Contact us

Would you would like to help maintain the Ouachita Trail? Perhaps you have a question about our organization. Want to join an upcoming work party or make a donation of money or equipment? Here is where to get more information!

Contact us via US mail:

		Friends of the Ouachita Trail
		PO Box 8630
		Hot Springs, AR 71910

Contact us by e-mail: Friends_OT2003@yahoo.com
Note:The email address contains an "underscore" ( _ ) between "Friends" and "OT2003".

Links

Businesses offering discounts to FoOT members

• Coffee Creek Resort - RV Park and motel near the Eastern end of the Ouachita trail at Perryville, AR offers discounts to volunteers when they are on trail working trips.
• Tim Ernst's Cloudland.net Online Store - Get your copy of Tim's super guide to the Ouachita Trail here - the Official Guidebook of FoOT! Ask about the FoOT Member discount or read details of the offer from FoOTNotes Vol. 1 / No. 2.
• Ouachita Outdoor Outfitters - Outdoors store in Hot Springs, AR offering 10% discount to FoOT members
• Rich Mountain Country Store Cafe & RV Park - RV park at Rich Mountain, AR near Queen Wilhelmina State Park offers camping discount to FoOT members while doing trail maintenance.
• Big Cedar RV Park and Cabins - RV Park near the Ouachita trail in Big Cedar, OK. Big Cedar RV Park is an organizational member of FoOT and offers discounts to campers when they are on trail working trips.

The following have supported Friends of the Ouachita Trail with donations of money or equipment

• Electrolux Home Products / Poulan Weedeaters
• Husqvarna
• International Paper Co.
• Lakeside Lawn & Saw, Inc. in Hot Springs - 501-262-3938
• Nations Small Engines, Inc., Hot Springs, AR - 501-767-6345
• Ben Meadows Company

Trail Organizations; Biking & Hiking clubs

• Central Arkansas Master Naturalists
• American Trails
• TAKAHIK River Valley Hikers (Russellville, AR)
• Partners for Pinnacle
• Bike Arkansas
• Ouachita Mountain Hikers
• Green Country Outdoor Club
• Ozark Highlands Trail Association
• Ozark Trail Association
• International Mountain Bicycling Assoc.
• American Hiking Society
• Ozark Society
• Ouachita Cycling Club
• Hot Springs Bicycle Association

Government Agencies Working With FoOT

• Arkansas Trails Council
• Ouachita, Ozark & St. Francis National Forests
• ONF prescribed burn information
• Arkansas State Parks
• Pinnacle Mountain State Park
• Queen Wilhelmina State Park

Here are some sites maintained by FoOT members and volunteers

• TrailHankie.com - "Hiker Hank" - FoOT volunteer and maker of the Trail Hankie, now available for the Ouachita Trail
• Ouachita Hiking Journal - John Carroll of Little Rock - maintainer in Section 9