Harmon, Beckham, Roger Mills, Greer, Jackson, Tillman, Cotton, Cleveland, McClain, Woodward, Ellis, Dewey, Custer, Alfalfa, Major, Garfield, Noble, Payne, Kingfisher, Jefferson, Stephens, Grady, Garvin, Comanche, Caddo, Canadian, Oklahoma, Kiowa, Washita, Harper, Woods, Grant, Kay, Pawnee, Logan and Blaine Counties

Western and Central Oklahoma

Woodward, Enid, Alva, Fairview, Watonga, Blackwell, Ponca City, Kingfisher, Weatherford, Clinton, Elk City, Yukon, Stillwater, Cordell, Altus, Chickasha and Lawton, Hobart, Norman

Sightseeing, biking, mountain climbing, fishing, hunting, boating, water skiing, camping, dune buggy tours, golfing, horseback riding, RVing, rappelling, bird watching

Pheasant, deer, sheep, llama, buffalo, elk, rattlesnake, prairie dogs, bats, bobcat, coyote, 328 native vertebrate species, migratory route for birds

• Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge - The nation's first national wildlife refuge, home to buffalo, elk, deer, longhorn cattle and prairie dogs
• Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge - the only place in the world where visitors can dig for hourglass selenite crystals (Apr. - Oct. 15). Winter seasonal visitors include ducks, geese, cranes, and bald eagles. Summer brings endangered interior least terns, egrets, herons, and pelicans among others. Peak fall and spring migration of ducks, geese, and sandhill cranes on the refuge can number nearly 100,000 birds. The area is a major nesting site for the snowy plover, endangered interior least tern, and American avocet. It is also a major migration rest area for hundreds of thousands of shorebirds during spring, summer, and fall.
• Alabaster Caverns State Park - 3/4 mile cavern made of alabaster, which is the world’s largest gypsum cave open to the public. Wild caving is allowed with a permit.
• Little Sahara State Park - each year nearly 100,000 off-road vehicle enthusiasts visit the park for the exceptional sand dunes. Dune buggy tours through the sand dunes.
• Roman Nose State Park - once a winter campground of the Cheyenne tribe, this area now has a scenic retreat set on a canyon bluff that overlooks ancient mesas. This state park offers a resort, cabins and a natural spring and numerous recreational opportunities.
• Quartz Mountain Lodge & Arts Conference Center - located on Lake Altus-Lugert, this park offers a full range of recreational activities.
• Red Rock Canyon State Park - The soft, deep red sandstone, formed 200 million years ago, provides excellent conditions for rock climbing and rappelling.
• Other Lakes and State Parks: Lake Carl Blackwell, Lake McMurty, Sooner Lake, Lake Chickasha, Boiling Springs State Park, Foss State Park, Great Plains State Park, Fort Cobb State Park, Crowder Lake State Park, Washita National Wildlife Refuge
• Historic Fort Reno, a former Army Remount station in 1908-1948, which included horse races, polo matches and a WWII German Prisoner of War Camp
• Fort Sill Museum, including Geronimo’s Grave. The Apache warrior spent the last 22 years of his life as a prisoner of war at Fort Sill. There’s also a guardhouse that at times held Geronimo.
• Watonga Cheese Factory
• The Homesteaders Original Sod House Museum in Aline
• Marland’s Mansion in Ponca City, home of oil baron & Governor E.W. Marland
• Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton
• National Route 66 Museum in Elk City
• The Chisholm Trail ran directly through this ecoregion. Learn about the most-traveled cattle trail at Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center in Duncan and Chisholm Trail Historical Museum in Waurika.
• Eskimo Joe’s (Stillwater)
• Medicine Park was a former resort community and is now a burgeoning artists' community and travel destination
  

• Waynoka Rattlesnake Hunt (Waynoka) (Apr)
• Prince of Peace Easter Pageant (Wichita Mtns Wildlife Refuge) (Apr)
• Crystal Festival & Celebration of Birds (Cherokee) (Apr)
• Rattlesnake Derby (Mangum) (Apr)
• Rattlesnake Hunt (Okeene) (May)
• Burger Day Festival (El Reno) (May)
• Deep Deuce Jazz Festival (OKC) (May)
• Nescatunga Arts & Crafts Festival (Alva) (June)
• Herb Festival (Ponca City) (June)
• Elks Rodeo (Woodward) (Jul)
• American Indian Exposition (Anadarko) (Aug)
• Watermelon Festival (Rush Springs) (Aug)
• Cherokee Strip Days Celebration (Enid) (Sept)
• International Festival (Lawton) (Sept)
• Fall Festival (Elk City) (Sept)
• Canna Festival (Carnegie) (Sept)
• Wheatheart Festival (Tonkawa) (Oct)
• Oklahoma Mennonite Relief Sale (Enid) (Oct)
• Oklahoma Czech Fest (Yukon) (Oct)
• Watonga Cheese Festival (Watonga) (Oct)
• Pumpkin Festival (Cordell) (Oct)
• Crystal Christmas (Woodward) (Nov-Dec)
• Festival of Light (Chickasha) (Nov-Dec)
  

The Central Great Plains receive more precipitation than the neighboring Southwestern Tablelands, resulting in more vegetation. The terrain is slightly more irregular than the Western High Plains. Once a grassland, with scattered low trees and shrubs in the south, much of this ecoregion is now cropland.