About Mena/Oden Ranger District
Mena/Oden Office 1603 Hwy 71 North Mena, AR 71953 (479) 394-2382 Mena-Oden Ranger District is a fast paced, complex, multiple use district consisting of approximately 43 permanent employees, several seasonal employees and a large volunteer program We manage approximately 400,000 acres including five recreation areas, two Wilderness areas, two ATV Multi-use Trail Complexes and Historical Tower Sites. Come experience Shady Lake, Bard Springs, Dragover River access, Big Brushy, Shirley Creek Access, Caney Creek Wilderness, Black Fork Mountain Wilderness ,Wolf Pen Gap Trails, Fouche Mountain Trails, Bee Mountain, Rich Mountain and Tall Peak Tower. The City of Mena sits at the base of Rich Mountain and home of [Queen Wilhelmena State Park](http://www.queenwilhelmina.com/) and Talimena National Scenic Byway. The District has two Visitor Information Stations. One is located at the Mena Ranger…
- Managed by: Ouachita National Forest, FS
- Where: 1 mi east of Mena, AR · 34.58614, -94.21432
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–May & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 18.5 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Campsite · 5 mi NE of Hatfield 6.7 mi
- Wolf Pen Gap 6.9 mi
- Camp Pioneer 10.1 mi
- Campsite · 5 mi NE of Board Camp 11.1 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina State Park 11.5 mi
- Sugar Creek Multiuse 14.2 mi