---
template: byway.jade
id: "2056"
name: "Talimena Scenic Drive - Oklahoma"
distance: "38"
duration: 1 hour to drive or 1 to 2 hours to enjoy this Byway
description: "Visual delights await those who travel along the Talimena Scenic Drive. See vistas with shades of green in the foreground's forests to blue haze in the distant mountains. Rocky fields and trees gnarled from winter winds and ice testify to the harsh environment the early settlers encountered in these mountains."
contact: "**Talimena Scenic Drive Association**  \r\n 918-567-3434  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:tsd@talihinacc.com )  \r\n\r\n**Ouachita National Forest**  \r\nChoctaw Ranger District  \r\n918-653-2991  \r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.talimenascenicdrive.com/"
    name: Talimena Scenic Drive
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
states: 
  - OK
part of: 
  - "2485"
ll: 
  - -94.45570400000003
  - 34.693550000000016
bounds: 
  - - -94.95408599999996
    - 34.67490000000004
  - - -94.45570400000003
    - 34.798901

---

Visual delights await those who travel along the Talimena Scenic Drive. See vistas with shades of green in the foreground's forests to blue haze in the distant mountains. Rocky fields and trees gnarled from winter winds and ice testify to the harsh environment the early settlers encountered in these mountains.