Ouachita National Recreation Trail

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Ouachita National Recreation Trail
The Ouachita Mountains from Flatside Pinnacle
Length	223 mi (359 km)
Location	Ouachita Mountains
Designation	National Recreation Trail
Trailheads	Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Arkansas Talimena State Park, Oklahoma
Use	Hiking Mountain biking (partial)
Difficulty	Varies
Season	Year-round
Waymark	Blue blaze
Hazards	Water can be scarce in summer
Maintained by	Ouachita National Forest
Website	https://www.fs.usda.gov/ouachita/

Ouachita National Recreation Trail is a 223-mile (359 km) long, continuous hiking trail through the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma and Arkansas. It is the longest backpacking trail in the Ouachita National Forest, spanning 192 miles across its length.^[1] Approximately 177 miles of the trail is in Arkansas and 46 miles of the trail is in Oklahoma. The trail is used by hikers, backpackers, hunters, and mountain bikers. It is a non-motorized single track trail open only to foot traffic and partially open to mountain bicycles. Segments opened to mountain bikes are from the western terminus of the Ouachita Trail at Talimena State Park to the Big Cedar trailhead on US Highway 259 at approximately Mile Marker (MM) 30.5 in Oklahoma, and from the Talimena Scenic Drive Trailhead at MM 54.1, east to Highway 7 at mile 160.4, north of Jessieville, Arkansas.^[2]