New Horizon Trail

Quartz Mountain State Park, OK High Great Plains + Central Texas

Trip stats

Distance
0.8 mi
Net Gain
400 ft
Time
<1 hrs
YDS Rating
Class 2
Route
Out/Back

Ratings out of 10

Effort
1.2/10
Personality
6/10
Beauty
6/10
Solitude
1.7/10
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Route map + Trailhead

Trailhead Coordinates

34.891858, -99.300127

The directions link below drops a pin on the trailhead coordinates and lets Google Maps pick the route. If the drive has rough roads or access issues that GPS nav might get wrong, I cover that in my trip report.

Trip report

Jun 14, 2018 — After checking out the Wichita Mountains in Oklahoma earlier this year, I sort of fell in love with the rocky hills you wouldn't expect to find in this part of the country. So, I decided to check out more of the area, Quartz Mountain State Park on the agenda. I kind of made a mess of the New Horizon Trail. It's not well-marked, but you can kind of just scramble up anywhere on the side of the rocky hill to get to the high point, which is what I ultimately did. If you look at my map, the left side was my ascent, which pretty nice, and then the way down was more or less the "official" New Horizon Trail. Really nice views of the surrounding Oklahoma countyside from the top.

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Photos

15 photos

  1. High point on the New Horizon Trail.
  2. Looking down into Quartz Mountain State Park.
  3. Looking west toward mostly private property, but Baldy Point is out there somewhere as well.
  4. Coming down more or less on the official New Horizon Trail.
  5. Looking down toward the trailhead along the New Horizon Trail.

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