Black Mesa Preserve, Oklahoma

[ttora4runner]

Just some quick photos from a hike to the highest point in Oklahoma located in the Black Mesa Preserve along with some random abandoned buildings along the way.

At the start of the trail.








View from near the top of the Mesa


The monument noting the highest point (little over 4 miles from the trail head).








There is a small section of dinosaur tracks in the creek bottom across the way from the trail head parking lot - those photos are not uploading and they are kind of difficult to see.

 

[ttora4runner]

Some of the other randomness along the way from abandoned buildings, too the views and rock formations.













This rock formation was kind of neat looking, hard to tell from the photo.


On the road.










Final stop before Andrix, Colorado.

 

[brushogger]

The picture links don't seem to work.

 

[zelseman]

I've lived in Oklahoma my entire life and have never visited here. I've wanted to, but it always seems out of the way. Thanks for the photos, I will check it out someday!

 

[Clay]

The pictures and story look great to me. Thanks for posting them!

 

[Doc Foster]

I did Black Mesa almost 40 years ago. There was no trail then, just picked a good line up through the rocks and kept an eye out for the rattlesnakes. Glad to hear it is a preserve now with some protection. It is definitely worth a visit if you are in that area.

 

[ttora4runner]

I've lived in Oklahoma my entire life and have never visited here. I've wanted to, but it always seems out of the way. Thanks for the photos, I will check it out someday!

Do it. I drove 4 hours one way to get there.

 

[huntsonora]

That area is my home away from home