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Pine Cove Recreation Area ~SE Oklahoma

This camping spot was very quiet and peaceful.

Which is really nice unless you are a family of seven with really loud kids and a dog…

I still really liked it though.

Beautiful

I loved the pine forest in the middle of the sites.

There was no hiking that I knew of but the walk around the campgrounds was beautiful.

The playground near our site was really nice! The only downside to this campground was the flooding that was going on and the location (it was in the middle of nowhere). We checked out a swimming spot I found on google the next day and it was flooded also so looked totally different than the pics. The kids still had fun even if they had to stay close to the shore. Afterwards we went to the Red Slough Wildlife Refuge to hunt for an alligator 😉 We did not see any but we did see a snake or two and this fawn.On Saturday we went to Beavers Bend State Park and it was kind of the start of a not great rest of the trip.

It happens, they can’t all be amazing.

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This spot was pretty cool though.

There were just SO many people all over the park!And in trying to avoid the crowds I picked a difficult hike which had lots of climbing without the amazing views that make it worth it.It was one of those push yourself and be happy when you make it back to your car and can be done hiking type hikes…This was a beautiful campground though that I would not mind staying at again.

Just need to remember to never go to Beavers Bend on the weekend again.

Hiking the Nature Trails in Beavers Bend State Park

We were going to take the South Park Trail near our campground to the Beaver Creek Trail but…
We didn’t bring waders… This one was not a nature trail but most of the others we went on were.
I took three kids on this next short hike.It was listed as a nature trail. It was right across from the Nature Center.

I never did get to see inside the Center, they kept odd hours and were only open once the whole time we were there.Another beautiful hike.

I only took three kids with me for this hike also. This time we found a good spot to cross and continue on the trail. So pretty.

We all went on the Cedar Bluff Nature Trail together.

It ended up being pretty uphill but the view at the top was beautiful. I get a little crazy about wanting to see everything so I was bummed to realize I missed a few nature trails but the ones we went on were beautiful!

If you have young kids or need an easy hike, look for nature trails.

They are usually short 1-2 miles or even less and pretty easy.

Beaver’s Bend State Park Folk Festival ~Hochatown, OK

We went to the Folk Festival at Beavers Bend State Park on the last day of the festival.

That way we would be able to camp at the park that night.

It goes from Friday-Sunday.

This was such a fun event!

My girls loved the petting zoo.

My boys loved the blacksmith and carpenters. Everyone at this event was so helpful and were great with kids! Red Dirt shirts being made. They even let the kids help. She showed them how to play the spoons. We recognized him from other events we had been to. They had great music! Friendly animals at the petting zoo! They asked him to play every flute!

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I am so glad I finally made it for this event!

 

Check out the video I made of our visit!