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Chickasaw National Recreation AreaStone building and stream in Flower Park
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Nature & Science
 
Black and white photograph of spring water flowing over earth and rocks
U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library / N.C. Glover
Antelope Spring, 1910.
 
Chickasaw National Recreation Area has a diversity of natural resources. These unique flora, fauna, waters, and geological formations have withstood the external pressures of human-made and natural pressures The combination of these resources has created an area unlike any other in the surrounding region.
Flowing water
The Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer
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The Bromide pavilion  

Did You Know?
In 1906 surveyors documented 32 freshwater and mineral springs in the Platt Historic District of Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Of those historic springs, only five have measurable flows today.
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Last Updated: November 19, 2009 at 10:06 EST