For an outdoor wonderland that is filled with scenic drives and extensive hiking and biking trails, head to this national ...

Primary organizers of the Ouachita National Park proposal were Mena businessmen, including V.W. St. John, publisher of the Mena Star newspaper. A large number of Fort Smith businessmen also joined ...

Calling it a “landmark event” for Arkansas outdoor recreation, Gov. Sarah Sanders and state officials on Friday (June 6) ...

Additionally, visitors can bathe in the Three Sisters Springs, whose alleged healing benefits rival the storied waters of Hot Springs National Park. Lake Ouachita State Park offers two trails for ...

On Dec. 5, 1927, Congressman Wingo introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to create the Ouachita National Park, with a similar bill being introduced in the Senate by Sen. Joe T ...

“The national park is nestled within the city of Hot Springs, which is nestled within the Ouachita National Forest, and we're just surrounded by so many public lands,” she said. “We have ...

Although Yellowstone National Park is touted as the country’s first ... of rock types and fractures that formed along with the Ouachita Mountains. These unique, highly porous folds and faults ...

As summer approaches, travelers looking for unique and less crowded destinations in the Midwest have plenty of options.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Fire managers with the National Forest are conducting prescribed burns in the Ouachita and Ozark- St. Francis National Forest on Sunday. The fire managers pay very close ...

hike in the Ouachita Mountains and then relax with a thermal bath at Hot Springs National Park, and see places where history was made from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. There are so ...

My friend and fellow historian Harold Coogan of Mena recently sent me a nicely printed portfolio from 1928 promoting a proposed Ouachita National Park. With the avid support of boosters from Mena ...