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Birding & Crystal Festival April 21 & 22

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The Great Salt Plains Birding & Crystal Festival will be April 21 & 22.

Some of the fun activities will include a free movie outside under the stars on Friday at dusk, a town wide garage sale all weekend long, & on Saturday from 9am-1pm go digging for crystals at the Crystal Digging site south of Cherokee along with a new Mobile unit for kids to explore!!

Bird lovers will enjoy a variety of bird watching out at the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge. Prizes will be awarded after the crystal dig!!

Birding & Crystal Festival April 21 & 22

Address : Cherokee, OK Cherokee OK
Phone : 580-596-6111   (Always call and confirm events.)

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Admission Fee : FREE!!

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