2024-25 GTAA

Nature, Hiking & Wildlife

Bonding Opportunities Great Community Pride GREAT IDEA FOR A BLIND DATE!

Group Event Volunteer Hours Family Fun

Come Join us! Spring Cleaning and Fall Clean-UP Spring Cleaning and Fall Clean-UP

Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge is located two miles south of Vian, and is the winter home for nearly one million migratory geese and the bald eagle. Tenkiller State Park Nature Center is open seven days a week during summer. A short nature trail follows a rock bluff by the lake. Guided tours are available. Standing Rock Nature Trail (about 1-1/4 miles) is made up of two loops, each with two segments of shorter trails - Big Pine and Three Sisters on the first loop, and Big Cedar and Hi-Knob on the second. The Buzzard Roost Trail at Cato Creek Landing (1-1/2 miles) winds along a circular path beside a creek. The Overlook Nature Trail is located at the Tenkiller Dam Overlook. The first segment of the trail (1-1/4 miles) winds through the woods from the Overlook to Highway lOA (near the Methodist Boys Ranch). The second segment of the trail continues on from Highway 10A and ends at Strayhorn Public Use Area. PARKS OFFER VIEWS OF TENKILLER’S WILDLIFE

Since August 2019, Up Tenkiller and the Illinois River is a bi-yearly cleanup event to clean up trash and debris along the shorelines of Lake Tenkiller and the Illinois River. Through the years, natural disasters and human carelessness have blighted the pristine nuance of our rivers and lakes. The initiative of the clean-up is to restore the beauty of the waters and shorelines that we claim as our own.

Accomplished So Far! 204,975 lbs./102.49 tons Number of Volunteers: 822

REGISTER: www.laketenkiller.com/ Greater Tenkiller Area Association Facebook page

KYLE UNDERWOOD

KYLE UNDERWOOD

The Greater Tenkiller area opens a ton of opportunities to get outside and explore the outdoors. With an extensive list of trails to hike and nature to see you are sure to have a great time.

Visit the Oklahoma Scenic Rivers Commission for a list of hiking trails along the Illinois River or call (918) 456-3251.

Visit the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge or call (918) 773-5251. Visit the Tenkiller State Park or call (918) 489-5641.

For more general information please visit: The Greater Tenkiller Area Association Facebook page or www.laketenkiller.com.

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