Oklahoma trails · Cripple Mountain Trail
Cripple Mountain Trail
A 8.3-mile out-and-back in Oklahoma, with 835 ft of climbing.
Elevation profile
Most of the climbing sits in the first third — 60% of the ascent, between mile 0.0 and mile 2.8. It gives back about 531 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Getting there
Cripple Mountain Trail access. About 1 h 59 min drive (77 mi) from Poteau. 34.50265, -95.23771 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 7:00 a.m., the sun rises at 7:25 a.m. and sets at 6:47 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 7:13 p.m. (CDT) — 11 h 22 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 16.6-mile round trip takes roughly 7 h 00 min, so leaving the trailhead at sunrise puts you back around 2:25 p.m. — 4 h 23 min before sunset.
Nearby trails
- Rattan Trail — 7.1 mi
- Pickens Creek Trail — 8.2 mi
- K Trail — 9.4 mi
- Cloudy Nashoba Trail — 12.7 mi