I think there used to be small farms in the area. There are remnants of old roads and residential power lines.
Wednesday night for a little change of pace I headed back to the wilds of Chandler Park. The privately owned, not posted land, west of the park in west Tulsa. Turkey Mountain gets kind of crowded this time of year. Not so at Chandler.
The area is up high on a hill and there are lots of natural rock formations. It looks almost like it was built that way. Many people call the area “the lost city.” I think it would be a great place to hide some geocaches. Plus if I were a snake I think this would be like a snake resort area.
Chandler has lots of trails but there are no armies of volunteers out picking up trash. The trails are utility rights of way and ATV trails.
Sometimes I think I take too many photographs. Especially when I’m on an unfamiliar trail and the sun is going down. That is what I do though, take photographs.
It sure is nice though. I never see deer on Turkey Mountain any longer. I saw three Wednesday. I didn’t get photos of them though.
I’ve been down there before!! From the other direction. Connecting segments, learning the area.
The wilds are huge and a little intimidating. This is my third outing and I’m learning the area as I go. I am doing it by piecing together loops including new routes and old routes. So doing it after work is a little intimidating because I am just kind of guessing what turns to take. I would sure hate to be out here after dark on a trail I haven’t been on before.
I’m a sucker for reflections of trees.
There are all sorts of creeks and sloughs with water that have to be navigated.
So what was it? A horse maybe? A mutant critter from the nearby Compass Point Landfill Superfund site?
And you see sights that you would never see on Turkey mountain. I am not sure what kind of critter this is but he has been picked clean.
Getting dark and I’m a ways from the car, but hey, lets take another photo, and another, and one more.
Finally when it got dark I found that I had guessed right and got on a trail I had been on before. A successful loop guess!
I just simply cannot resist a smooth single track trail winding through the woods.
I just love finding new trails.
I headed back to my car and passed Tulsa’s world class superfund site. The long forgotten Compass Point Landfill. An area where way back when the owners let everybody pretty much dump anything they wanted into a former rock quarry. Refinery wastes, tires, chemicals. Just chuck it in and don’t worry about it.
I got back to the ball fields at Chandler Park. They weren’t playing baseball, there was a group of people working with their dogs.
Miller time!! Or Hoptometrest Double IPA time. After I get home of course.
Anyways, I was one happy camper. Learning Chandler Park bit by bit.
Are you learning anything new?
