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Wichita Mountains - Video footage of the area and a list of local activities and resources. United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Official Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Homepage; BikeUSA.com: Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge; America's Volcanic Past - Oklahoma; Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
The Wichita Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in Oklahoma on July 4, 1901, with 57,120 acres (231.2 km 2).After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907, as Wichita National Forest.
Mount Scott (Comanche: Pisaroya, "Big Mountain") [4] is a prominent mountain just to the northwest of Lawton, Oklahoma rising to a height of 2,464 feet (751 m) [5] and is located in the Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill Military Reservation and lies in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (WMWR).
Mount Pinchot is the highest peak in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge of Southwest Oklahoma at 2,476 feet (755 m) above sea level. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It is located toward the western edge of the WMWR. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for the maintenance of the area.
The property where the mountain is located was privately owned by Ted and Margaret Johnson, who had allowed access to the mountain for several decades. To ensure the area was preserved, it was purchased in 2001 by The Access Fund and the Wichita Mountains Climbers Coalition (WMCC), then donated to the State of Oklahoma. In 2002 the area was ...
Partial plains interrupted by small mountain ranges like the Antelope Hills and the Wichita Mountains dot southwestern Oklahoma, and transitional prairie and woodlands cover the central portion of the state. The Ozark and Ouachita (pronounced Oh-Wa-Sheet-ah) Mountains rise from west to east over the state's eastern third, gradually increasing ...
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Lake Jed Johnson, named for Jed Johnson (1888–1963), is third largest of thirteen small reservoirs in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, located in southwestern Oklahoma. Lawton, Oklahoma , southeast of the lake and the fourth largest city in the state, is the nearest major population center.