Lovers' Leap Trail
(E-1)
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LENGTH: 1 miles
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TIME: 3/4 hour
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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DESCRIPTION: Rich Mountain offers
superlative views of the Ouachita Mountains. This windblown mountaintop
often looks like the high reaches of the Smoky Mountains, with heavy fog
and stunted, contorted hardwood trees. The attraction of this loop trail
is an overlook on a high rock bluff with a sensational view.
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Ouachita Trail (E-1, E-2, E-3, E-4, E-5)
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LENGTH: 225 miles
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TIME: Varies with weather, physical
ability, total hiking distance, specific distance, etc.
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DIFFICULTY: Moderate
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BROCHURE: From the east, the first 32
miles of the Ouachita Trail (OT) are managed by Pinnacle Mountain State
Park. The Arkansas River Trail, a 24 mile system of 12-foot wide paved
and accessible trails for people with disabilities, is scheduled for
completion in 2007. Four and one-half miles of the trail are
complete on the Little Rock side from Interstate 430 to the eastern end
of Rebsamen Park Road. Seven miles are complete in North Little
Rock from downtown to cook's Landing. Ground was broker in May
2004 for the last portion of the downtown trail, three and one-half
miles connecting Rebsamen Park to the Rock Island Railroad Bridge and
the Clinton Presidential Center and Park. The second phase of the
construction process will focus on a 10-mile trail connecting the
existing system to Pinnacle Mountain Sate Park. There it will
connect with the 224 mile Ouachita National Recreation Trail which
begins at the park visitor's center and ends in southeast Oklahoma. Hikers are encouraged to leave emergency information with park
staff. Trail guides and a map of this section are available at the
visitor center, or you can write to:
Pinnacle
Mountain State Park, 11901 Pinnacle Valley Rd., Roland, AR 72135. PHONE:
(501) 868-5806. Call for price of map.
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The next 193 miles of the trail are
managed by the U.S. Forest Service, Ouachita National Forest. A map of
this section is available from the Forest Service by writing to the
Forest Supervisor at the Hot Springs address, call for price of map.
This map indicates trailhead access points, topographic contours,
streams, campgrounds, etc. The last 31 miles of the trail extend into
Oklahoma. Detailed guides can be purchased at area bookstores and
sporting goods stores.
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DESCRIPTION: The OT is an east-west
corridor which extends from Pinnacle Mountain State Park near Little
Rock to Talimena State Park near Talihina, Oklahoma. This mountain trail
offers the hiker a wide range of opportunities from scenic vistas,
upland hardwood and pine forests to clear streams, high ridges and wide
valleys.
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