Route Scenic Staff Pick
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Medicine Park to Cooperton
- Distance
- 33 mi
- Riding Time
- 47 min
- Climb
- 1,191 ft
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Surface
- Paved
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- March through May and September through November. Summer is hot.
- Fuel
- Fuel is in Medicine Park and Lawton. There is none inside the refuge.
- Watch For
- Bison and longhorns on the road, slow traffic and visitors stopping in the lanes.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
Oklahoma 49 runs west from Medicine Park through the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, among granite peaks and mixed grass prairie, then Oklahoma 54 runs north to Cooperton. Bison, longhorn cattle and prairie dogs live in the refuge, and the side road up Mount Scott gives a view over the range.
Stops
- StartMedicine Park
- FinishCooperton