FLOAT THE BEAUTIFUL
MOUNTAIN FORK RIVER
LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST
OKLAHOMA
The Lower Mountain Fork River (LMF)
The LMF River offers an exciting four mile downriver trip that begins at the re-regulation dam, proceeds through a shallow rock garden, then some narrow rapids and a finally a couple small ledges with the take-out being the Highway 70 Bridge. The fun is highly concentrated on this river. Each bend in the river seems to offer another rocky obstacle or amazingly lovely scene. The water is crystal clear and cold all year long. In the past, the electrical needs of the community and the water needs of the trout meant that this river had excellent water levels for kayaking in even in the long hot and dry summer months.
Canoes and kayaks both commonly float this river as well as younger folks tubing their way through the 'Rock Garden', through 'The Chute', down 'Presbyterian Falls' and all the way to the take-out four miles down river at the Highway 70 bridge.