Local Area Day Trips
Sequoyah National
Wildlife Refuge
Provides habitat for
water fowl and other migratory birds. Also provides food
and cover for resident wildlife. Located three miles
South of I-40 at the Vian exit. Open 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday thru Friday.
Sequoyah’s Home
Admission is free
(donations accepted). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday thru
Friday and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Closed
Monday and State Holidays. Exhibits here illustrate the
history of the Cherokee from 1600 to 1907 and the
development of Sequoyah’s syllabary. Visitors are taught
the use of this Cherokee alphabet and given a computer
printout of their names and common greetings in
Cherokee.
Cherokee Heritage Center
Attractions include:
Cherokee National Museum (summer hours are daily 10 a.m.
to 8 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. Winter hours are
Monday thru Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.); “Trail of Dreams”
Outdoor Drama (All seats reserved, June thru August);
Tsa-La-Gi Ancient Village (guided tours 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. daily, Sunday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. -- May thru
August); Adams Corner Rural Village.
Hanging Judge Parkers
Courtroom and Galleries
Visitors can be reminded
of one of the most chaotic eras in the history of Fort
Smith, Arkansas, with a visit to the
barracks/courthouse, jail and restored gallows of the
“Hanging” Judge Isaac C. Parker. Under renovation after
the April 1996 tornado.
The Spiral Indian Mounds
A one-of-a-kind place.
Oklahoma’s only archaeological park. Open year round
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and
noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Heavener Runestone State
Park
Viking runic writing, on
stone twelve feet wide and ten feet high. Located two
miles east of Heavener on Morris Creek Road. Open daily
8 a.m. to dark.
