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<blockquote data-quote="ez bake" data-source="post: 1328753" data-attributes="member: 229"><p>Oklahoma is perfect for day hiking and even has some areas for a 2-3 day backpacking session, but nothing really hardcore.</p><p></p><p>Here's a few to get you started:</p><p></p><p><strong>Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge</strong> - There's a lot of cool (what I call) "Nevada-style mountains" over there - very little trees and a lot of canyon/cliff rocky areas to hike in. I don't think you can backpack camp in the cliff area very often (its by permission and they don't like a lot of traffic in there over night), but its pretty cool for day hikes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Quartz Mountain State Park</strong> - This place is cool and you can free-hike up on the mountains. There's a huge state park below and an awesome lake (and a lodge, RV hookups, cabins, tent-camping, etc...), so its not secluded or anything, but the mountains are pointy nevada-style mountains (very little trees/brush - open view at the tops of all the mountains). Watch for rattle snakes.</p><p></p><p><strong>Red Rock Canyon State Park</strong> - Love this place - sort of smaller (south of Hinton) and its a state park, so its not too exciting, but you can get up on the canyon rim and free-hike. Really only a day-hike's worth of hiking, but there's also some repelling in the middle of the park.</p><p></p><p><strong>Winding Stair National Forest / Ouchita National Forest</strong> - Winding Stair Campground is a nice out of the way tent-camping area, but you can hike up and down the trails all the way into Arkansas. This area has what I call "Ozark-style mountains" with a lot of tree cover and good nature to look at, but there are places to poke through and look out over the landscape every now and then. If you want to do a 3-5 day hike, this is one of the few places to do it with actual trails in OK - there are lots of horse-trails around the area so be sure to hook up with a game ranger and get a map with all the trails or you risk getting crossed into a trail that's not on the hiker's maps. There is a dedicated backpackers campground near Winding Stair's tent-camping facility.</p><p></p><p><strong>Robber's Cave</strong> - Has a trail that goes all the way around the park and its good for a day-long or overnight backpack (don't start too early or you'll just make the entire loop in a day). The cave-side of the park is cool to spend some time playing around in, but its not that large. They have a dedicated backpackers camp-site too, but its not much. Also beware of the water in this area as there are a lot of horses and animals in the area near the lake so filtering probably isn't enough by itself - use chlorine tablets or boil / use iodine (bleh).</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Devil's Den (in Arkansas)</strong> - few trails and pretty good for a day-hike maybe an overnight backpacking session. Lots of cool stuff to look at.</p><p></p><p><strong>Petite Jean State Park (Arkansas)</strong> - very cool place with quite a bit of trails and some nice camping - be sure to go all the way around the flat-top mountain looking for trails as there are some pretty cool spots out of the way.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mount Magazine State Park (Arkansas)</strong> - Lots of good stuff to do around there too - staying in a Cabin on the edge of the mountain and waking up in the morning and going out and getting into the hot-tub first thing is an experience like no other - one of my favorite family camping spots and plenty of day-hiking trails.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mount Nebo State Park (Arkansas)</strong> - Very small, but more than a few trails to get you up and down the mountain. They do hang-gliding off of the mountain and if you're there when they are doing it, its very cool to see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ez bake, post: 1328753, member: 229"] Oklahoma is perfect for day hiking and even has some areas for a 2-3 day backpacking session, but nothing really hardcore. Here's a few to get you started: [B]Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge[/B] - There's a lot of cool (what I call) "Nevada-style mountains" over there - very little trees and a lot of canyon/cliff rocky areas to hike in. I don't think you can backpack camp in the cliff area very often (its by permission and they don't like a lot of traffic in there over night), but its pretty cool for day hikes. [B]Quartz Mountain State Park[/B] - This place is cool and you can free-hike up on the mountains. There's a huge state park below and an awesome lake (and a lodge, RV hookups, cabins, tent-camping, etc...), so its not secluded or anything, but the mountains are pointy nevada-style mountains (very little trees/brush - open view at the tops of all the mountains). Watch for rattle snakes. [B]Red Rock Canyon State Park[/B] - Love this place - sort of smaller (south of Hinton) and its a state park, so its not too exciting, but you can get up on the canyon rim and free-hike. Really only a day-hike's worth of hiking, but there's also some repelling in the middle of the park. [B]Winding Stair National Forest / Ouchita National Forest[/B] - Winding Stair Campground is a nice out of the way tent-camping area, but you can hike up and down the trails all the way into Arkansas. This area has what I call "Ozark-style mountains" with a lot of tree cover and good nature to look at, but there are places to poke through and look out over the landscape every now and then. If you want to do a 3-5 day hike, this is one of the few places to do it with actual trails in OK - there are lots of horse-trails around the area so be sure to hook up with a game ranger and get a map with all the trails or you risk getting crossed into a trail that's not on the hiker's maps. There is a dedicated backpackers campground near Winding Stair's tent-camping facility. [B]Robber's Cave[/B] - Has a trail that goes all the way around the park and its good for a day-long or overnight backpack (don't start too early or you'll just make the entire loop in a day). The cave-side of the park is cool to spend some time playing around in, but its not that large. They have a dedicated backpackers camp-site too, but its not much. Also beware of the water in this area as there are a lot of horses and animals in the area near the lake so filtering probably isn't enough by itself - use chlorine tablets or boil / use iodine (bleh). [B]Devil's Den (in Arkansas)[/B] - few trails and pretty good for a day-hike maybe an overnight backpacking session. Lots of cool stuff to look at. [B]Petite Jean State Park (Arkansas)[/B] - very cool place with quite a bit of trails and some nice camping - be sure to go all the way around the flat-top mountain looking for trails as there are some pretty cool spots out of the way. [B]Mount Magazine State Park (Arkansas)[/B] - Lots of good stuff to do around there too - staying in a Cabin on the edge of the mountain and waking up in the morning and going out and getting into the hot-tub first thing is an experience like no other - one of my favorite family camping spots and plenty of day-hiking trails. [B]Mount Nebo State Park (Arkansas)[/B] - Very small, but more than a few trails to get you up and down the mountain. They do hang-gliding off of the mountain and if you're there when they are doing it, its very cool to see. [/QUOTE]
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