It Will Be OK - Backpacking The Ouachita Trail

I invited some friends to join me on an exploratory backpacking trip to an unfamiliar area.
I was planning to hike the Ouachita Trail, but only the section that passed through Oklahoma (OK), so I just told my friends that it will be OK.
I did not know if the trip would be good or bad, so I just told my friends that it will be OK.
It turned out to be more than OK, I thought that it was a pretty amazing adventure.
This website was instrumental in our planning.
www.ouachitamap... - at Ouachita Trail.
Also, Harold, the Talimena State Park Host, was generous in providing up to date local knowledge about campsites, water, insects, poison ivy and other insights.
For more adventures check out:
www.theadventur...
/ theadventurebegins.tv
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The 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. 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.
While well-maintained, the trail is lightly used. In a ranking of U.S. long-distance trails on a number of criteria by Backpacker Magazine, the trail ranked third for solitude[3] and fourth for signage.
The high point on the trail is 2,610 ft (800 m) on Rich Mountain, which straddles the Oklahoma-Arkansas state border 46 miles (74 km) from the western end of the trail. The low point is 270 ft (82 m) at the entrance to Pinnacle Mountain State Park on the eastern end of the trail.
Because of the low elevations and southern latitude, the best times to hike the trail are the early spring and late autumn; winter months are often warm enough, also. In July to September, the weather tends to be too hot to hike comfortably, and water access points tend to dry up. - Wikipedia
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