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Rich in High Plains history and tradition . . .

Great outdoor recreation is never far away. Canton Lake, 15 minutes south of Fairview is known for its excellent walleye fishing, boating skiing and camping. Lakeside Country Club, southwest of Fairview, is one of northwest Oklahoma’s finest public nine-hole golf courses, green fee players are welcome (580-227-3225). Major County has plenty of wide-open spaces for joggers, bicyclists, rock hounds and star-gazers. Hunters come for dove, turkey, deer and quail.

Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma

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The Gloss (or Glass) Mountains

Take a scenic drive through the heart of these bold buttes located on US 412. The mountains’ unusual name comes from millions of sparkling selenite crystals that cover the surface. This area is known for its clear night-time skies, excellent for star-gazing. These mountains hold the secrets of Oklahoma outlaw, Dick Yeager. Before he died, gunned down by a posse in 1895, he spoke of hidden treasure in the Gloss Mountains. A bandit cave was found in 1903, but the secret to the treasure remains hidden.   Gloss Mountain State Park offers picnic shelters and a developed hiking trail to the top of Cathedral Mountain.

Fairview is the best place to launch day trips to explore the entire region. Visit 5 4 Major County Historical Society and Museum or such unusual attractions as Alabaster Caverns, a 200-acre natural preserve featuring the world’s largest gypsum cave, with a 2,300-foot-long trail through tunnels of gleaming white stone and pink alabaster: Little Sahara State Park, where you can take a ranger - driven dune buggy tour; Great Salt Plains State Park (you can dig your own selenite crystals here—it’s a rock hound’s paradise). Check out Oklahoma’s only surviving Sod House, cool off at the rock-walled, spring fed swimming pool at Roman Nose State Park.

Don’t miss Canton Lake, famous throughout the region for its blue-water boating, skiing, camping, jet skiing, and its popular Walleye Rodeo fishing derby, held early May. 

580-886-2216

Major County Tourism Headquarters c/o Fairview Chamber of Commerce  

580-227-2527 

fairviewchamber@att.net