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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Veterans Center Trail

Distance: 0.5 miles [0.8 km]

Average Time: 1/2 hour

Difficulty: Very easy/surface is hard-packed soil

Starting Point: Pavilion Springs

The Veterans Trail is an easy one-way trail that leads from Pavilion Springs to the perimeter road and to the Oklahoma Veterans Center. This trail through a cedar and hardwood forest was once the site for a golf course built in 1924. Since the closure of the golf course in 1934, natural plant succession has steadily reclaimed the land. This is a good alternative route from the Travertine Creek trail or the perimeter road.

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Historic photograph of elk in Platt National Park, 1920s

Did You Know?
Between 1917 and 1925, Platt National Park [the present-day Platt Historic District of Chickasaw National Recreation Area] maintained a collection of animals—not quite a zoo—which at various times included deer, elk, bison, ostriches and a bald eagle.
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Last Updated: July 13, 2006 at 16:59 MST