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The Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge is part of the United States system of national wildlife refuges.It is located in Alfalfa County in northern Oklahoma, north of Jet (pop. 230), along Great Salt Plains Lake, which is formed by a dam on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River.
The Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge sits adjacent to the park and offers great bird watching and fall foliage viewing opportunities. [4] Gypsum, special variety: Hourglass-Gypsum (embedded sand in type of an hourglass) – Exposed in the Mineralogical Museum, Bonn, Germany. The refuge is the only spot in the world where crystal ...
Rita Blanca National Grassland; Robbers Cave State Park; Robert S. Kerr Reservoir; Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge; Sans Bois Mountains; Sardis Lake (Oklahoma) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium; Skiatook Lake; State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River; Stillwater Regional Airport; Temple Israel (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Tenkiller Ferry Lake ...
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge June 1983 Jet 36°45′01″N 98°13′27″W / 36.750314°N 98.224259°W / 36.750314; -98.224259 ( Salt Plains National Wildlife
Great Salt Plains Lake is a reservoir located within the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma in the United States named because of the salt flats in the area and for the Salt Fork Arkansas River, which is dammed to form the lake.
see Rita Blanca National Grassland: Robbers Cave WMA [79] Latimer: 6,180 acres (2,500 ha) North of Wilburton: Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge Alfalfa: 32,080 acres (12,980 ha) see Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge: Sandy Sanders WMA [80] Greer and Beckham: 29,766 acres (12,046 ha) 26 miles northwest of Mangum and 26 miles southwest of Sayre
These protected areas consist of patches of intact native grassland amid cultivated rangeland, and most of the remaining natural habitats of the Great Plains are unprotected. The two largest protected areas are the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for bison and black-capped vireo, and the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge.
The Great Salt Plains Lake, as well as the associated Great Salt Plains State Park and Great Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge lie within the county, approximately 12 miles east of Cherokee. [17] The major waterways in the county are the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River and the Medicine Lodge River. [18]