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Things to see in Oklahoma II
NOTE: To find lodging go to Google and search for the town name and Hotels and Motels. The info may also be on the Chamber of Commerce link if one is available.
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Highway 97 North from Sapulpa to Sand Springs 9 miles.
| Chamber of Commerce | 918/245-3221 |
| Charles Page Mem. Library & Museum | *FREE* 918/241-5889 |
| Sand Springs Historical & Cultural Museum | *FREE* 918/241-5889 |
| John Zink Ranch | Outdoor activities for the family. 918/241-2273 |
| Discoveryland, Oklahoma | Outdoor Theatre at it's finest! |
| Shell Lake | Picnic area, boat ramp, grills. 8 mi N. 918/246-0589 |
| Keystone Lake | 918/865-2621 |
| STATE PARKS | Keystone |
| Walnut Creek | Walnut Creek SP 918/242-3362 |
412 East 20 miles to SH 66 North West 11 miles to Claremore
| Chamber of Commerce | 918/341/2818 |
| Antique Mall | Antique Peddlers Mall 918/341-8615 |
| Belvidere Mansion | Victorian Mansion. Tours by Appointment 918/342-1127 |
| OK Military Academy Memorial Museum | Rogers University Campus *FREE* 918/343-7773 |
| Heritage Tour | This is a complete tour of Historical Claremore |
| Will Rogers Memorial | 800-324-9455 |
| J.M. Davis Gun Arms & Historical Museum | This is a place I would really like to visit. |
| 2002 Air Show | I love to go to air shows. Maybe I will get to this one one day. |
| Claremore Lake | 918/341-1238 |
SH 20 East 14 miles to US 169, 3 miles North to Collinsville.
| Chamber of Commerce | 918/371-4703 |
| Collinsville Depot Museum | Pioneer furnishings, memorabilia Restored RR depot. *FREE* 918/371-4703 |
| NEWSPAPER MUSEUM | Collinsville Newspaper Museum. I think this would be a unique visit. |
US 169 North 12 miles to Oologah
| Chamber of Commerce | 918/443-2790 |
| Oologah Lake Leader | Oologah Historical Society |
| Oologah Lake | Swimming beach, boating, fishing, marina, camping, picnic 918/443-2250 |
| Oologah Museum | Oologah historical Museum *FREE* 918/443-2790 |
| Cherokee Kid Monument | Tribute to Will Rogers |
| Dog Iron Ranch | *FREE* tours 918/275-4201 |
| Will Rogers Home | Looks like a nice place to take the children! |
US 169 5 miles N to Talala. 15 miles W on un named road to Ramona/US 75 Junction. Continuing W to SH 11 Junction. WNW on SH 11 for 22 miles to Pawhuska.
| Chamber of Commerce | Visitor Information 918/287-1208 |
| Cathedral of The Osage | Built in 1910 *FREE* by appt. 918/287-1414 |
| Constantine Center | Greek style theatre by appt. 918/287-1208 |
| Scenic Drive | Tall grass Prairie Reserve drive |
| Osage County Historical Museum | Housed in an old Santa Fe Railroad Depot *free* 918/287-9924 |
| Boy Scout Monument | I was not aware the first boy scout troop in America was formed in Oklahoma. |
| Tribal Museum | Osage Tribal Museum, Library, & Archives |
| Triangle Building | I haven't seen one of these except on television since I was a kid.. |
| City Hall | This looks more like a bank |
| Blacksmith House | I bet it was pretty cool inside in the summer.. |
| Chief Lookout Memorial | Burial site of Chief and wife |
| Lake Pawhuska | Picnic, boat, fishing 918/287-3641 |
| Tallgrass Prairie Preserve | Buffalo, trails, gift shop *free* 918/287-4803 918/585-1117 |
| STATE PARKS | Osage Hills SP 918/336-4141 |
US 60 north then east to Bartlesville 26 miles
| Visitors Bureau | Bartlesville Convention Center and Visitors Bureau 800-364-8708 918/336-8708 |
| Frank Phillips Home | 26 Room 1909 mansion of founder of Phillips Petroleum. Tours. 918/336-2491 |
| Delaware Gift Shop | Delaware Tribal Gift Shop800-700-9870 |
| Woolaroc | Woolaroc Ranch, Museum and Wildlife preserve $5 918/336-0307 |
| Price Tower | Price Tower by Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Candle Factory | Also has gift shop |
| Nellie Johnstone #1 | First Oil Well in Oklahoma |
| Dewey Hotel Museum | Period furnishings etc. |
| Bartlesville Museum | |
| Tom Mix Museum | I think this would be interesting. It is on my list to see when I get up that way. |
| La Quinta Foster Mansion | The 32-room, Spanish style mansion has 14 bathrooms and seven fireplaces. WOW! |
| Red Dirt Soap | Looks like a good place for gifts. |
| Prairie Song, I.T. | A recreated 1800s pioneer village museum |
| Kiddie Park | Amusement Park for the small ones |
| Hulah Lake | Boat ramp, .docks, picnic, fishing, wildlife refuge, public hunting areas. 918/532-4627 |
| STATE PARKS | Osage Hills SP |
| Tallgrass Prairie State Preserve | |
| Wah-Sha-She SP Fishing, camping, showers, docks, security, picnicking. 818/532-4627 |
US 60 east 2 miles to US 75. US 60 east 46 miles to Vinita. SH 2 17 miles north to Welch. US 59 east 14 miles to Miami
| Convention & VB | Convention and Visitors Bureau 918/542-4481 |
| Coleman Theatre | Route 66 landmark, vaudeville theatre , Louis XV furnishings, Original mighty Wurlitizer pipe organ, group tours by appt. *FREE* 918/540-2425 |
| J-M Farms Inc. | Tour a mushroom farm! (by appt) 918/540-1567 |
| Dobson Museum | Indian artifacts, mining & frontier memorabilia *FREE* 918/542-5388 |
| Spooksville Triangle | This is a bit different. Maybe you want to go hunting? |
| STATE PARKS | Spring River SP |
| Twin Bridger SP |
SH 125 south to SH 25 6 miles. SH 25 East to SH 10, 10 miles. SH 10 south 20 miles to Grove.
| Chamber of Commerce | Grove Area Chamber of Commerce 918/786-9079 |
| Cherokee Queen | Paddlewheel Boat rides 918/786-4272 |
| Cayuga Mission Church | From Indian Teriritory days. tour by appt. *Free* 918/786-7607 |
| General Stand-Waite Gravesite | Grave of the last Confederate General (full blooded Cherokee) to surrender during Civil War. |
| Corey Hotel | 1880's era hotel and museum. 918/786-4221 |
| Mickey Mantle Memorial Exhibit | Exhibit covering the life of Oklahoma's own baseball legend Mickey Mantle. *free* 918/786-3210 |
| Wolf Creek Jamboree | Live Variety shows 888-699-9653 |
| Whitewater Jamboree | Whitewater Jamboree Gospel Music Theatre *Free* 918/786-4744 |
| Har-Ber Village | Antique museum Information Office (918) 786-6446 |
| Tours of Pensacola Dam | (918) 782-9594 - Memorial Day thru Labor Day. |
| National Rod & Custom Car Hall of Fame | Hwy 85 East of Bernice (918) 257-8073 - Open March thru November |
| Grand Lake of the Cherokees | Boating, fishing, camping, water recreation, picnicking, playgrounds. 918/786-3441 |
| Lendonwood Gardens | This botanical looks like it may be a soothing place to visit. |
| STATE PARKS | Bernice SP Fishing, camping, picnic, hiking 918/786-9447 |
| Honey Creek SP camping, picnic, boating, swimming. 918/786-9447 | |
| Little Blue Disney SP | |
| Cherokee SP | |
| Lake Eucha SP |
US 59 south 13 miles to Jay. US 59 south ALT 412 SH 10 south 25 to Tahlequah.
| Chamber of Commerce | Tahlequah area Chamber of Commerce/Tourism Council 800-456-4860 |
| The Cherokee Heritage Center Ancient Village | I haven't had a chance to visit this Museum and village but it looks interesting. 888-999-6007 |
| The Murrell Home Site | Some good pictures are here. I would want to take more than fifteen or twenty minutes to visit this place. *free* 918/456-2751 |
| Cherokee National Female Seminary | 918/456-5511 x4350 |
| War Eagle Water Slide | 800-722-3834 |
| Cherokee Nat. Prison | Cherokee national prison. 918/458-5899 |
| Elephant Rock Nature Park | 120 acres of posted nature trails to enjoy. A person could not want to go back to the real world after visiting here. 918/456-4215 |
| Float Trips | 800-749-1140 800-722-2411 800-657-4837 800-653-5628 800-375-3088 800-749-2267 |
| NSU River City Players | Live musical performances. 918/458-2072 |
| Illinois River | Perfect for float trips. I HAVE to do this some day. I wonder if the rafts have plugs for laptops and modems <grin> 918/456-3251 |
| STATE PARKS | Adair SP East of Tahlequah near Stillwell |
| Cherokee Landing SP Cookson area 918/457-5716 | |
| Greenleaf SP Near Braggs | |
| Tenkiller SP Near Paradise Hill |
4 miles south on US 62 to Park Hill. SH 82 south 33 miles to Vian 11 miles east on US 64 to Sallisaw
| Chamber of Commerce | 918/775-2558 |
| Sequoyah's Home | Sequoyah's Home 7 mi E on SH-101 918/775-2413 |
| Blue Ribbon Downs | Race Track 918/775-7771 |
| Fourteen Flags Museum | 14 Flags museum US-64 & US-59 junction 918/775-2558 *free* |
| Living History Farm | Overstreet - Kerr living history museum 1890 3 story Victorian mansion, exhibits. 918/966-3396 |
| Dwight Mission | 1829 Presbyterian Indian mission by appt. *free* 918/775-2144 |
| Cherokee Courthouse | TAHLONTESSKEE Western capital of the Cherokee nation Circa 1829 Log cabins, Indian artifacts, *free* 918/775-2558 |
| Kerr Lake | boat, fish, sail, camp, boat rentals, large sand beach. 918/775-4522 |
| Brushy Lake | Camp, swim, fish, picnic 918/775-6507 |
| Lock & Dam | Robert S. Kerr Lock & Dam |
| STATE PARKS | SEQUOYAH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE |
| BRUSHY CREEK STATE PARK Showers, fishing dock, picnic, playground, 918/775-6507 |
West on US 64 32 miles to Muskogee Turnpike (note because of the recent bridge collapse you may want an alternate rout to miss some of the traffic) North on Muskogee Turnpike to Tulsa Interstate 44 74 miles. West 9 miles on I 44 to SH 66/New Sapulpa Road. 14 miles to Sapulpa. End Tour. 475 miles does not include side trips to sites visited.
If you know of a attraction in the vicinity of a town listed on this page (or you know another site in Oklahoma you think should be listed, please let me know here. Thanks.
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