Great Salt Plains State Park, Oklahoma

Crystal Digging should begin April 2010

  Located near Jet, Oklahoma, the Great Salt Plains State Park is one of the most unique areas to be found in Oklahoma.

 We love going to this park, the whole family enjoys the area both inside the park and its surrounding area. Just outside the park is the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge. The Refuge offers wonderful bird watching, and has a nice visitor center with maps and information on the wildlife refuge.

 Crystal Digging is our favorite thing to do when we go to Great Salt Plains area, this has to be one of the most interesting and fun experiences we have had.

 Great Salt Plains State Park has fishing, and the Byron Fish Hatchery is located nearby.

 The Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma includes the Great Salt Plains among its destinations.

 RV sites are located in a couple of different areas, we prefer the River Road area because the sites back right up to the river and offer a nice view. Tent sites are also available as well as Cabins.

Great Salt Plains Association has very good area information.

Nearby: Railroad Museum of Oklahoma, Leonardo's Discovery Museum, Museum of the Cherokee Strip, soon to be expanded as Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, all in Enid. Enid is the largest city in the parks area and has many nice restaurants and shopping, we really enjoy it.

Fun fact: The movie Twister was filmed in nearby Wakita and they have a neat little place called the Twister Museum where and you can see movie props and get more information on Twisters.