Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area
Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area is a 300-acre (121 ha) area of undeveloped land[1] that stretches from I-44 to 71st Street in Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma. It is managed by the Tulsa River Parks Authority and open to the public. The main entrance to the wilderness area is at 67th Street and Elwood Avenue in West Tulsa.[2]
Turkey Mountain
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Turkey Mountain is a hill occupying a wide area on the west side of the Arkansas River in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The summit is 804 feet (245 m) above the river,[4] offering a good view of Tulsa.
Trails
The Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area have four marked trails between 0.8 and 5.7 miles (1 and 9 km) in length, for running or cycling as well as over 25 miles (40 km) of unmarked trails. The 25 mile long River Parks paved trail passes through the Turkey Mountain Wilderness Area, close to the river, connecting the area to other river side parks in Tulsa.[5]
Petroglyphs
Close to the river[5] there are several markings in the stone, one of which seems simply to be the letters "PIA". These were believed by writer Barry Fell to be petroglyphs left by pre-Columbian European travelers.[6] The idea of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact by Europeans, apart from the Vikings in Newfoundland, is considered a fringe theory or pseudoarchaeology.[7][8]
References
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Turkey Mountain. Accessed 22 May 2008
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- ↑ Fell, Barry (1984) America B.C. : Ancient Settlers in the New World, New York, Simon & Schuster, p.49
- ↑ Williams, Stephen (1991) Fantastic Archaeology, Phila., University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0-8122-8238-8, pp. 264-273
- ↑ Feder, Kenneth L. (1996) Frauds, Myths, and Mysteries: Science and Pseudoscience in Archaeology, Mountain View, Mayfield Publishing Co., ISBN 1-55934-523-3, pp. 101-107
