Watonga Cheese Festival and Arts Show
Starting date:
Ending date:
Event Details
Held the second weekend in October, the Watonga Cheese Festival and Arts Show is the biggest shin-dig of the year in Watonga. Events include a cheese tasting line and a cheese food contest, a huge quilt show, a quality art show, classic car show, many tents of crafters, lots of fun on the sidewalks of downtown Watonga with artsy demonstrations and amusements for children and live 'on stage' entertainment for all. The big parade will be Saturday at noon with all the things that you love about a parade: bands, floats, clowns, horses, bagpipes, Shriners, Indian dancers and even a few politicians!
Conceived in 1976 as a combination art show and food contest (with cheese as the star), the festival now requires 300 volunteers working year-round to make it happen. Since Watonga has the only cheese factory in Oklahoma, this was an ideal situation for one of the premiere festivals in Oklahoma.
The food contest remains a big draw. Line up in The Cheese Tasting Line. Swiss cheese, cheddar cheese, hot pepper cheese, cheese dips and cheese balls will be offered. The cheese fudge is always a big hit. Cheese recipes for what is in the tasting line are available. Cookbooks with recipes of the past Cheese Food Contest winners are for sale.
The Festival hours are 9 am to 6 pm the second Friday and Saturday in October.
For a free brochure and visitors packet, call the Watonga Chamber of Commerce
Watonga Cheese Festival and Arts Show
Phone : 580-623-5452 (Always call and confirm events.)
Fax : 580-623-5444
Email Address : cwatonga@pldi.net
Web: www.watongacheesefestival.com
Festivals
Roman Nose State Park Resorts
Roman Nose Resort Lodge preserves the natural scenic wonders of the canyon, while hosting guests with all the luxuries of home and conveniences of a fine hotel. Forty-seven guest rooms make up one of the seven Oklahoma resorts owned and operated by the Okahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Guests will also find cabins, group camps, camping and RV sites, as well as tipi rentals. There are picnic shelters, the Redbird Restaurant, General Store, ten cottages equipped with kitchenettes, Boecher and Watonga lakes, a grocery, cafe, hiking trails, an enclosed fishing dock, paddleboat and canoe rental, swimming pool and beach, miniature golf, tennis, an airstrip and a play-ground.
Roman Nose State Park Camping
Roman Nose State Park provides the RV and tent campers seven campsites amongst the natural scenic wonders of the canyon. There are sites with 12 full hookups, 26 electric/water hookups, 10 pull-throughs, 45 primitive sites, and 1 group camp. Restrooms/showers, sanitary dump station, picnic shelter, and picnic areas at each camp area.Tee Pee Rental - What more fun could you have than to spend the night in one of the three "rent-a-teepee" rentals that sleep 2 adults and 2 children. Each tee pee sets on a cement pad with indoor/outdoor carpet, and rents for $25.00. Bring your own bedding, cots, etc., electrical outlet, cookout grill and picnic table supplied. Showers and restrooms nearby.
Activities - Community Building * Swimming * Paddleboating * Canoeing * Fishing * Equestrian Trail * Hiking, Biking & Nature Trails * Hayrides * Volleyball * Tennis * General Store * Recreation Specialist
Roman Nose State Park Cabins
Roman Nose Resort Park offers so many varieties of overnight accommodations from RV and tent sites and group camp buildings, to tee pees, to a modern lodge, and to add to all this there are ten cottages equipped with kitchenettes and fireplaces.
The new Fairway Cottage sleeps 10-12 guests, complete with all conveniences. Full kitchen w/utensils * Living Room and dining Room * Satellite TV in each room * Telephone/voice mail/data ports * Washer/Dryer * Private Patio * Located directly across the Number One tee box at Roman Nose Golf Course * Just $275.00 Per Night
Roman Nose State Park Nature Centers
Take advantage of the Nature Center telescope to look at the park animals and beautiful scenery. Games and activities are geared toward the young folks and their natural need to explore. See a slide show featuring the park animals. Inside the center learn with Hands-On Nature Exhibits, Live Animal Displays, Nature Identification References, and Videos.Teachers are invited to take advantage of an educational outing that is masked by fun and includes outdoor activities! Our naturalist program is available to schools, by reservation, from September through May.
Roman Nose State Park Equestrian Trails
Roman Nose Riding Stables, located in scenic Roman Nose State Resort Park is Oklahoma's newest and most exciting equestrian playground.Roman Nose Riding Stables offer one, two, or three-hour trail rides over some of the most picturesque canyon country the state has to offer.
All trail rides are $14.00 an hour and advanced reservations are required.
Roman Nose Riding Stables offer a three-hour interpretive dinner ride where guests are guided through the canyon country and across the lakes to a remote area where dinners prepared over an open fire, much the same as dinners were prepared on the trail drives of years gone by. The fee for the three-hour dinner program is a modest $40.00 per person.
Roman Nose State Resort Park is also the newest equestrian playground for those who have their own horse and are looking for a new place to ride. "Pack Saddle" camp area is the designated equestrian campground complete with pens and stock tank for your mounts.
Roman Nose State Park Golf Courses
The 6,139 yard, par 70, eighteen-hole Roman Nose Golf Course was designed by Floyd Farley and Tripp Davis, and it makes use of the underlying gypsum rock and hilly terrain of Oklahoma's red rock canyon country.Countless loads of topsoil and yards of terracing have made this course newly lush in recent years. But with narrow sloping fairways and elevated greens, accuracy remains the key to success here: golf pros insist a high, soft flop shot is the secret to good scoring.
Canyons border fairways and greens, and drop-offs of 30 or 40 feet are common. The course's signature fourth hole is known as the "Canyon Hole." This 444 yard par 4 hole can also be afforded the added distinction of being the Toughest hole due to its natural hazard.