Talimena State Park

Talimena State Park
A map of Oklahoma showing the location of Talimena State Park
A map of Oklahoma showing the location of Talimena State Park
LocationLe Flore County, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest cityTalihina, OK
Coordinates34°47′03″N 94°57′13″W / 34.7842671°N 94.9535684°W / 34.7842671; -94.9535684[1]
Area20 acres
Visitors22,546 (in 2021)[2]
Governing bodyOklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
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Talimena State Park is an Oklahoma state park located in LeFlore County in eastern Oklahoma. The 20 acres (8.1 ha) park is at the Oklahoma entrance to Talimena Scenic Drive, about 7 miles (11 km) north of Talihina, Oklahoma.[3] and 20 miles (32 km) south of Wister. It offers opportunities for camping, hiking, biking, and wildlife watching.[4]

The park is the western end of the Ouachita National Recreation Trail, which travels 223 miles (359 km) through the Ouachita Mountains from Talimena State Park to Pinnacle Mountain State Park, just west of Little Rock, Arkansas.[5]

In 2010, this park entertained about 7,600 visitors and earned $28,400 from activity fees. The operating cost was $11,800. It was called one of the five least expensive Oklahoma state parks.[6] Despite threat of closure for budgetary reasons in 2018, Talimena State Park remains open in 2022.[7]

The park is 1 of 7 Oklahoma State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 1 minute and 37 seconds of totality.[8]

  1. ^ "Talimena State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  2. ^ "Evaluation of Oklahoma's State Parks". Oklahoma Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT). March 31, 2022.
  3. ^ Shop Oklahoma. Talimena State Park Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  4. ^ "Talimena State Park". Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  5. ^ Explore the Ozarks. "Talimena State Park." Retrieved February 18, 2014.
  6. ^ Wertz, Joe. "The Five Least Expensive State Parks in Oklahoma." September 20, 2011. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
  7. ^ "Talimena State Park". TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
  8. ^ R, Mike (July 1, 2021). "Oklahoma 2024 State Park Eclipse Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.