Tag: Ouachita Trail: Section 03

The Ouachita Trail is a 223- mile trail running from Talimena, Oklahoma to Pulaski County, Arkansas. The vast majority of it is in the Ouachita National Forest.

For a list of trail segment profiles on this site, visit this link.

Ouachita Trail: 58.5-63.0 – Eagle Gap to MM63 on W. Fourche Mtn. (Section 3)

Ouachita Trail, Section 3, between MM 58.3 and 63.0

This part of Section 3 (as Tim Ernst designates) of the Ouachita Trail (OT) is from 58.5 to 63.0 in Polk County, Arkansas, near Mena. It starts about 7 miles east of Queen Wilhelmina State Park at the Eagle Gap juncture and heads up the western part of Fourche Mountain. It’s a pretty vigorous hike. […]

Ouachita Trail: 54.1-56.7 – Talimena Scenic Drive to Hwy 270/Black Fork Mtn. TH (Section 3)

Ouachita Trail on Rich Mountain between Talimena Scenic Drive and Highway 270 Trailhead

This 2.6-mile Ouachita Trail Section 3 segment is a pretty vigorous hike if you do it as an out-and-back as I did starting (east to west) at the Highway 270 (Black Fork Mountain Wilderness) Trailhead (Polk County, Arkansas). There is an elevation increase of about 1,000 feet, almost all of it in the first 1.5 […]