LASR.net Homepage

Menu

Forest Heritage Center


category : Nature Centers
Forest Heritage Center The Forest Heritage Center is located in beautiful Beavers Bend Resort Park, a short drive north of Broken Bow. The museum describes the evolution of southeastern Oklahoma forests told through a series of dramatic dioramas.

Exhibits include the Forest Art Gallery, chainsaw carvings, a 100 year old log cabin from the Kiamichi Mountains, and traditional woodworking tools dating from the earliest tools used in the harvesting of timber from the mountains.

Its Forest Tree Trail winds through the surrounding woods and offers tree identification, local history information, and scenic beauty to adventurous hikers. The Center has a gift shop and conference rooms well-suited to sales meetings and workshops.


Admission: No Admission Charge
Hours: Open 365 days a year from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Phone: 580-494-6497

Come visit us in Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Wildlife Museum

Come into the great outdoors! See and hear elk bugling on a crisp fall morning, wolves howling in a snowy arctic scene. Finally see the fish that live in the legendary Fluecy Creek. These and other wildlife dioramas are designed to educate and entertain all age groups.

Broken Bow, OK Museums

Three Rivers Wildlife Management Area

White-tailed deer, eastern wild turkey, yellow-breasted chat, screech owl, eastern diamond-backed rattlesnake, gray tree frog. What do these species have in common?

Broken Bow, OK Wildlife Refuges

Peter Toth Totem Pole

This is one in a 50 state series of "Trail of Tears" sculptures by Hungarian artist, Peter Toth. Mr. Peter Wolf Toth came to Oklahoma to sculpt Oklahoma's Indian monuments. Mr. Toth's goal in life was to complete at least one sculpture in each of the fifty states. To date, he has done 67

Broken Bow, OK Arts

Wheelock Church

The old rock Wheelock church is the oldest church building in Oklahoma, built in 1846. Across the road is a cemetery, the final resting place of reverend Alfred Wright, physician and missionary to the Choctaw Indians who translated the New Testament and many other books into their native language.

Broken Bow, OK Historic Churches

Cedar Creek Golf Course

It is the kind of golf course one would imagine finding in a pristine, pine-laden wilderness. And, in fact, the 18 holes that constitute Cedar Creek Golf Course were literally carved out of the wilds (the golf course abuts the McCurtain County Wilderness Area)

Broken Bow, OK Golf Courses

Things to do Nature Centers near Broken Bow, OK

Forest Heritage Center

Wildlife Heritage Center & Museum

Robber's Cave SP Nature Center

Beavers Bend Nature Center