A ranch vacation is a nice way to spend some time outdoors. One place that offers ranch vacations is Cedar Canyon Lodge, located in Freedom. You can enjoy horseback trail rides, cattle drives, rodeos, cookouts, outdoor concerts. Packages are also offered for hunting deer, wild turkey, and quail. They also offer tours of nearby Alabaster Caverns and other special events throughout the year.
Vacation Spots in Oklahoma #2:
To get a good taste of the West visit the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The museum is huge with 200,000 square feet of exhibits as well as Prosperity Junction, a 14,000 square foot turn-of-the-century Western town.
Major exhibition galleries include the American Cowboy Gallery, the American Rodeo Gallery,. the Joe Grandee Museum of the Frontier West Gallery, Weitzenhoffer Gallery of Fine American Firearms, the Western Performers Gallery, Native American Gallery, and the Silberman Gallery of Native Fine Art.
Vacation Spots in Oklahoma #3:
Tulsa Zoo and Living Museum is the third largest zoo in the U.S. The Chimpanzee Connection allows up-close encounters with the zoo's chimpanzees. Siamang Island is the home of the unique Spectacled Langurs (also called Dusky Leaf Monkeys). The Tropical American Rain Forest Building includes a 2,000 square-foot jaguar exhibit. The 17 species of penguins can be viewed from an underwater window. Other habitats include the Elephant Encounter, African Savanna, and more.
Vacation Spots in Oklahoma #4:
The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills region of Kansas is dedicated to preserving a sample of the once vast tallgrass prairie ecosystem. There is an historic ranch headquarters area with buildings dating from the late 19th century, a late 19th century one-room school house, and two nature trails. Bus tours are offered along with living history programs and demonstrations.
Oklahoma Vacations Ideas #5:
At Indian City USA, in Oklahoma, you can learn about the customs and beliefs of Native American history. Indian guides take you on a tour of the seven replicas of Indian villages. Buffalo, llamas and other exotic animals can be seen on the 140 acre Exotic Game pasture. One of the largest American Indian museums in the Southwest explores the roots of Native American Culture.
Oklahoma Vacations Idea #6:
Bartlesville, Oklahoma is the home of the "Nellie Johnstone", Oklahoma's first commercially successful oil well. You can see it today just as it was in 1897 when oil was struck. The repilica stands on the original site in Johnstone Park. Woolaroc Ranch Museum & Wildlife Reserve is a great spot to take the family in Bartlesville. There are 3,700 acres of wildlife refuge with buffalo, elk, camels, kangaroos and other exotic animals. There's a petting zoo, children's playground, museum of western and Native American art and artifacts. In June the town holds the annual Mozart International Festival. Price Tower holds and art gallery and is the only skyscraper that Frank Lloyd Wright designed.
Oklahoma Vacations Idea #7:
If you enjoy fishing and your vacation ideas include Oklahoma, then you need to take a look at the Grand Lake O' the Cherokees. There's no better place in the world for crappie fishing than Grand Lake. And the bass fishing is stellar too. Located amongst the foothills of the famous Ozark Mountains, Grand lake is part of a chain of lakes that provide Oklahoma vacationers a playground of outdoor activities. Grand Lake is quite large with 1,300 miles of shoreline that borders 10 of Oklahoma's great state parks.
The prevailing winds on the Grand Lake makes for excellent sailing. And when you are not fishing you and the family can have some fun with water skiing, jet skiing, all kinds of boating or any other water activities you can think of. You can rent a boat and the other equipment you need from one of the more than 30 marinas that service the Grand Lake.
