery range -- and a covered red bridge. The 85-foot replica, which spans the East Fork White Oak Bayou, was constructed in 1973. You can cross the one lane bridge in a vehicle, but you won’t find any horses. The loudest hoof traffic nowadays belongs to photographers beating a path to the best angle of the bridge.

Moore Covered Bridge, Glenwood

About 60 miles southwest of Little Rock is Glenwood in the Ouachita Mountains, with recreational trappings. Three miles east of town, Moore Covered Bridge was built in two days out of salvage wood from an old barn. Flower boxes adorn open windows as the bridge spans about 25 feet across the spillway of an 8-acre pond. Although on private property, you can see the bridge along US 70 at the west end of the pond.

Ponca Covered Bridge

The Ozarks are well-regarded for their caverns, traditional mountain folk and outdoor ventures. Ponca, an unincorporated mountain community about 10 miles west of Jasper, provides Ozark Mountain character and a characteristic covered bridge that crosses Adds Creek a little over a mile north of town. The bridge is on private property, although you can see it from the main highway, Arkansas 43, with a length of about 25 feet spanning a section of rapids.

Pebble Creek Covered Bridge, Mountain View

In a valley east of the Ozark Mountains, Mountain View is a tourist-based gateway to the Ozarks, with a number of annual folk festivals that can swell the town’s population from 2,800 to nearly 60,000 visitors. That leaves lots of people to cross the Pebble Creek Covered Bridge; nevertheless, to get to the 44-foot-long bridge, you need to travel off the beaten path from Arkansas 66 through a neighborhood, the Pebble Creek Subdivision.

Mill Creek Estates Bridge, Yellville

In the northern part of Arkansas, see a covered bridge southeast of Yellville about 2 miles. The bridge is on a rural county road leading to Mill Creek Estates. It spans 30 feet across year-round-flowing Mill Creek, noted for its largemouth bass and bluegill fishing. Watch out: If you’re tempted to steal a kiss from this bridge, the sides are open for the whole world to see.