Beavers Bend Resort Park is a 1,300 acre (5.3 km) Oklahoma State Park located in McCurtain County. It is approximately 10.5 miles (16.9 km) north of Broken Bow on SH-259A. It was founded in 1937 and contains Broken Bow Lake.
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National Public Radio reported that the park brought in $ 1,787,731 in 2011, not including $ 414,255 in revenue from Lakeview Lodge. Thus, the gross profit was about $ 2.3 million. The report does not indicate the number of visitors, but indicates that it is the second most visited park in Oklahoma state of the year.
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Sights
Beavers Bend Resort Park offers a variety of individual and group activities. Eagle watches are available from November to February. Trout fishing, fly fishing clinics, guided horseback riding and hay walks throughout the park are other activities on offer at Beavers Bend.
A year-round naturalist and well-equipped nature center make possible a program that includes campfire programs on the banks of the Mountain Fork River, nature hikes, arts and crafts lessons, water sports, bingo, sunset hikes, nature films, and astronomy tours. 14,000 acres (57 km²) Broken Bow Lake is also a favorite for scuba divers. Other activities in the park include golf, mini golf, archery, tennis, water skiing, bumper boating, boating and canoeing.
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The David L. Boren Trail offers 16 miles (26 km) of hiking trails and 4 miles (6 km) of multi-purpose trails that wander the tops of ridges, along the bottoms of streams, through tall forests and into areas so remote that one can almost experience what the first explorers must have felt when they first saw the Ouachita National Forest. The same route can also be split into several short and long hikes for those who don't want to go the whole track.