Author: Charlie Williams (OuachitaMaps.com)

Charlie Williams is an avid hiker, a long time contributor to Backpacker Magazine, and produces detailed maps (OuachitaMaps.com) of most of the backpacking trails in Oklahoma and Arkansas. He considers the Ouachitas and Ozarks some of his favorite stomping grounds.

Mt. Magazine Trail (Cam. Bluff-Cove Lake) – 10 mi (ptp)

The Mount Magazine Trail begins in Mount Magazine State Park on the north rim of Arkansas’s highest mountain. It ends at Cove Lake in the Ozark National Forest, 9.8 miles to the north. This is a point-to-point hike, but with three trailheads, there is plenty of flexibility in how it is hiked.