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In 1927, Lake Altus (now Lake Altus-Lugert) was created at the base of the Quartz Mountains. In 1935, a 148.3-acre (0.600 km 2) tract adjoining the lake was declared Quartz Mountain State Park. This tract was bought by citizens of Altus who donated it to the state for use as a park.
Quartz Mountain (also called Baldy Point) is located in Greer County in southwest Oklahoma. It is the namesake of Quartz Mountain Nature Park and the park boundaries enclose its eastern flank. It is near the cities of Mangum, Oklahoma and Altus, Oklahoma. The park is open to the public year-round for rock climbing, hiking, boating, camping ...
The Quartz Mountain Resort Arts and Conference Center is a resort located 17 miles north of Altus in the Wichita Mountains of southwestern Oklahoma, United States. It is two and a half hours from Oklahoma City, four hours from Dallas, near the Texas border and 9 miles (14 km) west of Lone Wolf, Oklahoma on State Highway 44A.
The state spent $17 million to build a new Resort and Arts Conference Center, which opened on March 8, 2001. This facility, named Quartz Mountain Nature Park, became the property of the Oklahoma Board of Regents for Higher Education in 2002 before being turned back over to care of the Oklahoma State Park system in October 2020. [3]
An electrical fire in 1995 destroyed most of the structure, what remained was demolished in 1998 so that reconstruction could begin. The new Quartz Mountain Lodge was completed in 2001. Quartz Mountain Resort, Arts & Conference Center consists of a main lodge facility offering 118 rooms, a performance center, outdoor amphitheater and 11 cabins.
Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake: Bernice State Park: Delaware: 88 36: 1970: Grand Lake o' the Cherokees: Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park. [1] Black Mesa State Park: Cimarron: 349 141: 1959: Lake Carl Etling: Black Mesa Nature Preserve established in 1991 by the Oklahoma Nature Conservancies Boiling Springs State Park ...
Until recently, a mountain lion sighting had never been confirmed in Payne County, Oklahoma.. But then Rodger Black’s trail camera captured a wild creature “in the wee hours of the morning ...
In the Oklahoma section of the forest, the 26,445-acre (107 km 2) Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area and six other designated areas offer visitors a full range of activities with more than 150 campsites, a 90-acre (36 ha) lake and an equestrian camp. Southeast of Idabel, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation manages the ...