Eastern Explorer Patch Program

Embark on an adventure across Eastern Oklahoma with our Eastern Explorer Patch Program!

Explore the diverse landscapes and rich history of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma's service area. Divided into three distinct geographical regions - Northern, Central, and Southern - this three-part program will guide you through an exciting journey.

When you have completed your adventure, you may order and wear the Eastern Explorer patch! Patches are available for purchase in the Girl Scout Store.

To earn your patch segment, you must visit one location in the following categories:

Museum
Historic Site
Commercial Site or Business
Natural or Scenic Site
Girl Scouts' Choice

Download this Log Sheet to record your vists!

Regional Site Visit Ideas

Here are some ideas of places to visit for each segment and category. However, this is not an exhaustive list. There are more places in each location you can visit as well. The internet, your local library, local chamber of commerce and tourism centers are great information sources for planning your adventure.

Segment 1: Northern toggle arrow

Northern

This area of Eastern Oklahoma includes Craig, Kay, Mayes, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee, Rogers, and Washington counties.

Museum

Eastern Trails Museum, Vinita – Visit Info
Pioneer Women Museum & Statue, Ponca City – Visit Info
Conoco Museum (appointment only,) Ponca City – Visit Info
Standing Bear Museum & Education Center, Ponca City – Visit Info
Top of Oklahoma Historical Society Museum, Blackwell – Visit Info
Mayes County Historical County Museum, Pryor – Visit Info
Cherokee Strip Museum, Perry - Info
Nowata County Historical Society Museum, Nowata - Info
Osage National Museum, Pawhuska - Info
Ben Johnson Cowboy Museum, Pawhuska – Info
Woolaroc Museum & Wildlife Preserve, Bartlesville - Info
Museum of the Pawnee Nation, Pawnee - Info
Pawnee Historical Society Museum and Dick Tracy Headquarters, Pawnee - Info
Will Rogers Memorial Museum, Claremore - Info
Oologah Historical Museum, Oologah - Info
Catoosa Historical Museum, Catoosa - Info
Tom Mix Museum, Dewey - Info
Bartlesville Area History Museum, Bartlesville - Info

Commercial Site or Business toggle arrow

Will Rogers Archway over Interstate 44, Vinita
Marland Mall, Antique Store, Ponca City
Emporium, Ponca City – Google Maps
Amish cheese House, Chouteau - Info
Outback Farm, Pryor – Visit Info
Graysland Acres, Pryor – Visit Info
Kemnitz Sinclair Service Station (longest continuous operating service station in Oklahoma), Perry - Info
Downtown Antique District, Perry - Info
Cherokee Ave Outpost & Books, Nowata - Info
Be True Western, Nowata - Info
The Pioneer Women Mercantile, Pawhuska – Info
The Painted Wagon, Cleveland - Info
Ed Galloway’s Totem Pole, Chelsea - Info
School of Pop Soda Shop, Claremore - Info
Bartlesville Kiddie Park, Bartlesville - Info
Linger Longer Antiques and Old Fashioned Soda Fountain, Dewey - Info
Oklahoma Heritage Farm, Ramona - Info

Historic Site toggle arrow

McDougal Filling Station. Vinita
E. W. Marland Mansion, Ponca City – Visit Info
Newkirk Heritage Center, Newkirk – Visit Info
Battle of Locust Grove, Locust Grove – Info, Google Map
Saline Courthouse Museum, Saline - Info
Perry Courthouse Square Historic District, Perry - Info
Glass Mansion (open for tours during Christmas season), Nowata - Info
Chief Lookout Memorial & Lookout Mountain, Pawhuska - Info
Barnsdall Main Street Oil Well, Barnsdall - Info
Pawnee Bill Ranch and Museum, Pawnee - Info
Corliss Steam Engine - Info
Pawnee Bath House – Info
Will Rogers Birthplace Ranch, Oologah - Info
Nation Anna Mitchell Cultural & Welcome Center - Info
Old Washington County Courthouse, Bartlesville - Info
Frank Phillips Historic Home, Bartlesville - Info
Price Tower, Bartlesville - Info

Natural or Science Site toggle arrow

Kaw Lake, Ponca City - Info
Little Blue Area at Grand Lake, Disney - Info
Pensacola Dam, Langley – Visit Info
Spavinaw State Park, Spavinaw- Visit Info
Lake McMurtry, Stillwater - Info
Birch Lake, Barnsdall - Info
Osage Hills State Park, Pawhuska – Info
Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Pawhuska - Info
Tulsa Botanic Garden - Info
Feyodi Creek Park - Info
Blue Whale, Catoosa - Info
Winganon Space Capsule, Oologah - Info
Newt Graham Lock & Dam 18, Inola - Info
Tower Center at Unity SQ, Bartlesville - Info

Segment 2: Central toggle arrow

Central

This area of Eastern Oklahoma includes Cherokee, Creek, Haskell, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Payne, Tulsa, and Wagoner counties.

Museum

Cherokee National History Museum, Tahlequah – Info
Cherokee National Prison Museum, Tahlequah - Info
Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum, Tahlequah - Info
Bristow Historical Museum & Train Depot - Info
Heart of Route 66 Auto Museum, Sapulpa – Info
Haskell County Historical Society Museum, Stigler - Info
Heartland Heritage Museum & Gallery, Checotah - Info
Eufaula Area Museum, Eufaula - Info
Katy Depot Museum, Checotah - Info
Three Rivers Museum, Muskogee - Info
Five Civilized Tribes Museum, Muskogee - Info
Webbers Fall Historical Museum, Webbers Falls – Info
Okfuskee County Historical Society & Museum, Okemah - Info
Stillwater History Museum, Stillwater - Info
Heritage Hall, Stillwater - Info
National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, Stillwater - Info
OSU Museum of Art, Stillwater - Info
Washington Irving Trail Museum, Ripley - Info
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa - Info
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa - Info
Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa - Info
Tulsa Air and Space Museum & Planetarium, Tulsa - Info
The Outsider House Museum, Tulsa - Info
The Museum Broken Arrow, Broken Arrow - Info
Wagoner City Historical Museum, Wagoner - Info

Commercial Site or Business toggle arrow

Cherokee Heritage Center, Park Hill - Info
Tahlequah Drug Co Soda Fountain, Tahlequah - Info
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah - Info
High on a Hill Diary Goats, Kellyville - Info
Endicott Farms, Mounds - Info
Taloka Valley Cultural Heritage Center, Stigler - Info
The Dusty Attic, Checotah - Info
The Castle of Muskogee, Muskogee - Info
Bell Mansion, Weleetka - Info
Castle Store, Castle - Info
J & B Flower Patch, Okmulgee - Info
Eskimo Joes, Stillwater – Info
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater - Info
Lost Creek Safari, Stillwater - Info
N40 Berries, Stillwater - Info
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza, Perkins - Info
Grey Snow Eagle House, Perkins - Info
Tulsa Zoo, Tulsa – Info
Discovery Lab, Tulsa – Info
Route 66 Historical Village, Tulsa, - Info
Oklahoma Aquarium, Jenks - Info
Owasso Christmas Tree & Berry Farm, Owasso - Info
Frankoma Pottery, Glenpool – Info
Livesay Orchards, Porter - Info
The Peach Barn Orchard & Bakery, Porter - Info

Historic Site toggle arrow

Hunters Home, Park Hill - Info
Sapulpa Historical Society & Museums - Info
Haskell County Courthouse, Stigler - Info
Honey Springs Battlefield, Checotah - Info
Ft. Gibson Historic Site, Ft. Gibson - Info
Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Ft. Gibson - Info
Thomas-Foreman Historic Home, Muskogee - Info
Boley Historic District, Boley - Info
Creek National Capitol & Marker, Okmulgee - Info
Okmulgee Downtown Historic District - Info
OSU Campus Fire Station, Stillwater - Info
Hoke Building, Stillwater - Info
Old Central, Stillwater – Info
Jim Thrope House, Yale - Info
Greenwood Rising, Tulsa - Info
Golden Driller, Tulsa - Info
Center of the Universe, Tulsa - Info
Cobb Building, Wagoner - Info

Natural or Science Site toggle arrow

Cherokee Landing State Park, Park Hill - Info
Sequoyah State Park, Hulbert - Info
Tenkiller State Park, Vian - Info
Heyburn Lake, Kellyville - Info
Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, Stigler - Info
Eufaula Dam, Stigler - Info
Lake Eufaula State Park, Eufaula - Info
Webbers Falls Reservoir, Webbers Falls – Info
Green Leaf State Park, Braggs - Info
Fort Gibson Lake, Fort Gibson - Info
Okemah Lake, Okemah - Info
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refugee, Okmulgee - Info
Okmulgee Lake, Okmulgee - Info
Oklahoma Rising Mural, Okmulgee - Info
Lake Carl Blackwell, Stillwater - Info
Botanic Garden at OSU, Stillwater - Info
Gathering Place, Tulsa - Info
Turkey Mountain, Tulsa - Info
Lake Bixoma, Bixby - Info
Bluff Landing, Broken Arrow – Info

Segment 3: Southern toggle arrow

Southern

This area of Eastern Oklahoma includes Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes, Latimer, McCurtain, Pittsburg, Pontotoc, Pushmataha, and Seminole counties.

Museum

Atoka Museum and Civil War Cemetery, Atoka - Info
Semple Family Musuem, Durant - Info
Three Valley Museum, Durant - Info
Choctaw Cultural Center, Claera - Info
Frisco Depot Museum, Hugo - Info
Coal County Miner’s Museum, Coalgate - Info
Museum the Red River, Idabel - Info
Forest Heritage Center & Museum, Broken Bow - Info
Beavers Bend Wildlife Museum, Broken Bow - Info
Krebs Heritage Museum, Krebs - Info
Indian Teritory & Oklahoma Statehood Settlement, Indianola - Info
Twin Cities Heritage Museum, Hartshorne - Info
Pushmataha County Historical Society Museum, Antlers - Info
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Capitol Museum, Tuskahoma - Info
Wildlife Heritage Center Museum, Antlers - Info
Seminole Nation Museum, Wewoka - Info

Commercial Site or Business toggle arrow

Reba’s Place, Atoka - Info
Magnolia Mile Art Alley, Durant - Info
Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant - Info
Endangered Ark Foundation, Hugo - Info
Growler Pines Tiger Preserve, Hugo - Info
Mowdy Ranch Mustangs, Coalgate - Info
Holdenville Society of Painters & Sculptors Art Gallery, Holdenville - Info
Creekside Berry Farm, Red Oak - Info
Beavers Bend Depot & Trail Rides, Broken Bow - Info
Hochatown Shopping & Attractions, Hochatown - Info
Simply Country Ranch, McAlester - Info
Traders Depot, Kiowa - Info
Peach Tree Farms, Ada - Info
East Central University, Ada - Info
Rebel Hill Guest Ranch, Antlers - Info
Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum, Seminole - Info

Historic Site toggle arrow

Boggy Depot State Park, Atoka - Info
Bryan County Courthouse, Durant - Info
Oklahoma Presbyterian College, Durant - Info
Fort Washita Historic Site, Durant - Info
Fort McCulloch, Kenefic - Info
Fort Towson Historic Site, Fort Towson - Info
District Choctaw Chief’s House, Swink - Info
Merchants National Bank Building, Lehigh - Info
Holdenville City Hall, Holdenville - Info
Butterfield Stage’s Holloway Station, Red Oak - Info
Edwards Store, Red Oak - Info
Wheelock Academy, Garvin - Info
Frisco Station, Idabel - Info
Old Choate House Museum, Indianola - Info
Carl Albert Federal Building, McAlester - Info
J.J. McAlester Mansion, McAlester - Info
Ada Public Library, Ada - Info
Wintersmith Park Historic District, Ada – Info
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Capitol Building, Tuskahoma - Info
Strother Chapel, Seminole - Info

Natural or Science Site toggle arrow

Atoka Lake, Atoka - Info
McGee Creek State Park, Atoka - Info
World’s Largest Peanut, Durant - Info
Lake Texoma, Kingston - Info
Hugo Lake Park, Hugo - Info
Coalgate Lake, Coalgate - Info
Holdenville City Lake, Holdenville - Info
Wetumka Lake, Wetumka - Info
Robbers Cave State Park, Wilburton - Info
Beavers Bend State Park, Broken Bow - Info
XL Cattle Drive Memorial, McAlester - Info
McAlester Arboretum, McAlester - Info
Arrowhead State Park, Canadian - Info
Lake Ozzie Cobb, Antlers - Info
Clayton Lake State Park, Clayton - Info
Lake Konawa, Konawa - Info

Add to the adventure with these extra challenges!

Daisies, Brownies
& Juniors

Try doing one activity in a county and visit 5 different counties in each segment!

Cadettes, Seniors
& Ambassadors

Try to hit all counties in the region and complete the 5 categories in each county! You can keep adding on to the adventure during your whole time as a Girl Scout!

Ghost Town
Adventure

Include these deserted towns with few or no inhabitants in your visit during your Girl Scout Choice option. You can find a list of ghost towns here.

Make the whole weekend an adventure!

Add an overnight stay at a council site to keep exploring.

Embark on an adventure across Eastern Oklahoma with our Eastern Explorer Patch Program!

To earn your patch segment, you must visit one location in the following categories:

Download this Log Sheet to record your vists!

Regional Site Visit Ideas

Northern

Central

Southern

Add to the adventure with these extra challenges!

Daisies, Brownies & Juniors

Cadettes, Seniors & Ambassadors

Ghost Town Adventure

Daisies, Brownies
& Juniors

Cadettes, Seniors
& Ambassadors

Ghost Town
Adventure