Talimena Scenic Drive
National Scenic Byway The Oklahoma stretch (35 mi) of a 51 mi national scenic byway that also runs through Arkansas.
About the Talimena Scenic Drive
Visual delights await those who travel along the Talimena Scenic Drive. See vistas with shades of green in the foreground's forests to blue haze in the distant mountains. Rocky fields and trees gnarled from winter winds and ice testify to the harsh environment the early settlers encountered in these mountains.
Federal Highway Administration, America's Byways's own description, in its words. Byway page on America's Byways.
Designations: National Scenic Byway, Arkansas State Scenic Byway, Oklahoma State Scenic Byway, National Forest Scenic Byway.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 0 · 4.9 mi offQueen Wilhelmina State Park · State park · 41 sites · reservable
- Mile 16 · on the roadWinding Stair Campground (OK) · Forest Service · 25 sites · reservable
- Mile 18 · 2.8 mi offBilly Creek Campground · Forest Service
- Mile 35 · 0.8 mi offTalimena State Park · State park · 21 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
The same byway in other states
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.