Overview: This 30 mile section of OZT connects to Current River section 12 to the north and to Victory section 9 in the east just after the eastern and western divisions of the big loop come together. It is the initial section of the linear (non-loop) southern division of OZT that will eventually link with the Ozark Highlands Trail in Arkansas. OZT section 14, Eleven Point River, lies to the west and joins this section. Half of the section is in the Doniphan Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service.
The trail route is south for the first 13 miles through tributaries of the Current River: Wildhorse Hollow, Chilton Creek, Devil's Run, and Big Barren Creek. The trail then heads west along the north prong of Cedar Bluff Creek. It then climbs and crosses a ridge that divides the Eleven Point River and Current River watersheds. The last 8.5 miles go SW along Gold Mine Hollow, the ridge above Kelly Hollow, and Fox Hollow before ending on F.R. #3152 above Hurricane Creek.
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