Elk Mountain Trail
by Chris Applegate (211)
4 days ago

3 Completed 2 Reviews

This trail is the best trail in Oklahoma. Once you get to the top, the trail sprouts off in multiple directions. Great views of every direction and some good bouldering once on top. The trailhead offers water, restrooms and picnic tables. Get their early or you may not have a parking spot.

Pryor Creek Nature Trail
by Travis Foster (91)
8 days ago

1 Completed 1 Reviews

My first trail to ride on so gave it a 4 but really have nothing to compare it to. It was fun get a close up view of pryor creek I think the trail is great for a beginner or for someone with kids. I'm just 5 min away so ill be riding it often to try to get into better shape. Sad there's not more trails that you can bike on around northeast oklahoma

Narrows Trail to Boulder Mountain (Eagle Mountain) - Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
by Andres Padilla (51)
18 days ago

15 Completed 1 Reviews

some of the most beautiful scenery in the word is on this trail. i am a very experienced hiker and this one is one of my favorites. definitely very difficult for anyone just starting to get into hiking

Kite Trail - Wichita Mts
by Chris Applegate (211)
22 days ago

3 Completed 2 Reviews

This is a great hike for all ages. Great views of the Narrows and surrounding areas. Spring and early summer are the best time to visit to see greenery, wildlife, and flowing water. The trail does connect at a south entrance. It's not a loop trail.

Horse Thief Spring Trail
by William Briggs (80)
24 days ago

20 Completed 2 Reviews

HORSE THIEF SPRING TRAIL

According to my backcountry journal, I have hiked this loop trail exactly 7 times (MAR 1994, APR 1994, OCT 1994, FEB 1995, an undated entry, MAY 2006, and NOV 2010). These mountains become almost insufferable during the summer months; the May hike (Memorial Day weekend) was very hot, humid, and we had to stop every half hour and scrape ticks from our legs before they could bite. I would not recommend this hike in the summer months June - September.

I have accessed the trail from both trailheads (Cedar Lake Recreation Area and Horsethief Springs) as well as accessed from Holsen Valley Road (left my car along the road where the trail from Cedar Lake crosses the road). By far, my favorite trailhead is at Horsethief Springs. Using that trailhead, I'm carrying a pack with heavy water and food downhill the first day, saving the climb back up the mountain for when my food and water reserves are nearly exhausted.

From the trailhead at Horsethief Springs the backpacker can hike the loop in either direction (clockwise or counterclockwise). I usually access the Cedar Lake trail and follow it down to Cedar Creek (about 4 miles), where I camp near the water. The creek is not dependable but usually stops flowing only in the late summer into early autumn. The other possibility, requiring the hiker to carry all his/her water, is to camp on Goldville Divide, which is the most beautiful stretch of the trail. In this case, from Horsethief Springs take the Ouachita Trail one mile west, then connect with the Horsethief Trail to Goldville Divide. That is closer to a half-way point in the trail.

When I hiked in October 1994, wild grapes were in season and were a memorable but unexpected snack. I tried fishing Cedar Creek the first 2-3 hikes, only to learn there are no fish in it because it goes dry in the later summer every year.

The only "difficult" part of the trail is the couple of miles it requires to climb Winding Stair Mountain. Hiking the trail counter-clockwise from Horsethief trailhead places a "moderate" climb from the Cedar Creek valley up Snake Mountain, a gain in elevation of a few hundred feet.

Boardstand Trail
by William Briggs (80)
24 days ago

20 Completed 2 Reviews

HIKED OLD MILITARY ROAD / BOARDSTAND / OUACHITA TRAILS TO ACCOMPLISH A 23-MILE LOOP

Arrived at the Old Military Road trailhead just before dawn on 23 Dec 1996. We hiked the first section of this trail in the gray pre-dawn light and hiked through patchy fog. The Old Military Road is an interesting hike, the most beautiful segment of this 23-mile loop. The trail follows the trace of a wagon road built in 1832 between Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Fort Towsen in what is now Oklahoma, Hiking this first section is very easy, allowing the hiker to examine the dirt work, rock embankments and dry-laid culverts along the trail. We did see fresh bear prints near the intersection with the Boardstand Trail.

While the Old Military Road segment was an "easy" hike, the Boardstand Trail, as it ascends through the Holsen Valley, becomes a "moderate" trail -- except the last mile where it seems to be routed straight up the side of Winding Stair Mountain. That climb is as strenuous as any I've experienced in the Rockies. Thankfully, it was over in about a mile, at the point where the Boardstand Trail joins the Ouachita Trail.

We set camp shortly after arriving at the Ouachita Trial, on the north side of Winding Stair Mountain. We were able to find water in a flowing stream about 50 yards below the Ouachita Trail, and set our camp near that water.

The next morning, on the hike back to the Old Military Road trailhead, we scrambled over (or crawled under) fallen trees for what seemed to be almost a mile. We learned later there had been an ice-storm the previous winter which had caused this problem. It began raining as well. We consulted the topographic map and jumped from the Ouachita Trail at the Panorama Vista parking lot, where we followed SH-1 (the Talimena Scenic Drive) back to the vehicle. We had hoped someone in a pickup would come along and give us a ride in the back of their truck, but we walked those miles without meeting any vehicles.

We had to scramble for cover a couple of times as the rain turned into hail. It was a great trip, with a couple of exceptions. I think trying to accomplish that 23-mile loop in only one overnight was our first mistake. I would enjoy doing that loop again, using 2 overnights. And, while hiking in the rain down the center line of SH-1, my socks somehow got wet, so the hiking on the pavement raised some blisters on my feet.

Narrows Trail to Boulder Mountain (Eagle Mountain) - Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
by Andrew Johnson (0)
about 1 month ago

0 Completed 1 Reviews

Great views. Wonderful park roaming livestock. Well marked trails many more trails to chose from. If your planning a trip bring a fishing pole and your holding boots. I will defiantly be going back.

Horsetail Nature Trail
by Jack O (25)
about 1 month ago

0 Completed 1 Reviews

This is a very basic. I've gone here since I can remember. You well enter and drive down a step winding slope be careful. Park a far down as you can because you will most likely come it there.

Buckhorn Hiking Trail - Lake Murray State Park
by Mark Teders (31)
2 months ago

1 Completed 1 Reviews

This trail is 2.2miles long with two bridges that cross the lake it goes to the Elephant Rock Tipps Point camp grounds. It's excellent for hiking and biking. There apparently used to be some guided markers but they were vandalized and not repaired. There are many rock outcroppings and forested areas along the trail. It is part of an extended trail system that goes to Ardmore city limits and encompasses 25 miles of trail.

Oklahoma "Ankle Express" Trail
by Chance Ledford (49)
2 months ago

2 Completed 2 Reviews

The reason for only a 2 star rating is the second half where you enter on the highway is just downhill (figuratively speaking for there are many up hill climbs) for a mountain biker. The starting at the official trailhead however is better to bike on but short and very very rocky. Overall I'd say a better hiking trail than biking