National Recreation TrailOT

Ouachita Trail

The Ouachita National Recreation Trail is a 223-mile footpath traversing the Ouachita Mountains from Talimena State Park in Oklahoma to Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock, Arkansas. The lon...

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We don't yet have an OpenStreetMap relation for this trail. Terminus pins are shown from cited sources; the full polyline will be added after manual GPX verification.

Length
223 mi
Thru-hike
Elev. gain
States
2

About the route

The Ouachita National Recreation Trail is a 223-mile footpath traversing the Ouachita Mountains from Talimena State Park in Oklahoma to Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little Rock, Arkansas. The longest backpacking trail in the Ouachita National Forest, with 21 three-sided shelters every 8-12 miles.

Termini

Terminus A

Talimena State Park, OK

34.6911, -94.4303

Terminus B

Pinnacle Mountain State Park, AR

34.8714, -92.8208

Verified waypoints

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Route markers2
  • Talimena State Park (Western Terminus) · Trailhead

    Western terminus at Talimena State Park, OK.

    Source ↗adventures_seed

  • Pinnacle Mountain State Park (Eastern Terminus) · Trailhead

    Eastern terminus near Little Rock, AR.

    Source ↗adventures_seed

What we don't yet have

We deliberately do not display water sources, resupply towns, shuttle services, or trail-side businesses on this page. Those change every season and an out-of-date pin can be a safety issue, especially on the high-desert and alpine sections of long trails. Use the trail association's published guide, FarOut, or Guthook for that level of detail; verify with rangers before relying on any cached source.

Official sources

Last verified by us: 2026-05-14

Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Reconfirm alerts, permits, and closures with the agency before you go.

Best seasons

fallwinterspring

States traversed

OKAR

Editor's note

Summer (July-September) unsuitable due to heat and water scarcity. OSM parent relation not available.