Over 1.6 million acres of natural wonders awaits you at one of the three national forests in Arkansas and Oklahoma.
The Ouachita National Forest is the oldest national forest in the South. The forest is named for the Ouachita Mountains, (pronounced, Wash'ita)
Idabel, OK National ForestsThis premier birdwatching and waterfowl hunting area has sighted more than 270 bird species, including many that are rare to Oklahoma and not found elsewhere in the state. Birders have likened this area to the Gulf Coast habitats of Louisiana and Florida. The 5,814
Idabel, OK Wildlife PreservesWhat makes a "Champion Tree?"
Oklahoma's Champion Tree Register is a cooperative project of the Oklahoma Society of American Foresters, the Oklahoma Forestry Association and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, forestry Services.
Champion Trees are measured by their "bigness,"
Idabel, OK ToursThe Museum of the Red River attracts both scholars and vacationers with its outstanding American Indian collections and informative exhibits. Local prehistory and early Indian history is featured, but the museum'
Idabel, OK MuseumsEarly day mining exhibits are displayed in a 1901 coal mining house with furnishings and mining history artifacts dating from...
The McAlester Building Foundation, in the old McAlester High School building, contains the Coal Miners Museum and several roo...
The old Choate House was built by a leader of the Choctaw Nation. The 1867 log cabin displays pre-statehood furniture....