Day Trips and Itineraries

Family Day at Beavers Bend!

Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum – 7 miles North of Broken Bow on Hwy 259
Forest Heritage Center Museum – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Nature Center – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Lunch at the Beavers Bend Restaurant – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Train Depot – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Hike a trail (the David Boren Trail is a good one) – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Swim Beach – Beavers Bend Resort Park

Start off with the Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum where they have tours designed for both young and old and somewhere in between!

Next, check out the Forest Heritage Center Museum and learn all about Smoky Bear and his creator.

Then take a walk on the wild side and visit the Beavers Bend Nature Center where you can pet a hawk and watch owl and snake feedings up close and personal.

Take a leisurely stroll next door to the Beavers Bend Restaurant and have lunch on the deck overlooking the Mountain Fork River.

After lunch, take a train ride and learn about the romantic legend of Beavers Bend.

Now that your lunch is settled, take a brisk stroll on any of the Beavers Bend hiking trails and see nature at its majestic best.

Finally, cool off and relax at the Beavers Bend Swim Beach.

Indian Heritage Tour

Gardner Mansion & Museum – 6 miles east of Broken Bow on Hwy 70
Choctaw/Chickasaw Trail of Tears markers – Throughout the county
Indian Memorial Museum – 402 East Second Street, Broken Bow
Lunch David Beard’s Catfish, Seafood & Steaks – 12 miles north of Broken Bow on Hwy 259 in Idabel
Museum of the Red River – 812 East Lincoln Road, Idabel
Wheelock Academy – Hwy 70 west of Idabel between Garvin and Millerton
Wheelock Church – Hwy 70 west of Idabel between Garvin and Millerton

Begin your day by taking a tour of the antebellum style house built in 1884 for Jefferson Gardner, a former Chief of the Choctaw Nation. For the next step of your trip, be sure and pick up a list of Choctaw-Chickasaw Trail of Tears markers while at the mansion. Dr. Stiles, owner of the mansion, erected these markers and can tell you all about them and how to find them.

Next, check out the large selection of Indian pottery and artifacts at the Indian Memorial Museum.

Enjoy a nice lunch break at David Beard’s Catfish, Seafood & Steaks. Be sure and try an appetizer of fried pickles!

Come see our ferocious Acrocanthosaurus at the Museum of the Red River and pick up a souvenir to show you saw the most complete dinosaur skeleton ever excavated.

Step back in time and see how advanced the ancient Choctaw ancestors were when it came to education among the tribes at Wheelock Academy.

Wheelock Church has been fully restored to its original glory. Admire the architecture of the old rock building.

Just two full days of fun!

Breakfast - Shady Oaks Café – 6 miles north of Broken Bow on Hwy 259
Indian Memorial Museum – 402 East Second Street, Broken Bow
Gardner Mansion – 6 miles east of Broken Bow on Hwy 70
Canoeing – There are several to choose from – East of Broken Bow
Lunch - Papa Poblano’s – Broken Bow or Idabel location on Hwy 259
Gene Autry Museum – Hwy 3 East of Idabel – 4.5 miles (Call for directions: 580-286-3747)
Museum of the Red River – 812 East Lincoln Road, Idabel
Dinner - Abendigo’s Grill & Patio – 10 miles north of Broken Bow on Hwy 259
Girls Gone Wine – 10 miles north of Broken Bow on Hwy 259

Day Two

Breakfast - Stevens Gap Restaurant – 10 miles north of Broken Bow on Hwy 259
Forest Heritage Center Museum – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Nature Center – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Train – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum – Beavers Bend Resort Park
Lunch - Pier 49 Catfish – Hwy 259 South of Broken Bow
Red Slough – South of Idabel on Hwy 87, watch for signs or call for directions: 580-286-6564
Wheelock Academy and old church – Hwy 70 west of Idabel between Garvin and Millerton
Dinner - Peggy’s Café – Hwy 70 west of Idabel to Valliant

A day of Golf!

Cedar Creek Golf Course
Idabel Country Club Golf Course

The Cedar Creek Golf Course is located on Hwy 259 north about 12 miles from Broken Bow. Turn on Golf Course Road. Then after a round of golf take Hwy 259 south to the Idabel Country Club on East Lincoln Road. Have lunch at the clubhouse and then hit the links.

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