- Natural Falls State Park
-
Dripping Springs Falls Location Natural Falls State Park, Highway 412 W., West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma Total height 77 feet Natural Falls State Park is a state park in the Ozarks, in Delaware County, Oklahoma,
Located in northeast Oklahoma in the scenic Ozark Highlands region, Natural Falls State Park features a 77-foot waterfall cascading through rock formations and creating a hidden, serene atmosphere at the bottom of a narrow V-shaped valley. An observation platform with a nearby picnic pavilion overlooks the falls and a deck with seating is available at the base of the falls. Picnic tables and grills can be found throughout the park. Campsites including 44 RV sites and 27 tent sites, and a comfort station with showers are also on site. The Red Fern Reunion Center is available for group functions. Other amenities include a three and a half mile hiking and nature trail, picnic shelter, volleyball, horseshoes, basketball court, catch and release fishing, playgrounds, and formal garden area. Pets are allowed on a leash only.
The park affords an opportunity to observe a variety of plant and animal life. Hikers will find a dense forest of maples, chinquapin, and white oaks, while plants such as flowering dogwood, sassafras, coral berry, spicebush, redbed, and pawpaw blanket the cool forest floor. The waterfall creates a moist environment where ferns, mosses, and liverworts thrive. Once privately owned and operated as a tourist attraction, this park was used in the production of the 1970s film "Where the Red Fern Grows."
It includes a waterfall which is 77 feet tall.[1] This is one of the two tallest known waterfalls in the state, matching Turner Falls in the Arbuckle Mountains.[2][3] The falls are known to local residents as Dripping Springs Falls, but the State renamed the park as Natural Falls to distinguish it from Dripping Springs State Park and other sites in Oklahoma with similar names.[4]
References
- ^ Natural Falls State Park - Oklahoma Parks
- ^ Turner Falls in Turner Falls Park, also 77 feet tall
- ^ Wolftraveler (January 5, 2009). "Oklahoma Waterfall Study underway". http://www.younewstv.com/areas/kotv/37099479.html. Retrieved February 23, 2009. "One [possibly taller waterfall] is said to be well over 100ft in height."[dead link]
- ^ Natural Falls State Park at ExploreSouthernHistory.com (includes photo gallery)
Federal National Forests:National Wildlife Refuges:Deep Fork • Little River • Optima • Ozark Plateau • Salt Plains • Sequoyah • Tishomingo • Washita • Wichita MountainsState Adair • Alabaster Caverns • Arrowhead • Beaver Dunes • Beavers Bend Resort Park • Bernice • Black Mesa • Boggy Depot • Boiling Springs • Boswell Lake • Brushy Lake • Cherokee • Cherokee Landing • Clayton Lake • Crowder Lake • Disney/Little Blue • Dripping Springs • Fort Cobb • Foss • Gloss Mountain • Great Plains • Great Salt Plains • Greenleaf • Heavener Runestone • Hochatown • Honey Creek • Hugo Lake • Keystone • Lake Eucha • Lake Eufaula • Lake Murray • Lake Texoma • Lake Wister • Lake Thunderbird • Little Sahara • McGee Creek • Natural Falls • Okmulgee • Osage Hills • Quartz Mountain • Raymond Gary • Red Rock Canyon • Robbers Cave • Roman Nose • Sequoyah Bay • Sequoyah/Western Hills • Snowdale • Spavinaw • Talimena • Tenkiller • Twin Bridges • Wah-Sha-She • Walnut CreekExternal links
Categories:- Protected areas of Delaware County, Oklahoma
- Waterfalls of Oklahoma
- Oklahoma state parks
- Oklahoma geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
