From the beginning, the mountains, rivers and pine forests of Southeastern Oklahoma have drawn people to them and continue to do so today. Early native peoples settled this area, rich in natural beauty and wildlife, traveling the region in canoes. Norsemen are said to have come here in their long boats before Columbus sailed. Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone tread the trail we call the Kiamichi Trace to become legends. Now, in this modern age of rapid transit, this vast wilderness receives more than 2.6 million visitors a year traveling the same ancient route that people have used for the last 20,000 years.
The Kiamichi Trace (made up of the Kiamichi River and the footpath along its banks) is the ancient route that indigenous people canoed and traversed between the Arkansas River and the Red River each year. Roughly paralleling present-day U.S. Highway 271, the route meanders by many of the finest natural wonders in this part of the world. From fishing to hiking to biking to just watching a beautiful sunset over a picturesque lake, the Kiamichi Trace is the perfect getaway.
So come on down. You'll be glad you did.
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