10 Most Beautiful Towns in Western Oklahoma

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I love photographing the small towns of Oklahoma. This video is a list of my 10 most photogenic small towns in the Sooner State. I moved away 20-ish years ago, but when I return visit as many state parks and towns as I can.
If you have any suggestions on places I should visit, let me know in the comments.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:39 #10
01:15 #9
02:06 #8
02:42 #7
03:16 #6
04:13 #5
05:17 #4
06:03 #3
06:48 #2
07:49 #1
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КОМЕНТАРІ: 56

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

What are some tows in eastern Oklahoma or in middle America in general I should visit next?

@SydMakesStuff 6 місяців тому

Okmulgee has a really photogenic yet abandoned downtown area. Lake Okmulgee, just a few miles west of the town, is beautiful and has a spillway dam that you can climb around on.

@mrhcnetman 5 місяців тому

McAlester and Eufaula would be a good place to go. Their downtowns really cool in there own way. You can also get great Italian food in Krebs. The 3 are within 30 miles of each other.

@Sylvie1710 4 місяці тому

You should visit Sapulpa in eastern Oklahoma. Revitalized downtown and now a huge wintertime tourist attraction with the addition of the Christmas Chute. Other towns that come to mind would be Tahlequah, Bartlesville, Broken Bow, Krebs, and Poteau.

@chriscosby2459 8 днів тому

I have lived in Tulsa and OKC. I have always liked Woodward, it is a nice town. The dove hunting in NW Oklahoma was always great.

@planetbell1 6 днів тому

What are some of your favorite tows around Tulsa?

@JermStone 5 місяців тому

Great photography! Freedom getting #1 is deserving! I didn't even expect Woodward to be on the list!

@planetbell1 5 місяців тому

Thank you. I may have had some hometown bias, but there are a lot of cool buildings in Woodward.

@jcolumbiap 5 місяців тому

Love the comments about Gage. Ran the marathon in the early 1980’s. It was like going to another world!

@planetbell1 5 місяців тому

That is a beautiful area up there. I didn’t know there was a marathon. Cool.

@jcolumbiap 5 місяців тому

@@planetbell1 I think the Gage marathon stopped in the late 1990’s. It was definitely an escape!

@marjorieanderson8626 3 місяці тому

He was at Gate.... Not Gage. The Gage Marathon is no more but it was the very first marathon in Oklahoma.

@mathewhephill8686 6 місяців тому

Thanks

@oldfarmshow 2 дні тому

❤️👍

@chrisjwo 6 місяців тому

landscaping and vegetation are so different to Taiwan . your photograph works is awesome ,Mr. Bell . really wild wild west👏👏👏👏

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

@patrick661ochoa4 4 дні тому

Went to medicine park a few weeks ago and there was a Volkswagen car show

@planetbell1 3 дні тому

Like Volkswagon Beetles? There seems to be something going on there all the time.

@stevenbeckett8633 6 місяців тому

Yeah you gotta go to southern Ok. Like broken bow, sulphur, Shawnee, Eufaula there’s so many and much greener

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

Okay, I'll check those out. Oklahoma is a like 3 states in one with the east, west and panhandle. .

@stevenbeckett8633 6 місяців тому

@@planetbell1 the southeast is beautiful

@SydMakesStuff 6 місяців тому

@@planetbell1 Oklahoma has 10 different geological regions, more than every other state except California. California has 11, which is 1 more since it has an ocean bordering it.

@Dannyexplosion 6 місяців тому

My wife has family in Woodward. We went to the Woodward rodeo and had a blast. It was my first rodeo. 😂

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

That rodeo is fun. I haven't been in years. Where are you from that you'd never been to a rodeo?

@WILD__THINGS 6 місяців тому

Hey, I enjoyed your video! I was born in South Florida and have lived most of my life here but I did live in Oklahoma for 5 years as a kid. I feel very fortunate that I got to run around in the woods and experience small town country living. Did you only include towns in the west because that's all your familiar with? We moved around a lot during those 5 years but my favorite town was Cleveland in Pawnee County. Are you familiar with that town?

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

I'm more familiar with the west, but I did visit several towns near Pawnee, like Blackwell, Sapulpa and Pawhuska. There some cool towns over there. Pawhuska was overwhelmed with weekend trippers the day I visited so I didn't really enjoy it but it is one of the best. I'm glad I grew up in Oklahoma - having the wide open spaces to play around and grow up was nice. Thanks for your comments!

@yvonnejones8286 21 день тому

I would love to see Durant, Sulphur, Kennific, Davis. Atoka. Thank you.

@planetbell1 21 день тому

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out this summer.

@Right-Handed_Neutrino 6 місяців тому

Clicked to see if my hometown, Okeene, home of The Galvanized Palace, made it on the list. Thomas every year was our hardest opponent in football when I was a kid & played. We won each meeting. In Piedmont now. I'll check out your other vids

@planetbell1 6 місяців тому

I have to check out this bar - thanks for sharing. When I'm in Oklahoma next I want to check out places like this.

@MH-fb5kr 3 місяці тому

If you look to the horizon, landscape is covered with wind electric generators… BRAVO

@planetbell1 3 місяці тому

Yeah, it is ugly.

@waldroop11 5 місяців тому

I never in my life thought I’d see AJ toma on UKposts lol. His son used to work for us.

@planetbell1 5 місяців тому

AJ is the man!

@waldroop11 5 місяців тому

Need to go further southwest, to Altus, Blair, mangum, Elmer, Gould, and Hollis. Mangum has a huge rattlesnake derby every year around April. That whole area used to be texas

@planetbell1 5 місяців тому

I'm planning to visit that part next summer. Thanks for letting me know. I'll try to visit the rattlesnake festival.

@-OAK- 3 дні тому

Guthrie used to be the capital of Oklahoma but lost to a vote to OKC, they used to have the state capital but most of it has been removed

@planetbell1 17 годин тому

The central part of the state might look a lot different if it were the capital. It would probably have a lot more people. Thanks for sharing.

@-OAK- 16 годин тому

@@planetbell1 that’s what I alway say, what if Guthrie stayed the capital, would Guthrie be the biggest city in Oklahoma and OKC would be like Guthrie in modern day. Or would they be battling for the title of the states biggest city.

@planetbell1 10 годин тому

@@-OAK- Guthrie is probably better off for it - the downtown is so nice.

@LindaMiller-03 5 місяців тому

Waurika Oklahoma 😊

@michaelcooper8400 5 місяців тому

Come on down to Poteau ok you won’t be disappointed . We have the highest hill in the world 🌎

@planetbell1 5 місяців тому

I've hear that is a nice area. I'll try to make it this summer.

@patricksweeney1924 4 місяці тому

THOMAS!

@scottChristian.20 3 місяці тому

Ide say a few of the towns mentioned are debatably west. Town like Guthrie and Medicine park for example are debatabley east even because the cross Timbers go through the counties. It’s just up to opinion on those.

@planetbell1 3 місяці тому

Good point.

@scottChristian.20 3 місяці тому

@@planetbell1 if you ask me geography wise The counties on the west side of the cross Timbers are west, the counties the cross Timbers go through are central and the counties in the east side are the east. Great vid tho.