Honobia Creek WMA OHV Trails
Honobia Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 68,000-acre Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation-managed tract of forest land in Pushmataha, Le Flore, and McCurtain counties in the rugged southeastern Oklahoma Ouachita Mountain country, one of the largest single blocks of public land in Oklahoma outside the national forests. The WMA sits in the heart of the Kiamichi Mountain subrange of the Ouachitas, with topography that distinguishes southeastern Oklahoma from the flatter western and northern portions of the state: forested sandstone ridges rising to 2,400 feet, deep creek drainages cutting through the ridge topography, and the mixed pine and hardwood forest that characterizes the Ouachita highlands south of the Arkansas border. OHV use on Honobia Creek WMA is permitted on designated routes and forest roads, giving riders access to a trail network that totals over 140 miles of designated OHV-legal forest roads and trails, remarkable mileage for a state WMA system and the largest OHV-legal public land network in Oklahoma outside the Ouachita National Forest. The management focus as a WMA means hunting and wildlife conservation take priority, and OHV access is suspended or restricted during various hunting seasons, riders must check current OWCC hunting regulations before visiting, particularly in the late October through early January deer season window when motorized access patterns change significantly. An Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Permit is required for all users; the permit is sold online and at license vendors. Contact the OWCC Southeast Region office (405-521-3851) for current OHV-legal route maps and seasonal access changes.