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History. The Ouachita National Forest is the oldest National Forest in the southern United States. The forest encompasses 1,784,457 acres (7,221 km 2), including most of the scenic Ouachita Mountain Range. Six locations in the forest, comprising 65,000 acres (263 km 2), have been congressionally-designated as wilderness areas.
The Ouachita Mountains contain the Ouachita National Forest, Hot Springs National Park and Lake Ouachita, as well as numerous state parks and scenic byways mostly throughout Arkansas. They also contain the Ouachita National Recreation Trail , a 223-mile-long (359 km) hiking trail through the heart of the mountains.
Coordinates: 34°22′31″N 93°52′40″W. Little Missouri River in Albert Pike Recreation Area. Albert Pike Recreation Area is a recreational area located in the Ouachita National Forest about 6 miles north of Langley, Arkansas, in southern Montgomery County, featuring swimming and camping areas on the Little Missouri River .
Lake Ouachita (Pronounced WAH-shi-tah) is a reservoir created by the damming of the Ouachita River by Blakely Mountain Dam (34°34′21″N 93°11′39″W). The Downstream side of Blakely Mountain Dam as photographed from the river on July 25, 2009. Blakely Mountain Dam was built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers from 1948 to 1953 ...
March 30, 2007. The Sugar Creek Vista Overlook is a historic scenic overlook in Ouachita National Forest. It is located on Polk County Road 64 (also once designated Forest Road 38), just south of Dicks Gap. The overlook is a simple roadside pullout on the west side of the road, with an angular retaining wall about 84 feet (26 m) long.
The Talimena Scenic Drive features 22 vistas along its route. The Talimena Scenic Drive traverses the Winding Stair Mountains in the Ouachita National Forest.. The Talimena Scenic Drive is a National Scenic Byway in southeastern Oklahoma and extreme western Arkansas spanning a 54.0-mile (86.9 km) stretch of Oklahoma State Highway 1 (SH-1) and Arkansas Highway 88 (AR 88) from Talihina, Oklahoma ...
The Upper Kiamichi River Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Created by an act of Congress in 1988, the wilderness covers an area of 9,754 acres (39.47 km 2 ). Contained within Ouachita National Forest, the wilderness is managed by the U.S. Forest Service . The wilderness has both Pine Mountain and Rich Mountain which are two ...
National Forests of Arkansas. National Forests of Oklahoma. Ouachita Mountains. National Forests of the U.S. Interior Highlands. Protected areas of Scott County, Arkansas. Protected areas of Montgomery County, Arkansas. Protected areas of Le Flore County, Oklahoma. Protected areas of Polk County, Arkansas. Protected areas of Yell County, Arkansas.