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The McCurtain County Wilderness Area is a 14,087 acres (5,701 ha) wilderness nature preserve 25 miles (40 km) north of Broken Bow, Oklahoma. It has been owned by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. [1] It was designated a National Natural Landmark in December 1974 for its excellent example of a xeric upland oak-pine forest. [2]
Established in 1970, a partnership between Ducks Unlimited, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, the National Audubon Society, U.S. Coast Guard, Oklahoma State Parks, Oklahoma State University, and Missouri State University. [84] Hunting is allowed in the Sandtown Bottom, Webbers Bottom, and Girty Bottom.
The Deep Fork begins in and around northern Oklahoma City and flows eastward through Oklahoma County where five miles of the river is impounded by Arcadia Lake.Below the lake the river crosses into Lincoln County, winds back and forth across the Creek–Okfuskee county lines, crosses into Okmulgee County, meanders through the 9,600-acre (39 km 2) Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge near the ...
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge June 1983 Jet 36°45′01″N 98°13′27″W / 36.750314°N 98.224259°W / 36.750314; -98.224259 ( Salt Plains National Wildlife
The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge is the oldest and largest of nine national wildlife refuges in the state [16] and was founded in 1901, encompassing 59,020 acres (238.8 km 2). [17] Of Oklahoma's federally protected park or recreational sites, the Chickasaw National Recreation Area is the largest, with 4,500 acres (18 km 2). [18]
It includes the former Platt National Park and Arbuckle Recreation Area. [3] Part of the area was established as Sulphur Springs Reservation on July 1, 1902, and renamed and redesignated Platt National Park on June 29, 1906. At the time of its founding, the reservation, later national park, was located in Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation. [4]
Natural Falls State Park is a 120 acres (0.49 km 2) state-owned park in the Ozarks, in Delaware County, Oklahoma. It lies along U.S. Highway 412, near the Arkansas-Oklahoma state line. [a] The property was privately-owned and known as Dripping Springs until 1990, when the state bought it. The previous owners had also used the property as an ...
[5] [6] Croton Creek Watchable Wildlife Area, about 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Cheyenne has two trail loops totaling 1.6 miles (2.6 km). [7] The Washita Battlefield National Historic Site is located just west of Cheyenne and offers a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) walking trail, a visitors center, and a panoramic view of the Battlefield and the National ...