Trans America Trail - Oklahoma and New Mexico Sections - Travel Guide
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Ride along as we check off the Oklahoma and New Mexico sections of the Trans America Trail.
Off the TAT Website:
"Oklahoma starts in Westville, OK. The first 100 miles is part of the Ozark Mountain foothills, with short rolling hills and dirt based roads. At Bartlesville, the countryside opens up and soon becomes open range. Most of the roads are on a one-mile grid with an intersection at each and every mile. Most of the intersections here do not have a stop sign, so be very careful of crossing traffic. On a dry and clear day, you can see the dust from an approaching car a half-mile away.
There are several “TAT Stops” with welcome signs on the road. If you are using my maps, all of them are marked with names and phone numbers. These people invite you in for a stop or help if needed. Oklahoma is a fun section with fast, open roads. It’s “open range” so be very careful of the livestock, as they will be on the road, and give them respect. Watch your fuel supply along the way and enjoy the pan-handle. If you are caught in a rain storm, you will have miles and miles of sloppy, difficult to traverse, mud. In this scenario, find pavement heading west and bail out.
Oklahoma ends just west of Boise City at the New Mexico state line."
"The New Mexico section of the TAT is fairly short, at only 72 miles. You’ll be starting on Hwy #18 at the state line of New Mexico and Oklahoma, which is just a few miles west of Boise City, Oklahoma, and ending in Branson, Colorado.
New Mexico is a mixture of dirt based roads and hard-packed gravel. When the roads are dry, the riding is fast and can be dusty. If the roads are wet, then you’ll be dealing with slippery, sloppy mud.
At mile marker #56.77, take a right turn and head up several switchbacks to the Colorado state line. If you miss this turn, you will end up at a ranch and you do not want to do that, so stay on the trail.
New Mexico includes the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, complete with incredible rolling hills and valleys."
00:22 - Arkansas/Oklahoma Boarder
01:36 - The Start - Air Down
02:30 - Illinois River
04:30 - Salina - Lake Hudson
05:45 - Burn & The first open Range
07:32 - Newkirk and the abandoned campground
08:20 - Mother Natures Show
09:32 - Start Day 2
09:55 - Across the plains... STRAIT across
10:25 - High Plains Desert
11:55 - Beaver Dunes
12:40 - Start Day 3 - Full speed ahead... STRAIT AGAIN
13:56 - Preventing a disaster
14:37 - NEW MEXICO - Cactus & Pronghorns
15:10 - Stone Huts
15:45 - Into iconic New Mexico!!!
16:57 - Auto tire inflate - AKA Elevation
17:24 - The goat trail exit
18:07 - Taking in the view
18:50 - Colorado and beyond
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Dude! Braxton is like a professional guest star! He's everywhere! I must say the drone perspective really adds a lot to OK. Fantastic job of capturing the trip!
Vicarious thrill. America the beautiful and vast! It was great to see Dean with you.
My guys! This makes OK look like a fun place to check out, thanks for putting this together!
Thanks y’all’s!
I live about 15 minutes south of Newkirk OK, in Ponca City, It’s definitely flat and straight west of us for the majority of the state. Haha. The east side of the state all along the AR border is worth a visit.
Thanks for not shitting on OK. We have a beautiful state
I'm glad to see that you're still tackling the TAT. I look forward to seeing you complete it. Your drone skills are second to none!
Well done! Always look forward to your documentaries of the TAT. Can't wait to see Colorado.
Me either lol!!!
Excellent drone video
Great job Brother! That section looks to be surprisingly more fun than anticipated
100%!!!
Sweet! Just getting my VW bus read to do this some day! Cheers
It may be a bit slower going in one or 2 sections. But 1000% doable!
Such an amazing adventure man! Love the video!
Thank ya my friend!
Great Video! Spring Winds are brutal out west. This year is the first time I've ever experienced wind out there. All I can say is WOW!
We had 30 mph winds literally the whole time
Great flick as usual!
Awesome video. I've been on a lot of this trail. The Old Cimarron Highway through New Mexico. Branson Colorado. Thanks
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely!
Awesome trip!
Looks like a ton of fun! Hopefully I can jump in a future adventure with you guys, 😀.
great video looks like an amazing trip
When you were in Beaver, OK you surely saw the Beaver Liquor Store. The sign is famous for obvious reasons.
Oh yea. Lol!
Did y’all see many bicycles on the trail? I have always wanted to ride a gravel bike on the trail from west to east through Oklahoma.
@@Runnin2Live these are all main roads so you would have no issues
@@OverlandPioneers Thanks for the response!
Great job! What drone are you flying?😀👍
Thank you it is the DJI Mavic three pro
new to the channel and wow really good stuff here! great commentary and videography. Are you using the official TAT maps as you mention in your description you have your own maps?
Using the official maps, but doing a lot of scouting for campsites, ahead of time
Maybe I'm an idiot, but what do you mean "my maps" in your description? Did you use the official TAT website pdfs or you have your own?
I used the TAT official maps. Then spend a ton of hours using satellite imagery along the route to make my own to find camp spots.
@@OverlandPioneers Thank you! Wow, that is impressive.
How many days was Oklahoma? I’m starting in June 2024
If your not flying 3 -4 days.
How difficult did you find qualifying for you FAA Part 107 certification? Very professional and great job of shooting and editing?
It’s a pain. But you can do it in a weekend. I used dronelaunchacademy.com to study. The Canadian one was more difficult
what source do you find the majority of your music for your videos??
Artlist and musicbed
How do you find these trails?
Trans America trail website.
You pronounced Boise city wrong. Bois
@@samdunn1807 thank you for that comment since I’m not from there really hard to know.
Wow this is hard to watch
Then don’t troll person. Adorable