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
With its 233 miles (359 km) the Ouachita National Recreation Trail is the largest trail in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas. Parts of it are accessible for bikers. The forests are hot hiking in summertime.
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.