Oklahoma trails · Mountain Trail
Mountain Trail
A 4.6-mile out-and-back in Oklahoma, with 400 ft of climbing. Reaches Lake Carlton.
Elevation profile
The climbing leans toward the first third: 45% of the ascent falls between mile 0.0 and mile 1.5. It gives back about 500 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Lake Carlton (lake)
Getting there
Mountain Trail access. About 1 h 10 min drive (50 mi) from Poteau. 34.97072, -95.35569 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:26 a.m. and sets at 6:48 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:13 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 22 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 9.1-mile round trip takes roughly 3 h 47 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 11:13 a.m. — 7 h 35 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Ouachita National Recreation Trail — 26.2 mi
- Choctaw Nation Trail — 26.2 mi
- Choctaw Nation - North Spur — 26.7 mi
- K Trail — 28.5 mi