Not a stoplight in the whole county!

Home to rugged volcanic Black Mesa, the highest point in Oklahoma, Cimarron County is really dinosaur country. The Kenton area’s lava formations feature dinosaur tracks, Indian pictographs, caves, and many peculiar rock formations. Visit Black Mesa State Park to see fossils, petrified wood and experience great camping. This area is believed to have been occupied by man as far back as 10,000 years. Santa Fe Trail swales may be seen throughout the county.

Wonderful bed and breakfasts are located near Kenton – the Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast and the Hitching Post Bed and Breakfast. Both are great ways to take extensive visits in the park. The Black Mesa area will surpass all your expectations. Often referred to as, “Oklahoma’s Best Kept Secret,” the Dry Cimarron Valley is one of the most unique areas in the world.

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Cimarron County Chamber of Commerce

P.O. Box 1027, Boise City, Oklahoma 73933
580-544-3344 • 580-544-3479
www.ccccok.org
cccc@ptsi.net

Events

Easter weekend – Easter Pageant, Kenton
June – Santa Fe Trail Daze, Boise City: Week-long activities, including a parade, pioneer queen coronation, bus tour, music-art-quilts by area artists, post hole digging contest, ranch rodeo, community church service
September – County Free Fair
October – Santa Fe Trail Tour

Cities

Boise City (is pronounced like “voice”) is a town of superlatives: At the far end of the Oklahoma Panhandle, it’s only 35 miles from Kansas, 18 miles from Colorado, 27 miles from New Mexico and 15 miles from Texas, yet is more than 325 miles from Oklahoma City! Boise City was one of several U.S. cities “bombed” during WW II, it boasts the state’s coolest average daily temperature (55°), the lowest average minimum (40.3°) and the most meager rainfall in Oklahoma—16.5 inches. Cimarron County, in fact, is the only county in the U.S. that touches five states.

Boise City has the largest school district in Oklahoma—450 square miles!

Cimarron County Chamber of Commerce
PO Box1027, Boise City, OK 73933
580-544-5344
Website: www.ccccok.org

Kenton At the base of Black MesaOnly town in Oklahoma on Mountain Standard time.Two wonderful bed and breakfasts are located near Kenton—the Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast and the Hitching Post Bed and Breakfast. Both are great ways to take extensive visits in the park.

Attractions

Cimarron Heritage Center Museum

Where dinosaurs reigned, Indians roamed, explorers claimed, and Santa Fe traders crossed

• 1930s Dust Bowl Exhibit
• Exhibit of Architect Bruce Goff home
• Cimarron County Historic Exhibits
• Restored Santa Fe Depot & Blacksmith Shop
• Homestead Dugout & Windmill Exhibit
• Antique Farm Machinery

Free Admission
Hours: Mon-Sat, 10-12, 1-4
www.ptsi.net/user/museum
(580) 544-3479
1300 N. Cimarron
(Hwy. 287 N)

Rita Blanca Wildlife Management Area

15,575 acres of shortgrass prairie in southwestern Cimarron County in the Oklahoma panhandle. Located just south of Hwy. 64 (south of the town of Felt).
Website: http://www.wildlifedepartment.com/ritablanca.htm

Hitching Post Bed & breakfast

• Spend time on the 101 Working Ranch
• Log Cabin
• Horse trail rides
• 1/2 or full day tours
• Country cooking

Bob and Jane Apple
(580) 261-7413 or (888) 279-7397
cowboy@ptsi.net
www.blackmesacountry.com

Black Mesa Bed and Breakfast

Enjoy days of adventure, spectacular sunsets, hiking, bird watching and down home hospitality!

• Located at the base of Black Mesa
• Housed in 1910 Native Rock Ranch House

Accommodations include:

• Double occupancy room
• Farm suite sleeps 8
• Bunk house with bathhouse
• Upper room
• Country breakfast included

For reservations call:
(800) 821-7204 or (580) 261-7443
bmbb1@juno.com
www.bmbb1.com