Irving's Castle (Payne County, Oklahoma)
This locally prominent rocky outcropping, known as Irving's Castle, was documented and described in Washington Irving's bestseller "A Tour on the Prairies." Irving visited this site with an expedition in 1832 from Fort Gibson. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Irving's Castle is located roughly three quarters of a miles east of Oklahoma State Highway 108 and roughly two miles north of the Cimarron River between Ingalls and Ripley. Please see the geotag if attempting to find it, as a number of publicly available directions are a bit lacking.
It is best accessed from the north by taking East 44th Street (unpaved) one mile east from Oklahoma 108 to 3430 Road (unpaved), then taking 3430 Road three quarters of a mile south. The feature appears as a hill to the west of 3430 Road and is visible for the small cluster of eastern red cedars near the exposed outcrop's summit. Visitors can walk about a quarter of a mile on a small rutted path (going westward from 3430 Road) to reach the top.
Irving's Castle (Payne County, Oklahoma)
This locally prominent rocky outcropping, known as Irving's Castle, was documented and described in Washington Irving's bestseller "A Tour on the Prairies." Irving visited this site with an expedition in 1832 from Fort Gibson. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Irving's Castle is located roughly three quarters of a miles east of Oklahoma State Highway 108 and roughly two miles north of the Cimarron River between Ingalls and Ripley. Please see the geotag if attempting to find it, as a number of publicly available directions are a bit lacking.
It is best accessed from the north by taking East 44th Street (unpaved) one mile east from Oklahoma 108 to 3430 Road (unpaved), then taking 3430 Road three quarters of a mile south. The feature appears as a hill to the west of 3430 Road and is visible for the small cluster of eastern red cedars near the exposed outcrop's summit. Visitors can walk about a quarter of a mile on a small rutted path (going westward from 3430 Road) to reach the top.