Now you can hike from Lake Fort Smith State Park almost to St. Louis on Trans-Ozark Trail | arkansasonline.com

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The Trans-Ozark Trail offers endless opportunities for extended hikes to explore the great outdoors. For adventurous hikers who don't mind a little bushwhacking and road-walking, the "TOT" will make a memorable long-distance thru-hike.

The TOT is more than 700 miles long, stretching from Lake Fort Smith State Park in Arkansas to St. Louis.

While it may not match the allure of long-distance hikes like the Appalachian or Pacific Crest trails, each over 2,000 miles, the TOT is the longest continuous hiking trail in the Midwest. Weaving a path through the Ozark National Forest, Buffalo National River, Mark Twain National Forest and many other scenic areas, this unique experience attracts hikers from across the country.

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Now you can hike from Lake Fort Smith State Park almost to St. Louis on Trans-Ozark Trail | arkansasonline.com

MoBikeFed comment: The Trans-Ozark Trail still has a number of road walks to connect trail segments, as it crosses hundreds of miles from western Arkansas to the outskirts of the St Louis area.

But the grand vision for this 700 mile trail is coming together, with many of the trail gaps being filled in with each passing year.

And the trail is complete enough that people are starting to hike it - and, as this article by Bob Robinson shows - write about it.

(FYI Bob is author of the *Bicycling Guide to Route 66* - you can find a copy of that book here: https://www.amazon.com/Bicycling-Guide-Route-Bob-Robinson/dp/0981895239 )

The article recommends these resources for maps and information about the Trans-Ozark Trail:

https://terrain-mag.com/catching-up-with-recent-ozark-trail-thru-hikers/
https://ozarkhighlandstrail.com/store-2/

http://ozarktrail.com/maps/