There’s a pocket of Southwest Oklahoma that doesn’t look anything like Oklahoma. Well, not the rolling wheat field version. It’s not red dirt pastures either. It’s a little area that feels more like New Mexico, and it’s open to anyone who wants to experience it.
The area is known as the Red Gypsum Hills.
Once you’re off the highway, it’s all dirt roads and trails for miles and miles. And while the journey may begin flat like most of Oklahoma, the bluffs and plateaus start rising and all of a sudden, you’re surrounded by tiny mesquites and cedars, and grassy prairie as far as you can see.
It’s a strange place to find in Oklahoma.
It’s home to the Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area. Very rugged terrain. It’s not polished. Not made for tourism. There’s no welcome center or gift shops. It’s as wild as it has always been, and that’s the point…