A couple of places I was going to suggest have already been
suggested, but drawing a 300 mile ring around Ft. Smith sure
doesnt come up with alot. I assume you just mean day trips
where you'd be back home that day?
Not much to chose from, or at least nowhere I'd be in a
hurry to get to. If you want to go a little further though:

About 800 miles away go to Spearfish, SD and camp at
the base of Devils Tower, WY. I hear there's now an
airport right near Devils Tower as well, wasnt there
before, worth checking out. About 600 miles to the
NE is St. Joseph, MI and Lake Michigan. Was there
recently, really nice place. Dauphin(e?) Island in
southern Alabama on the gulf coast I hear is nice,
thats about 470 miles. (All these miles are statute,
drew a ring on MS Streets).
Check out $100 Hamburger website and/or Airnav.
Have fun, Chris


"Matt Young" wrote in message
nk.net...
I'm trying to build x-country time for my instrument rating and I am
looking for suggestions of interesting airports/places to visit. I'm
based at Ft. Smith, AR and wondering if anyone has any particular
suggestions. Looking for things in 250, maybe 300 NM if it's really
interesting, things I can get to in a skyhawk in a day lol.

Thanks,
Matt