AMERICA, ONE BEAUTIFUL ROAD AT A TIME

The scenic side
of Oklahoma.

Named routes to browse, photographs to inspire, and practical notes for the drive.
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Scenic routes to explore

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Historic Route 66 · U.S. Road Trip

All-American Road · National Scenic Byway

Explore selected surviving sections of the Mother Road, from Midwestern towns to Southwestern desert and the California coast. Build a trip around specific signed alignments, roadside history and the communities that make the journey distinctive.

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Arkansas · Oklahoma

Talimena Scenic Drive

National Scenic Byway

Visual delights await those who travel along the Talimena Scenic Drive. See vistas with shades of green in the foreground s forests to blue haze in the distant mountains. Rocky fields and trees gnarled from winter winds and ice testify to the harsh environment the early settlers encountered in these mountains.

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Oklahoma

Wichita Mountains Byway

National Scenic Byway

A natural beauty capable of astonishing even well-traveled visitors, the Wichita Mountains Byway guides you through the protected valleys of the 550 million-year-old Wichita Mountains, which shelter the largest remnant block of southern mixed grassland and ancient cross-timbers in North America. Experience the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, one of the oldest managed nature preserves in the Nation and the site that President Theodore Roosevelt chose for the first effort to save American bison from extinction.

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Multistate routes appear in each relevant state. Some entries describe a byway, others a selected stretch or a broader road trip; routes can overlap.