Guides
A short nature hike dedicated to "Martha" the last known passenger pigeon.
On this short hike on Fort Sill, you can learn to identify some of the local plant life. Along the way you can view signs for the local trees and some of the plant life. Also along the way there are a few educational signs that provide you with background information on how a forest works. How the insects, animals, and plants co-exist to feed one another. This...
A list of historical places located on Fort Sill, OK.
There are many historical sites to be seen if you are visiting Fort Sill Oklahoma. Today, the fort is the only active military post located on the South Plains that was built during the Indian Wars. On the post you can visit historical markers denoting area where figures such as General Custer and General Sheridan once camped. There are also grave sites...
Trips
This cave is located on the west portion of the Wichtia Mountains. Cave is approximately 20 feet in diameter and approximately 30 feet deep. Very beautiful area with deer, song birds and other wildlife. Literature indicates at one time there were Spanish type markings within the cave but unfortunately I could not find them due to the graffiti on the walls. On the back wall of the cave is a hollowed out...
Wichita Mountains - Charon's Garden Wilderness
Indiahoma, Oklahoma, United States
Hiking | 4.7 miles
Hiking | 4.7 miles
Wandering around in the back country, mostly off-trail.
Wichita Mountains - Post Oak Falls loop
Wichita Mountains NWR, Oklahoma, United States
Hiking | 2.3 miles
Hiking | 2.3 miles
Down the trail from Post Oak Lake to Post Oak Falls, then a loop around to hook up with the Charons Gardens trail back to the car.
A short hike to the Bat Cave on the way home from the Spanish Cave. Very easy hike to the mouth or base of the cave. I could not access the cave due to it being approx 30 foot above the trail grade. It appeared that people have made access to the mouth via several make-shift type ladders using logs. Tried it a few times and decided it was not stable enough...
Hike around the longest set of trails in Roman Nose State Park in Oklahoma. All trails are well marked.
An easy hike to visit the "Crab Eyes" and back to the car.
The trip up to Mount Baldy, in the Wichita Mountains is a very rewarding and short hike. The hike begins at the Quanah Parker Lake parking lot. You walk across the dam walkway and pick up the trail on the west part of the walkway. Quanah Parker has the most amazing dam and it always good for some photographs. The trail is somewhat hard to find at times but just keep focused...
Wichita Mountains - Backcountry to Post Oak Falls
Indiahoma Wye, Oklahoma, United States
Hiking | 1.6 miles
Hiking | 1.6 miles
Partially on the trail, partially off. Trip to see Post Oak waterfall in Charons Garden Wilderness Area.
6.6 mile loop hike across western end of Winding Stair Mountain, based at Talimena State Park in southeastern Oklahoma. Ouachita Trail to Old Military Road Trail across Talimena Skyline Drive (Oklahoma Highway 1) then back along Choctaw Nation Trail.Blog post:http://meador.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/over-winding-stair-mountain/
Eagle Mountain and The Narrows - Wichita Mountains NWR
Indiahoma Wye, Oklahoma, United States
Hiking | 3.8 miles
Hiking | 3.8 miles
This is not a trail, but we blazed backcountry up Eagle Mountain up the west side of Eagle Mountain, southeastward across the high terrain, then dropped down and into the Narrows, then turned back north up the canyon to the complete the loop.
The JT Nickel Preserve is an expansive 17,000 acre remote area just north of the Illinois River, a few miles outside of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The property, which is operated by the Nature Conservancy, is completely protected and managed in order to preserve a natural Ozark woodlands ecosystem. It is the largest private protected area in the Ozarks. The terrain is chartacterized by very tall, steep, winding hollows with very narrow ridges forming their...
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge: Coalton Bottoms
Coalton, Oklahoma, United States
Hiking | 2.6 miles
Hiking | 2.6 miles
An easy to access spot on the south end of the Deep Fork NWR, the Coalton Bottoms trail is a 1/2 mile long gravel road that was converted from an old train track. The trail edges the Deep Fork River and has lots of places to veer into the woods or closer to the water. A small boardwalk has been built to overlook the river about 2/3rds of the way down the...
This was my first climb of Elk Mountain starting at Sunset Picnic area. My Iphone GPS application was "hit or miss" today so hopefully I can GPS the trip better next time. Trail is well worn except in a few places. It is a workout to climb to the top due to the elevation change and the number of rocks along the trail. Extremely clean area with little litter especially on top. ...
