Regions in Oklahoma

6 regions

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Those moments tend to matter more than the planned ones.

Big-sky country begins in central Oklahoma, where the Southern Plains start their majestic roll to the Pacific Ocean. Novelist Washington…

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Curiosity is usually a better guide than a strict plan.

In southwestern Oklahoma the golden shortgrass prairie extends for mile after undulating mile, mirroring the sky in its vastness. Less…

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Some places don't need much time, just the right moment.

From sprawling cattle ranches to curlicued Art Deco skyscrapers, Osage brush arbors to Route 66 diners, northeastern Oklahoma is where…

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There's no need to hurry through something worth experiencing.

Tuskahoma, Bokchito, Kiamichi, Little River and Moon. Even the map reads like poetry in Southern Oklahoma, a timeless world where…

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There's no single right route, just the one that fits you.

Before southcentral Oklahoma was lake country, it was river country, home to the mercurial Red, the gentle Washita and the…

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Pay attention to the places that pull you in without explanation.

A vast prehistoric sea that covered what's now northwestern Oklahoma colored the soil a deep red-brown -- and left a…

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