Category Archives: Parks
Beavers Bend State Park, SE Oklahoma
On our way to Beavers Bend State Park we stopped at the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge and Heavener Runestone State Park.
The picture above was taken at Heavener.
It was POURING so we did not stay there very long.
We just walked down to see the runestone and then slipped and slid our way back up.
By the time we arrived at Beavers Bend State Park the rain had stopped!
Even though they had their big festival going on we had our choice of campsites because of the rain.
We chose a campsite right on the river between Grapevine and Hickory campsites.
I am not sure which one it was since it was in the middle of them both.
You could not park down at these sites but the parking was close by.
No one else was camping anywhere near us!
The boys loved the really nice playground they had at the park.
Of course!
We travel hours away from home to a brand new park and all they care about is the playground…
The deer were EVERYWHERE!
They seemed like they were used to people being around also.
They would just ignore you as you took as many pictures as you wanted.
The view from the Cedar Bluff Nature Trail.
It connects to their big trail the David L. Boren (26miles) but we did not go very far on it.
We had our dog and my husband was worried about the rocky terrain hurting her paws.
Next we took the Pine Ridge Nature Trail to the Heritage Center.
They have a museum there and an old log cabin so be sure to check it out if you go.
As we got closer to the Center there were signs with information about the animals and trees we were seeing.
It was a very kid friendly trail.
The fall colors were really pretty.
I love rain soaked leaves!
Over all it was a really nice park.
Since the Ouachita National Forest is on the way we tend to just go there instead.
I was told by many people that I needed to make the trip to Beavers Bend and I am happy I did.
That being said, we will probably continue going to Ouachita.
I love the Mountain terrain and it is a little bit closer.
Ft. Gibson & Sequoyah State Park
This is the second time I have been to Fort Gibson in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
It is such an interesting place!
I would advise going during one of their events.
They have a spring and fall encampment where re-enactments are going on the whole weekend.
We missed the fall encampment by a week…
I looked at the city website and it was wrong.
Oops.
A lot of the rooms are set up so you can see what they would have looked like.
The boys wanted to look in every single one.
There are several things to do in the area.
When we went in the spring we also went to the Azalea Festival at Muskogee.
This time we went to Sequoyah State Park & Lodge.
They have an amazing nature center!
When we got to the nature center it was closed for the day but there were a bunch of deer just hanging out!
Caden played with the coyote.
It was so funny, they were following each other!
I want to go back again when we can go inside the center.
We went a long time ago but I think the boys would like it even more now!
They do have some hiking trails also.
We only went on a short one because it was getting late in the day.
Check out these two awesome places in North East Oklahoma!