Tulsa: Beech Creek Blue Bouncer
Start from a tilted sandstone cliff on a mostly forested and lesser-traveled 9.9-mile loop in Beech Creek National Scenic and Botanical Area.
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Mapped by Charlie Williams
Trail Facts
- Distance: 14.4
Waypoints
BBT001
Location: 34.5909156799316, -94.5210647583008
Start off with a 340 ft. descent down rocky bluff of Jackfork Sandstone
BBT002
Location: 34.5860595703125, -94.5190277099609
Turn R to start loop on Blue Bouncer Trail (white blazes). You’ll contour the mountainside for the next mile, cutting across small drainages under mostly hardwoods
BBT003
Location: 34.5851936340332, -94.5452880859375
Turn L and follow mossy forest road
BBT004
Location: 34.5762062072754, -94.5547637939453
Turn L and leave road (watch for white blazes). Begin steep descent into woods
BBT005
Location: 34.5729293823242, -94.5547409057617
Go straight with Beech Creek Trail. The next quarter-mile is rocky, and trail is difficult to see. Stay on bench
BBT006
Location: 34.5766143798828, -94.5476684570312
Trail peaks out on a rocky peninsula. Rest on big log before next downhill section. Great views across the valley to sandstone cliffs in autumn
BBT007
Location: 34.5779609680176, -94.5431060791016
Cross seasonal creek, and go straight
BBT008
Location: 34.5788192749023, -94.5277938842774
Cross another creek and continue N. Pick up an old roadbed again where the white-blazed route buttonhooks to the S
BBT009
Location: 34.5779571533203, -94.5260772705078
Keep straight @ 3-way. Short-leaf pines on R
BBT010
Location: 34.5788192749023, -94.5219116210938
More mixed pines, oaks, and hickories. Cross creek, go straight, and begin long hill climb to close loop @ WPT 2