Activities

HIKING & NATURE TRAILS 

http://www.forestry.ok.gov/hiking-trails-in-beavers-bend-state-park 

Nature Trails (marked with blue on white tree blazes) 

Forest Heritage Tree Trail: 

This is a 1.1 mile looped trail that starts (and ends) at the Forest Heritage Center. It takes you down  the hill to Beaver Creek, along the floodplain of the creek, over a covered bridge, and back to the  Forest Heritage Center. It is fairly easy to walk, but you do have a couple of climbs. It has a series of  informational signs at key points and trees for more information on the area you are walking.  Remember this trail crosses the hiking trail twice. Watch for wooden signs that say TRAIL. The  hiking trail is marked with white paint on the trees. 

Level of difficulty: fairly easy to walk, but you do have a couple of climbs. 

Approximate Trail Length: 1.1 miles

Cedar Bluff Nature Trail: 

Cedar Bluff starts across from Dogwood Campground. This trail is designated to be walked  CLOCKWISE. Start on your left and at each junction turn right, you will come out where you started.  The trail is marked with blue on white tree blazes. Stay on the marked trail, NO SHORTCUTS  PLEASE. CAUTION: occasionally the creek floods causing the lower portion of this trail to become  hazardous. 

Level of difficulty: Both easy grade and a hill climb. 

Approximate Trail Length: 1 mile 

Pine Ridge Nature Trail: 

Pine Ridge is almost a figure-eight trail – but it DOES LOOP! The 1st loop starts right across from the  tennis court, and then branches to the right. It will take you up though pine/hardwood forest, by a  sewage lagoon (No Swimming, Please!) then across the top of a ridge. The trail branches to your  right, and then to your right again, taking you through a bottomland forest and the floodplain of  Beaver Creek. 

Level of difficulty: fairly easy to walk, two up-hill and two down-hill grades. 

Approximate Trail Length: ¾ mile 

Hiking Trails (marked with red on white tree blazes) 

3 Mile Loop: from the Nature Center, go south on Beaver Creek Trail, east on South Park Trail and  back on the park road. 

Challenging 3 Mile Loop: from the Nature Center, go south on Beavers Creek Trail, west on Lookout  Mtn Trail and back on the path leading to the Forest Heritage Center Museum.
 
  

SkyLine Trail:
 This trail shown on the map has recently been re-located to avoid private land.  Level of difficulty: For EXPERIENCED HIKERS ONLY; it crosses steep terrain. 

Approximate Trail Length: 7 miles Friends Trail: (NOT ON THE MAP)It’s the first new trail to be added to the park’s roster in fifteen  years. This intermediate trail begins at Spillway Creek below the dam and makes a 1.5 mile loop.  Hikers can expect rugged terrain with rocky outcroppings and a steep incline. Enjoy panoramic  views of the lake from the top of a ridge during this special guided hike. Hikes are expected to last 45  min to 1 ½ hours. Directions to the trailhead: From intersection of Hwy 259 and Hwy 3 in Broken  Bow, go north on 259 approximately 8 miles. Turn right into 259A’s second entrance toward the  Broken Bow dam. Go 4 miles and take a right just before the dam onto Beavers Bend Road. Go .4  miles and turn into parking lot on the right. The Friends of Beavers Bend trail is on the right.