Name: Wichita Mountains Camping Trip
Start: 2025-11-07T23:00:00.000Z
Location: Doris Campground

We're heading to Stillwater for this one! Home to my college stomping grounds of Oklahoma State University. We'll meet at the East Recreation Area Bait Shop. We'll then drive just up the road and hike 2.5 miles on the Red Trail. Then, we'll drive a little more up the road and hike 2.5 miles on the Yellow Trail. Both trails are mostly flat and are thus considered fairly easy hikes. Please note that you will need to purchase a day pass to enter the park. However, said day pass is only $6 per vehicle.

I had originally planned on going to Claremore Lake this weekend, but OSU Cowgirl Tennis upset the No. 6 overall seed Oklahoma Sooners in the second round of the NCAA Tournament this past Saturday in Norman. Thus, Cowgirl Tennis will be hosting Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament this Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Greenwood Tennis Center on the campus of OSU. After the hike at Lake McMurtry is done, I will be driving to OSU to see the match. Anybody who wants to tag along is more than welcome to join. Tickets are just $5 per person. Afterwards, I can give anybody who joins me a tour of the OSU campus, and then we can eat at one of the Stilly food hotspots.

I've scheduled the hike at 9:30 to make sure that people don't have to wake up too early while simultaneously making sure that it's not too late in the day to jeopardize missing the tennis match. That being said, I want to make sure I'll have plenty of time to get to the tennis match after the hike. Thus, I'm only going to allow a five-minute grace period to any late hikers. Please be there NO LATER than 9:35. If you call me at 9:30 and tell me that you're going to be 15 minutes late, then I'm sorry, but we're going to start the hike without you. No exceptions. That being said, let's have a fun hike and cheer on Cowgirl Tennis. I can't wait to see you all out there. Go Pokes!

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Rich G.

Maria

Lake McMurtry Hike

Lake McMurtry East Bait Shop 

**Itinerary: for Friday night, we'll meet at Doris Campsite Site No. 4 in Loop A for a camp fire and some good ol' camaraderie.

For Saturday, we'll meet at the Doris Campground Site 4 at 9:00 a.m. From there, we'll hike the Little Baldy Trail, and then we'll drive over and hike the Elm Mountain Trail. We'll take a break at that point and explore the Wichita Mountains Visitors Center, the Lake Jed Johnson Dam Observation Overlook, the Holy City and the Prairie Dog Town. Next, we'll drive over to hike the Kite Trail and finish with the Narrows Trail. After hiking, we'll drive to the top of Mt. Scott and watch the sunset. After Mt. Scott, we'll drive to Medicine Park, the nearest town, and have dinner at the Healthy Hippie Cafe.
We'll end the night with a campfire.

For Sunday, we'll once again meet at Doris Campground Site 4 at 9:00 a.m. We'll just knock out the rest of the hikes from there. First, we'll hike the north portion of the Charon's Gardens Trail. Next, we'll hike the southern portion of the Charon's Gardens Trail. Finally, we'll hike through the Parallel Forest, and then we'll say our goodbyes and head home.

We'll hike seven miles on both Saturday and Sunday, and some of the trails will be strenuous with considerable elevation gain, so please bear that in mind.**

I think it's about time we set out on a camping trip to the beautiful Wichita Mountains near Lawton, Oklahoma. I have reserved tent site 4 in loop A of the Doris Campground. Below is the link to reserve your campsite. I recommend reserving anything but the walk-in sites as those will require you to carry your gear a good distance before you even get to the campsite.

Camping Reservations: https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10038733

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