Ouachita National Forest · Arkansas, Oklahoma

Sugar Creek Multi-Use Trail

25 mi of trail, end to end · native material surface · trail No. 97 · trail class 3 · typical grade 12-20% · tread 48-60 inches wide

Begins at the forest's mile 0, 35.0192, -93.8542 - no trailhead mapped Drive to where the trail begins

Knoppers Ford Day Use the Forest Service's write-up

No Fee.

Knopper’s Ford, situated along Sugar Creek is a day use facility built by the CCC. It is accessible by passenger car or low clearance vehicle. Knopper’s Ford is popular with Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) and Equestrian enthusiasts, as it is a very short distance from the fabulous Sugar Creek Multi Use Recreation Trail.

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This hike on fs.usda.gov

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the US Forest Service's National Forest System trails layer (public domain), read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end, and the class, surface, grade and tread width are the forest's own entries where it publishes them - a forest that publishes the centreline alone has none. The trailheads and the points along the way are the Service's recreation points, and the write-ups its own recarea text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the forest's own site before you go.