Where to go in Arkansas

Arkansas state has over 250 hiking trails totaling over 1,500 miles. And some of the best ones are in the Ouachita National Forest. More than 600 miles of trails are available. Trails vary in difficulty from primitive in wilderness areas to paved, interpretive trails. The forest has an active trail construction program: New trails are being blazed and old ones upgraded. Typical for national forests, most trails are mixed use, meaning they are shared among mountain bikers, horseback riders, and hikers.
The long and rugged Ouachita National Recreation Trail is the king of the forest trails. Stretching for 236 miles across the length of the Ouachita Mountains, the trail crosses the highest mountains, and wildest landscape, in Middle America. To hike the whole thing takes anywhere from three weeks to a month.
None of the other trails of the Ouachita can compare in length. The other long-distance trails range in the 20- to 30-mile range. At 27 miles, the Eagle Rock Loop Trail is the longest loop trail in Arkansas. Take this route, and over a three-day period you'll cross the Little Missouri River nine times and travel over nine mountains.