Sycamore Lookout

Looking Southwest from Sycamore Lookout. Peaks in the area have a reputation for having no view. This one defies the stereotype. Photograph by Cassie Fitzgerald.

11 APRIL 2024 W5O/OU-005

Elevation:	2,379′
Route:	Drive-up
Hike Distance:	n/a
Elevation Gain:	n/a
Navigation:	n/a
Steepness:	n/a
Vehicle:	Passenger car
Road:	Paved
Cell Coverage:	Verizon

On our way back to New Mexico from our adventure taking in the total solar eclipse in Arkansas I wanted to activate at least one summit in the state of Oklahoma. I had this idea that Oklahoma was all rather flat, dry and dull. This excursion disabused me of that notion. I found the place to be interesting, lush in places and lovely. From Rogers, Arkansas we drove southwest into the Ouachita Mountains across some really beautiful country.

Sycamore Lookout is along a long ridge line off an abandoned spur of Highway 1. There had been a lookout tower there once judging from the remnants of a foundation. It was a easy to find just west of a communications facility. We drove up the dirt spur to within feet of the summit. Here are the coordinates:

I was with Cassie, my brother and his companion Anne so I made this a relatively short activation. Besides we wanted to get a move on into Texas before the end of the day.