I mentioned this trail in this post.
I could not just leave it at that though. I needed to go!
I am so glad I did.
It is a beautiful place.
Why do I not go here all the time?
We went a while ago when my youngest was still a baby.
Look at those little chubby cheeks!
When did he get so big?
I love swampy places.
Nice easy path’s.
An animal blind.
We might have seen some if I had not accidentally knocked one of the windows closed with a crash.
Beautiful way to end a weekend.
The Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge is located around Okmulgee.
The walking and hiking paths are south of town.
There are three different ones to choose from but I cannot remember the names and the lettering is too small to read on the map they have on their site. So I only know the name of the one we went on.
This time we went on the trail farthest south on their map called the Railroad Trail River Overlook.
It leads to a observation deck overlooking a river.
It is only 1/2 mile to the overlook but we kept going after that and walked around the refuge.
Playing ring around the Rosie in a clover field.
I love Oklahoma sunsets.
There is a short trail right off 75 that just goes to a lake and another one that is stroller and wheelchair friendly.
The stroller friendly one is the boardwalk trail.
Sorry I do not have all the trail names!!!
It is a beautiful place to go and if you are quiet you might see some wildlife.
We first went to Robbers Cave State Park in 2008.
The cave area is a lot of fun, with lots of rocks to climb, and trails to explore.
We went back in 2009 and had my oldest little man walk for a lot of it.
We took the trail that goes up past Lake Carlton also that time.
The climb was a little intense but we made it to the top!
I wanted to give up several times though…
My husband and I went in 2011 by ourselves for our Anniversary.
More about that, here.
I think I look really sporty in the above picture but in truth I was getting down.
Nick was backing up to take a picture and I thought he was leaving me…
Then I felt silly.
My husband and I recently visited again all by ourselves.
It always feels odd coming to this park without the kids because they love to climb so much.
We checked out the cave area again then took one of the trails leading off around the cave.
It was pretty short, I think around a mile.
If you do the whole loop it is closer to three.
Then we went over to the area around the Nature center. If you drive North of the center you will see a bridge with a Gazebo and some board walk. It has a great little nature trail that would be really fun for little kids.
It is only about 2.5hrs south of Tulsa, so take your kids, get out, and explore!