Discover Autumn At Dogwood Canyon
Tours & Day Trips | Registration opens Tuesday, August 19, 2025 10:00 AM
Experience fall at its finest in Dogwood Canyon Nature Park—10,000 acres of untouched Ozark beauty. Join our group for a guided tram tour through breathtaking landscapes of vibrant fall foliage, towering bluffs, cascading waterfalls, and crystal-clear trout streams. Along the way, you’ll cross handcrafted bridges, explore ancient burial caves, and marvel at bottomless blue-green pools.
This expert-led tour offers context and stories that turn each scenic stop into a deeper connection with the land. Perfect for nature lovers, photographers, and curious explorers, this immersive experience highlights the seasonal magic of the Ozarks while teaching about the area’s ecology, geology, and history.
The admission fee to the park and the tram tour costs are included in your class fee. Lunch will be on your own after the tram tour. Meeting information will be sent in the class reminder.
Activity Level: 1
This program will meet in person at OLLI Headquarters (HQ), located at 481 S. Shiloh Drive, Fayetteville, AR 72704. The participants will ride as a group to the destination. Please read your class reminder email for the exact details.
The destination address is: Dogwood Canyon Resort, 2038 W. State Highway 86, Lampe, MO 65681.
Class changes occasionally happen; please watch for (and read) announcements or emails from OLLI regarding your class.
Click on the link below for a Google map shot of our location:
OLLI HQ
Douglas Talbott
Doug is a retired academic advisor and part-time instructor from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, He is also an avid wildlife photographer, SCUBA diver, and world traveler who has touched all seven continents. A passionate photographer and world traveler, he has visited all seven continents and 47 of the 50 states. In the last three years he has visited and extensively photographed in Australia, Africa, and Antarctica.
Dough is a semi-professional photographer who has been photographing with Nikon equipment for about 60 years. He has traveled to 47 U.S. States, all 7 continents, and numerous countries. In February of this year, he and his wife traveled to the Galapagos Islands where they photographed the blue and red footed boobie birds, sea lions, and marine and land iguana. He showcased his best pictures from this trip in an OLLI class in April 2025.