Ouachita Trail
Description
- Name Ouachita Trail
- Length of trail 375 km, 233 miles
- Length in days 20 days
- Traildino grading MW, Moderate walk, backpacking trail
- Hut tour grading T1, Walk
Map
Links
Facts
- Friends of the Ouachita Trail
"Friends of the Ouachita Trail" (FoOT) is a non-profit organization created by trail users to maintain the Ouachita National Recreation Trail". Good resource.
- 40 Miles on the Ouachita Trail
A trip in January.
- Ouachita National Recreation Trail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Thru-Hiker's Guide to America - Ouachita Trail Introduction | GORP.com
An introduction to the OT.
Reports
- Trail Journals, Backpacking and Hiking Journals
All trail journals from the popular www.trailjournals.com regarding the Ouachita National Recreation Trail.
- Ouachita Hiking Journal
A collection of photos and descriptions of hikes and trails in the Ouachita Mountains.
- Ouachita National Recreation Trail, Spring 2005 Thru-hike
Eric Strong's observation of the trail. "The only real challange of this trip was water management", he notes. You can download a GPS data file here.
- Ouachita Trail | Wakefield Wanderings
Trail report of the first two sections. "It was a tough hike to cover 50+ plus miles in only 3 days, and we only saw six people on the entire trip". Elsewhere on this website sections 3 and 4.
- topicwise.com: Hiking: Hiking the Ouachita Trail - Sections 1 & 2, by Mary McDaniel and Kurt McDaniel
Trail journal of a five days hike in december and january.