If a sleepy little mountain town with a cute brewery, panoramic sunset views and more bakeries than perhaps the population warrants sounds like your idea of a terrible time, keep scrolling. But if you ...

BIG CEDAR, Okla. (KTAL/KMSS) – It was Oct. 29, 1961, and U.S. President John F. Kennedy stood on the side of a road in the South’s largest National Forest. And though the press widely reported that ...

Explore the Ouachita Mountains on foot, by mountain bike, or with fishing rod in hand. What Is It? Located in west-central Arkansas, the Ouachita offer a weekend full of options and a setting for ...

Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz Crystal Capital of the World" — thanks to the abundance of ...

It doesn't take long to exit the Gulf Coastal Plain and enter the foothills of the Ouachita Mountains once I leave Arkadelphia and head west on Arkansas 8. I've departed my hometown for a day of ...

East Texans give no shortage of grief to their northerly neighbors, the state of Oklahoma. (I was born an Okie and got here as quickly as I could.) But whether or not they admit it, many East Texans ...

Season: Spring through fall. Spring bloom occurs in April and May; fall foliage peaks from mid-October to early November. Built in the late 1960s expressly for grand views, this two-lane highway ...

Ouachita National Forest was first established in 1907 as "Arkansas National Forest." Spanning from central Arkansas into the eastern edge of Oklahoma, the Ouachita Mountains serve as one of the ...

Although the Ouachita Mountains, which surrounded Lake Ouachita, did not soar to heights like the Rockies, Barnes would grow to love his new home at what would become Mountain Harbor Resort & Spa, an ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tucked away in west-central Arkansas' Ouachita Mountains, Mount Ida is a literal hidden gem, a tiny town that got its nickname — the "Quartz ...