Home
About Us
Activities
Advertising
Art
ATV-OTV
Bed and Breakfasts
Boats for Rent
Cabins
Camping-Lake
Areas
Campgrounds
Carrie Underwood Message Board
Chambers of Commerce
Collectibles
Choctaw Nation History
Churches
Cities
Classifieds
Contact Info
Craft Cottage
Craft Shows
Entertainers
Entertainment +
Equestrian
Events
Famous
Okies
Fishing Guides
Fishing Report
Float Trips
Festivals and
Florists
Forums
Free Fun Stuf
Gifts
Golf Courses
Gourmet Foods
Group Camps
Hotels
Hunting
Illinois River
Jewelry
Lakes & Maps
Lodging
Manufacturers
Marinas
Message Boards
Ministries
Museums
Non-Profit Org.
Parks
Professionals
Radio Stations
Ranches
Recreation
Resorts
(Private)
Restaurants
Rivers
Services
Search this Site
Shop-On_Line
TV and Radio
Useful Resources
Weddings
Yellow Pages
Forums
Travel, Recreation
Message Board. Please share your trips & Tips
Okla U.S. Senators
and Representatives
Travel, Recreation Message Board. Let's hear about your trips and tips
Shop Oklahoma does not make Reservations, you must contact the owners
or park reservations
ShopOklahoma.Net
ShopOklahoma.Org
Oklahoma Statistics
Oklahoma History
Useful Resources |
Heavener Runestone State Park
Heavener Runestone State Park
Route 1, Box 1510
Heavener, OK 74937
918-653-2241/Park Office
Location:
Two and a half miles northeast of Heavener,off
Highway 59 and US Highway 270.
Features/Facilities:
50 Park Acres * Ancient Runestone Hieroglyphics *
Playground * Nature trail * Gift Shop
(M) Modern Campsite (electric, water and sewer hook-ups
(S) Semi-Modern Campsite (electric and water hook-ups)
(P) Primitive Campsite (no hook-ups, water faucet nearby)
(D) Dump Station
At 1000 feet above the city of Heavener, the park offers a panoramic view of the valley below and is a great spot to witness spectacular sunsets. Heavener State Park is a day use only park for picnicking (2 group shelters), hiking and exploring, and educational programs about the Runestone. (Overnight camping can be found in nearby Lake Wister State Park.) Trails include the Runestone Interpretative Trail, located near the information center/gift shop. This 200 yard trail takes visitors through the unique natural historic site; the Nature Trail, an easy 1 mile loop which also begins near the information center; and the Cliff Side Trail, a one mile trail that follows the cliff tops from Group Shelter #2 near the overlook area, through the picnic area, along the cliffs above the Runestone, to an intersection with the Nature Trail, offering a great view overlooking the city of Heavener and Lake Wister. In addition to the park office and gift shop, the park offers an interpretative center with educational information, plenty of picnic tables, 2 comfort stations, and a playground making it a fun and interesting place to get away and explore for a day.
Pictures courtesy of Oklahoma Department of Tourism
Hours &
Days of Operation:
Heavener State Park is a day-use only park
offering group shelters for picnics, picnic tables, outdoor grills, comfort
stations, amphitheater, playground, hiking, exploring, and educational programs
about the Runestone. Overnight camping can be found in nearby Lake Wister State
Park. The park offers a park office, gift shop and interpretative center with
educational information. In season: 8am - 7pm, 7 days a week.
Off season: 8am - 5pm, 7 days a week. The comfort station in the picnic area
closes from mid-November to March.
Price:
No charge to picnic or view the
Runestone; group picnic shelters, with water, electricity, and grill may be
rented.
General
Amenities/Services:
Gift Shop
Recreation
Activities:
Hiking, Rock Climbing, Wildlife
Viewing, Bird Watching
Recreations
Facilities:
Outdoor Grill, Picnic Shelter, Picnic
Tables, Playground (Outdoor)
Nearby:
Cedar Lake National Recreation Center • Peter
Conser Historic House, Heavener • Robert S. Kerr Museum & Kerr Conference
Center, Poteau • Lake Wister State Park, Wister

Shop Oklahoma, Bixby, Oklahoma 74008
Shop Oklahoma has been in business since
1996 and maintains over 900 pages on our site not counting websites we
develop and host. We continue to grow having had 12 million accesses in
the last 12 months. We are in the process of streamlining the site and
automating many of our services.
Please use our free classifieds with pictures at
http://www.shopoklahoma.net/classifieds.
List your business free on our Yellow Pages at
http://www.shopoklahoma.org/phpYellow/register.php. After you register
please "Login" and follow directions.
To be on our White Pages you must register first for our Yellow Pages and
upgrade. We do require a reciprocal link to http://www.shopoklahoma.com.
Mini-Websites are available at
http://www.shopoklahoma.org/phpYellow/register.php for $24.95 per
year. If you sign up for a mini-page now, we will put that same page on
our White Pages under http://www.shopoklahoma.com/yourpagename. The
advantage of this is Search Engines spider Shop Oklahoma almost
continually and this helps us both.
If you would like to list a craft show or event go to
http://www.shopoklahoma.com/craftlist.php and
http://www.shopoklahoma.com/eventlist.php.
We do not sell our mailing list to anyone.
Janene, Karen, Linda and Michelle
Contact Info for Shopoklahoma.com
Copyright & Copy; 1996 - 2006 Shop Oklahoma All Rights
Reserved
Last Updated 9/26/06 Janene
McGuire, Webmaster
Shop Oklahoma has had
over 12 million accesses in the last 12 months
|