Travel Information for Oklahoma Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near an Oklahoma attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, an Oklahoma state park, this is where you will find it.
OKLAHOMA has more than 300 museums and historic sites, attractions from kitschy Route 66 icons to top-rated zoos, from art museums to roller coasters. From pristine mountain streams and piney forests to peaceful lakes and sandy beaches, Oklahoma's 51 state parks and numerous wildlife refuges and recreation areas offer a wealth of outdoor adventure. Once the land of cowboys and Indians, Oklahoma has kept that history alive: there are guided tours of the newly opened Cheyenne Heritage Trail; visitors can stay in an authentic Cheyenne tipi, eat with and hear stories from members of the Cheyenne tribe, or taste cowboy life and campfire coffee at a variety of rodeos, guest ranches, trail rides and chuck wagon feeds. Arbuckle Mountain Region is Oklahoma’s most accessible natural paradise.
DAVIS which offers the Arbuckle Historical Museum and Historic Main Street shares with SULPHUR the Turner Falls Park and its 77-foot waterfall; the Chickasaw National Recreation Area includes the Lake of The Arbuckles, as well as many springs and other natural attractions.
On the sunny side of the Arbuckle Mountains, ARDMORE is home to Lake Murray, the state’s largest man-made lake, the Eliza Cruce Hall Doll Museum and the Greater Southwest Historical Museum.
BARTLESVILLE has Frank Lloyd Wright's tallest built skyscraper, the Price Tower; southwest of Bartlesville is Woolaroc Ranch, Museum & Wildlife Refuge with over 700 different animals and 55,000 pieces of western and worldwide art, relics and exhibits that tell the alluring story of the American West.
In Oklahoma’s Kiamichi Country, BROKEN BOW is an old sawmill town surrounded by pine forests, popular with scuba divers and white water rafters.
CIMARRON COUNTY is the only one in the United States that touches four States other than its own: Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas.
BOISE CITY has the Cimarron Heritage Center, a museum of information and artifacts from dinosaurs to present treasures. Nestled in the heart of Oklahoma’s Green Country, CLAREMORE is known for its antiques and museums including the J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum, and the Will Rogers Memorial. The historic Route 66 runs directly through the downtown CLINTON business district of this hub city of Western Oklahoma; attractions include the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum.
DEWEY is home to Prairie Song, an 1800s prairie village, and the Tom Mix Museum which celebrates the life of the silent movie "King of the Cowboys" who was a deputy town marshall in Dewey.
The Chisholm Trail Heritage Center is a feature of DUNCAN’s colorful past.
Nestled in the heart of the Canadian River Valley in Oklahoma’s Frontier Country, EL RINO is at the intersection of two historic highways, the nostalgic Route 66 and the Chisholm Trail, with an assortment of attractions including Fort Reno, the Route 66 Antique Mall and the Old Opera House.
Popular attractions in ENID include the North Cherokee Strip Museum and Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse and Adventure Quest, an Interactive arts and science center.
A popular destination for retirees and summer vacationers, one of GROVE’s prime attractions is Harber Village, a reconstructed turn-of-the-century village of over one hundred buildings and collections which has grown into one of the largest antique museums in the United States.
GUTHRIE is a cowboy town famous for the Blue Bell Saloon where Hollywood Cowboy Tom Mix once tended bar and the Byron Berlines Double-Stop Music Hall.
GUYMON is known as The Saddle Bronc Capital of the world and famous for its Pioneer Days Rodeo.
JENKS is an antique lover’s paradise. Millions of Texas longhorn cattle traversed what is now KINGFISHER on their way along the fabled Chisholm Trail showcased in the Chisholm Trail Museum.
Recognised as a culturally diversified communitY, LAWTON-FORT SILL is the home of several museums and cultural organisations including the Museum of the Great Plains, the Percussive Arts Society Museum, and the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge which has herds of buffalo, elk deer and longhorn cattle.
NORMAN offers many attractions including the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History.
Oklahoma’s largest city and state capital, OKLAHOMA CITY, is a patchwork of cosmopolitan and country – visitors are drawn to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame & Western Heritage Center and the symbolic Oklahoma City National Memorial; attractions include the Bricktown Historical District, the city's renovated entertainment and dining area, Paseo Arts District, a little Spanish village with its stucco building and clay tile roofs, home of Oklahoma City's artists' community, Myriad Botanical Gardens, and Omniplex with seven museums under one roof; two other Halls of Fame are the Oklahoma Country/Western Music and International Gymnastics; two theme parks are Frontier City, an 1880's western theme park and White Water Bay.
OKMULGEE is the capital of the Muscogee Creek Indian Nation.
One of the major attractions in PAWHUSKA, capital of the Osage Nation, is the Osage Tribal Museum.
PONCA CITY in Oklahoma's Red Carpet Country, is home to vast tribal cultures and pioneers; attractions include the Standing Bear Statue and Park which honors the six Native American tribes who call the lands around Ponca City home, and the Marland Mansion, the 55-room "Palace on the Prairie", and the Pioneer Woman Museum.
With a rich Native American history and natural beauty, one of SHAWNEE’s main attractions is the Sante Fe Railroad Depot.
One of STILLWATER’s claims to fame is the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
TAHLEQUAH is one of the most historically significant cities west of the Mississippi River; it was the end of the Trail of Tears for the eastern Cherokees and has been the capital of the Cherokee Nation since 1841; the Cherokee Heritage Center preserves the history and culture of the Cherokee people.
TULSA, the second largest city in Oklahoma, offers a wealth of attractions – the Gilcrease Museum of Art where the story of the American West unfolds, the Ida Dennie Willis Museum of Miniatures, Dolls, and Toys, Mac's Antique Car Museum, Expo Square, a family entertainment center, the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame, as well as Tulsa's Art Deco Downtown District.
VINITA has a beautifully restored historic shopping district and the Eastern Trails Museum.
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