Top 3 attractions in state

I%26#39;m having a very difficult time figuring out what there is to do in Oklahoma. I%26#39;m going to be in OKC later this month and will have time to see that city. I want to leave the city for a day and am willing to travel anywhere in the state to find something great to do.

Any suggestions on what the must see or must do attractions in the state are? I don%26#39;t want to spend the day in museums or shopping. Are there any can%26#39;t be missed national or state parks? Are there any other fantastic natural attractions?

I%26#39;m up for anything but just can%26#39;t figure out what%26#39;s out there. The tourism and state websites all seem to be painstakingly broken down in to small regions and I don%26#39;t want to search through every one of those. I just want a list of the best things to do.

Please help.

Top 3 attractions in state

Turner Falls is cool. Beaver Bend%26#39;s State Park is very scenic -- I haven%26#39;t been there, though. (I live in Texas.) Antlers is the ';deer capital of Oklahoma.';

I%26#39;ve stayed at a couple of the state park ';resorts'; -- Sequoya and Lake Murray.

For a day trip, I%26#39;ll bet you%26#39;d really like Turner Falls. I took some pictures there once and my friends in Ohio thought it was Hawaii. They didn%26#39;t believe Oklahoma would have such scenic falls!

Top 3 attractions in state

I would drive over highway 1 and check the folliage out around Big Cedar.

Take a trip to Tulsa. It%26#39;s a great city as well and is totally different from Oklahoma City. Only 2 hr drive.

You could go to Lawton to the wildlife refuge. Make sure you eat at Meers. One of the best hamburgers in the state.

Drive down to Turner Falls and Arbuckle Mountains.

Also, drive south to Norman, or north to Stillwater and check out the state%26#39;s two main universities.

Just some ideas!

I would suggest that you visit the Aquarium in Jenks, Oklahoma. This aquarium has a great shark tank that you can walk through and is one of the top 10 in the U.S. Jenks is near Tulsa, very easy to find and in a beautiful location by a river. If you are staying in Oklahoma City it is less than a 90 minute drive up the senic Turner Turnpike.

If you are interested in good wines, there are now 22 wineries in Oklahoma. A very nice winery located South of Tulsa is the Stone Bluff Cellars. This winery has won a number of medals and placed second out of 600 wineries in a desert wine competition in California. Copy this link for directions and more information:

www.stonebluffcellars.com/ourwines.html

In Oklahoma City be sure to visit Bricktown and eat some Italian Food at Zio%26#39;s.

If you are spending a weekend in Oklahoma City, and you have never taken a train ride, I would suggest taking AMTRAK%26#39;s Heartland Flyer to Fort Worth, Texas. It arrives in Ft. Worth about noon and you can spend five hours in Ft. Worth and the return trip gets you back to OKC before 10:00PM. The scenery through the Arbuckle Wilderness area is excellent and the commraderie with the passengers is always fun.

Be sure and check the movie schedule at the Omnidome Theatre as they show two great films every day in the OmniMax format. Call 405) 602-OMNI for complete information. And don%26#39;t forget to visit the Cowboy Hall of Fame. John Wayne will be pleased that you did as he gave his gun collection to them.

Oklahoma State Parks: http://www.touroklahoma.com/parks.asp

NATIONAL PARKS in OK: …nps.gov/applications/parksearch/state.cfm…

The Oklahoma City National Memorial

http://www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org/

The Oklahoma Historical Society %26amp; History Center

http://www.okhistory.org/

Theatre in Oklahoma City

http://www.okccvb.org/special/theater.htm

Oklahoma City Philharmonic

http://www.okcphilharmonic.org/

Ballet Oklahoma

http://www.balletoklahoma.com/index.html

Oklahoma Music Hall Of Fame %26amp; Museum

http://www.omhof.com/

Brick Town

http://www.bricktownokc.com/

http://www.bricktownokc.org/

Oklahoma City Zoo

http://www.okczoo.com/

Oklahoma Aquarium

http://www.okaquarium.org/

Omniplex

http://www.omniplex.org/

Little Sahara Dunes State Park

http://www.lasr.net/pages/city.php?%26amp;OK%26amp;Little+Sahara+Dunes%26amp;City_ID=OK06sp005%26amp;Attraction_ID=OK06sp005a001%26amp;VA=Y

Salt Plains Wildlife Refuge

fws.gov/southwest/…

Keystone Lake, Sand Springs, OK

State Resort Parks

http://www.oklahomaparks.com/resorts.asp

Heartland Flyer Train

http://www.heartlandflyer.com/

Laser Expidition

http://www.laserexpedition.com/

The CIty Of Oklahoma City Parks

http://www.okc.gov/parks/

The Red Hawks (Baseball)

web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp…

Myriad Botanical Gardens

http://www.myriadgardens.com/index.html

Lazy E Arena

http://www.lazye.com/

Oklahoam City Blazers (Hocky)

http://www.okcblazers.com/

Eskimo Joes (Everyone from anywhere HAS to get a shirt here!)

http://www.eskimojoes.com/

University Of Oklahoma

http://www.soonersports.com/

The Historic Paseo Arts District

http://www.thepaseo.com/

The FORD Center

http://www.okfordcenter.com/

Oklahoma Railway Museum

http://www.oklahomarailwaymuseum.org/

Express Personnel Clydesdales

http://www.expressclydesdales.com/

Remington Park Racetrack and Casino

http://www.remingtonpark.com/

Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz (Indoor Football)

http://www.okcyarddawgz.com

Wilderness Lakefront Resort

http://www.wildernesslakefrontresort.com/

Indian City USA

http://www.indiancityusa.com/home.asp

The Flying W Guest Ranch

http://www.flyingwonline.com/

Oklahoma Buffalo Tours

http://www.okbuffalotours.com/

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

fws.gov/southwest/…

Railroad Museum of Oklahoma

http://www.railroadmuseumofoklahoma.org/

Black Mesa %26amp; Kenton area

http://www.ccccok.org/

Oklahoma Casinos

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=Oklahoma+Casinos%26amp;btnG=Search

Oklahoma Golf Courses

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en%26amp;q=Oklahoma+Golf+Courses%26amp;btnG=Search

Just to name a few things to do in Oklahoma!

Happy Hunting!

go to the aqaurium at jenks and then go to tulsa

Briscoeb, what did you end up doing?

I have to say it is hard to look at a whole state and try to figure out what to do. Oklahoma is pretty diversified so it depends on what you are looking for. I do believe it is pretty unique in all of it%26#39;s Native American Culture as well as Will Rogers. Oklahoma abounds in neat natural attractions from Alabaster Caverns, the salt plains where you can dig up one of a kind crystals, and big sand dunes to ORV in the Northwest part of the state to the beautiful Arbuckle mountains in the south to the Ozark area in the northeast. It has alot of cultural things to offer as well and I feel that Tulsa is especially a good choice for many of these...But it all kind of depends on what a person wants from their visit! Oklahoma is a great place to look! But please let us know what you did when you were in OK!!!