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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 National Forest during the fall A map of the Ouachita mountains within the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Topographic map of the Ouachita Mountains. The Ouachitas are a major physiographic province of Arkansas and Oklahoma and are generally grouped with the Arkansas River Valley.
English: Topographic map of the Ouachita Mountains in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Also showing the Ouachita National Forest boundaries.; Credits. Produced with public domain data from the National Atlas of the United States, and incorporating public domain highway shields from Wikimedia.org. Projection UTM zone 15 North: EPSG:26915.
see Optima National Wildlife Refuge: Osage WMA [72] Osage: 9,512 acres (3,849 ha) North of Pawhuska: The area is made up of two units, the Western Wall unit (5,950 acres) and the Rock Creek unit (3,722 acres) Ouachita Leflore Unit WMA [73] Le Flore: 232,000 acres (94,000 ha) 10 miles south of Heavener: Part of the Ouachita National Forest.
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 long mountain ridges that rise to over 2,600 feet (792 m) above sea level. Several streams and waterfalls flow off the ridges creating the headwaters of the Kiamichi River.
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. [1] Approximately 177 miles of the trail is in Arkansas and 46 miles of the trail is in Oklahoma.
The Talimena National Scenic Byway crosses the mountains from Talihina, Oklahoma to Mena, Arkansas.It was designated in 2005 as a National Scenic Byway.The byway, which travels through the Ouachita National Forest, is often described as one of the prettiest drives in the country, situated along some of the highest peaks in the Winding Stair Mountains.
The Charlton Recreation Area is a public use area of the Ouachita National Forest, located just north of United States Route 270 between Crystal Springs and Mount Ida, Arkansas. The area includes a campground and day use facilities for water-related activities on Walnut Creek, including fishing and swimming.