Sam's Throne

{{Short description|Rock climbing attraction}}

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| photo = Pinus echinata on Sam's Throne, Ozarks, Arkansas (5789127366).jpg

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| photo_caption = Sam's Throne, May 2011

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| location = Ozark – St. Francis National Forest, Arkansas, USA

| nearest_city = Jasper, Arkansas

| range = Boston Mountains, Ozarks

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| rock_type = Sandstone

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| website = {{Official website|https://www.exploretheozarksonline.com/activities/parksnature/nationalforests/ozark/bigpiney/samsthrone.html}}

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Sam's Throne is a hard sandstone rock climbing area in the Boston Mountains of north central Arkansas, in the Ozark - St. Francis National Forest.{{cite web |url=http://fixedpin.com/Rock_Climbing_Arkansas.html |title=Fixed Pin Publishing | Rock Climbing Arkansas |publisher=Fixedpin.com |accessdate=2013-12-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001134/http://fixedpin.com/Rock_Climbing_Arkansas.html |archivedate=2013-12-03 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.southeastclimbing.com/climbing_areas/arkansas/sams_throne.htm |title=Flatliners Southeast Climbing - Arkansas - Sam's Throne |publisher=Southeastclimbing.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-01}} 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}}