Post Oak Falls
Comanche County, Oklahoma
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Comanche County, Oklahoma
- Access status
- Wildlife refuge wilderness trail; seasonal falls
- The walk
- About 1.2 miles return
- Ground & access
- Rocky granite terrain. Rocks around the falls are very slippery. Bison and longhorn cattle roam the area.
Post Oak Falls is a seasonal waterfall on a tributary of Post Oak Creek in the Charon's Garden Wilderness of Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. From Lawton, take US 62 west about 20 miles and turn right on Indiahoma Road. After 4.6 miles turn right to stay on Indiahoma Road, then after 1.3 miles turn left on Charon's Garden Road and drive 0.6 miles to the trailhead parking at the end. Take the Charon's Garden Trail into the wilderness. At 0.6 miles turn right at the signed Post Oak Falls Trail and go a few hundred feet to the base of the falls. Return the same way.
Plan your visit
Charon's Garden Road trailhead parking at the south end of the Charon's Garden Trail, north on the trail to the signed Post Oak Falls Trail junction, then right to the base of the falls
Waterfall Hero gives a 1.2-mile hike, with the signed junction at 0.6 miles and the falls a few hundred feet beyond.
Rocky granite terrain. Rocks around the falls are very slippery. Bison and longhorn cattle roam the area.
Where to start
Trailhead parking at the end of Charon's Garden Road, at the south end of the Charon's Garden Trail near Post Oak Lake. Waterfall Hero trailhead coordinates: 34.70662, -98.73320.
Timing & water
The falls are seasonal and can be little more than a wet rock in dry periods.
Before you go
No day-hiking fee is mentioned. SummitPost says backcountry camping needs a permit.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
Within 40 straight-line miles. Road and trail distances will differ.
No other mapped waterfalls within 40 miles.