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Shelters along the trail

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The nine original shelters along the eastern portion of the trail were built by the United States Forest Service (USFS) in the 1980s and 1990s. In 2013, Friends of the Ouachita Trail (FoOT) embarked on a program to build additional shelters along the remainder of the trail, with a goal of having shelters evenly spaced throughout. [1]

Shelter Name MM
(Mile Marker)
Coordinates Original
builder
Original
open date
Remarks
Rock Garden 9.4 34°46.387′N 94°51.799′W / 34.773117°N 94.863317°W / 34.773117; -94.863317 (Rock Garden Shelter) FoOT November 2013
Holson Valley Vista 16.8 34°44.799′N 94°46.076′W / 34.746650°N 94.767933°W / 34.746650; -94.767933 (Holson Valley Vista Shelter) FoOT November 2013
Winding Stairs Mountain 25.0 34°42.561′N 94°40.645′W / 34.709350°N 94.677417°W / 34.709350; -94.677417 (Winding Stairs Mountain Shelter) FoOT April 2013
Pashubbe 34.0 34°39.745′N 94°36.252′W / 34.662417°N 94.604200°W / 34.662417; -94.604200 (Pashubbe Shelter) FoOT June 2013
State Line 46.4 34°41.572′N 94°27.119′W / 34.692867°N 94.451983°W / 34.692867; -94.451983 (State Line Shelter) FoOT October 2014
Black Fork Mountain 57.8 34°41.437′N 94°18.624′W / 34.690617°N 94.310400°W / 34.690617; -94.310400 (Black Fork Mountain Shelter) FoOT May 2015
Foran Gap 68.9 34°41.181′N 94°10.472′W / 34.686350°N 94.174533°W / 34.686350; -94.174533 (Foran Gap Shelter) FoOT March 2013
Turner Gap 79.9 34°40.584′N 94°0.713′W / 34.676400°N 94.011883°W / 34.676400; -94.011883 (Turner Gap Shelter) FoOT September 2016
Brushy Creek Mountain 90.6 34°40.124′N 93°51.396′W / 34.668733°N 93.856600°W / 34.668733; -93.856600 (Brushy Creek Mountain Shelter) FoOT May 2015
Fiddler Creek 100.9 34°41.523′N 93°43.315′W / 34.692050°N 93.721917°W / 34.692050; -93.721917 (Fiddler Creek Shelter) FoOT March 2014
Suck Mountain 108.6 34°43.463′N 93°37.721′W / 34.724383°N 93.628683°W / 34.724383; -93.628683 (Suck Mountain Shelter) FoOT November 2016
Story Creek 116.7 34°43.463′N 93°32.376′W / 34.724383°N 93.539600°W / 34.724383; -93.539600 (Story Creek Shelter) FoOT October 2016
John Archer 122.6 34°45.065′N 93°29.113′W / 34.751083°N 93.485217°W / 34.751083; -93.485217 (John Archer Shelter) USFS
Uncle Bill Potter 127.5 34°44.590′N 93°25.402′W / 34.743167°N 93.423367°W / 34.743167; -93.423367 (Uncle Bill Potter Shelter) USFS Short hike downhill
to Iron Forks Creek
bottom.
Big Branch 134.0 34°44.007′N 93°21.385′W / 34.733450°N 93.356417°W / 34.733450; -93.356417 (Big Branch Shelter) USFS Short hike downhill.
Blue Mountain 143.2 34°43.089′N 93°17.414′W / 34.718150°N 93.290233°W / 34.718150; -93.290233 (Blue Mountain Shelter) USFS
Big Bear 150.8 34°43.444′N 93°11.382′W / 34.724067°N 93.189700°W / 34.724067; -93.189700 (Big Bear Shelter) USFS
Moonshine 158.4 34°45.913′N 93°6.401′W / 34.765217°N 93.106683°W / 34.765217; -93.106683 (Moonshine Shelter) USFS
Oak Mountain 167.4 34°49.174′N 93°1.983′W / 34.819567°N 93.033050°W / 34.819567; -93.033050 (Oak Mountain Shelter) USFS
Brown's Creek 182.5 34°52.429′N 92°52.129′W / 34.873817°N 92.868817°W / 34.873817; -92.868817 (Brown's Creek Shelter) USFS
Nancy Mountain 189.5 34°51.145′N 92°47.706′W / 34.852417°N 92.795100°W / 34.852417; -92.795100 (Nancy Mountain Shelter) USFS
  1. ^ FoOT, "Trail Shelter Information", Friends of the Ouachita Trail, September 2017