The Walton Family Foundation has announced grants totaling $2.6 million in support of the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation.

The grants will support efforts to create or recondition trails for hiking, biking, and running at three parks in the Little Rock area — Pinnacle Mountain State Park, River Mountain Park, and Two Rivers Park. The latest announcement follows the recent opening of thirteen miles of the Monument Trail system and will add another five miles of trails to the system.

When completed, the projects at River Mountain Park and Two Rivers Park will provide opportunities for riders of all ages and skill levels to use more than ten miles of world-class mountain bike trails in the heart of Little Rock. The River Mountain trail will feature numerous downhill sections, capitalizing on the more than three hundred feet of elevation change in the park, and will complement a beginner's bike skill park to be built in Two Rivers Park. While the initiative represents the first joint trails collaboration between the foundations and the City of Little Rock, the two foundations have collaborated on three other Monument Trails projects.

"Arkansas is known for building trails that invite everyone to hop on a bike," said Tom Walton, who chairs the Walton Family Foundation's Home Region Program Committee. "A new network of Little Rock trails is an opportunity for our state to rise together as the leading mountain biking destination."