Ouachita National Recreation Trail is a 223 mile long, continuous hiking trail through the
Ouachita Mountains of
Oklahoma and
Arkansas. The trail is primarily a hiking and backpacking trail, but about 2/3 of the trail are available to mountain bikers.The trail's western end is at Talimena State Park in southeastern Oklahoma, and the eastern end is at Pinnacle Mountain State Park in the small community of
Natural Steps, Arkansas in central Arkansas. The first 192 miles lie within the
Ouachita National Forest; the remaining 31 miles, maintained by
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, traverse lands owned by timber companies and the Little Rock Municipal Water Works. (Plans for the
Arkansas River Trail include an extension connecting the eastern terminus of the Ouachita Trail to downtown
Little Rock 17 miles away.) The Friends of the Ouachita Trail is a volunteer group devoted to maintaining the trail.
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