A deep, quiet creek lined with green summer trees near Panorama Ranch

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Everything you dreamed of in SE Oklahoma, from the Panorama Ranch front gate!

Conveniently located between the Ouachita National Forest and Wister Lake.

The gateway to the Ouachita National Forest.

Panoramic view from the Panorama Ranch hilltop across the valley to the mountains — The hilltop offers mountain views as far as you can see, 240 degrees around.

Pink and orange sunset over the mountains from the Panorama Ranch hilltop — Best sunsets in Oklahoma!

Trail riding the Ouachitas, minutes from the ranch“Hillbilly Swing” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Before & After

Restoring the land: from overgrown brush to productive ground for wildlife and cattle that we can all enjoy.“River Valley Breakdown” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

4 bedrooms · 2 baths · 2,000+ sq ft

Whole 4-bedroom, 2-bath, 2,000+ sq ft house. 2 king beds, 1 queen and 1 twin. Front and back porches. Fully fenced yard. Central heat and air. The kitchen has 2 refrigerator/freezers, a gas range, a microwave, an air fryer, cookware and utensils, and a 60" TV.

Panorama Ranch is a whole house on 160 acres outside Wister, Oklahoma. Four bedrooms, two baths, a front porch, and a back porch. The yard is fully fenced for pets. A carport and an RV shed sit beside the house. There's plenty of room to unload, turn around and leave your horse, ATV or boat trailer.

30-mile views from the hilltop, by ATV or on foot from the door. Private ATV trails stay on the ranch. There is a stocked fishing pond with bass, crappie and bluegill. Starlink is the internet.

A mile of dirt road leaves the gate for the Ouachita National Forest, about 220,000 acres of all-day UTV riding. The roads to the gate are paved.

Amenities

Whole house, four bedrooms, two baths, 2,000+ sq ft
Central heat and air
2 refrigerator/freezers
Gas range
Microwave
Air fryer
Kitchen utensils (cookware and utensils)
60" TV
Beds: 2 kings, 1 queen, 1 twin
Front porch and back porch
Fully fenced yard, pets welcome
Carport and RV shed
Private ATV trails on the ranch
Stocked fishing pond with bass, crappie and bluegill
30-mile views from the hilltop
Starlink internet
Fire pit at the house
Pit Boss grill
Flat top griddle
Plenty of room to unload, turn around and leave trailers

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House rules

Hosting season is January 15 through September 15
Two-night minimum
Quiet after 10 pm
Stay on the ranch trails and the forest roads
Take trash with you when you leave
No fires on the hill or hilltop. The fire pit at the house is OK to use.
The indoor fireplace is strictly off limits (insurance).

The land

Wister, Oklahoma, on the edge of the Ouachita National Forest.

Views & sunsets

Lone tree on the hilltop at sunset

Ride your rig to the Panorama hilltop

Spend time with friends and family at the hilltop at Panorama Ranch

Recharge your batteries on the hilltop at Panorama Ranch

Doesn't get much better than good friends, sunsets and cigars on the Panorama Ranch hilltop

Enjoying a relaxing sunset on the hill at Panorama Ranch

Sunset settling over the valley from the Panorama Ranch hilltop

Family relaxing in lawn loungers in the shade on the Panorama Ranch hilltop, with the valley view behind. — Bring your lawn loungers to the hilltop and stay all day.

Sunset clouds over the hills from the ranch — Sunset over the hills

Watching the Forest Service's controlled burns from the hilltop

Sunset from the hilltop, with a bare tree at the right — Sunset from the hilltop

A bare tree against an orange sunset on the hilltop — The hilltop tree at sunset

Low sun over the grassy hilltop — Sun on the hilltop

Panorama Vista on Skyline Drive (Talimena Scenic Byway), a fun ride from the ranch

The turnouts on Skyline Drive (Talimena Drive) are breathtaking

Northern lights over the hill

Winter on the mountain

Frozen frost on the Talimena Scenic Highway

Needle frost on a branch along the Talimena Scenic Highway

Frost-covered pine needles on the Talimena Scenic Highway

Frosted branches on the Talimena Scenic Highway

A frost-covered pine against a blue winter sky on the Talimena Scenic Highway

Fresh snow along the Talimena Scenic Highway

The house

The front porch at sunset — Porch at sunset

A table set on the porch — The porch table

The house and shop under the oaks

The house seen from the yard — The house from the yard

The kitchen

Fishing at the pond

A man holding a largemouth bass on the line beside the stocked fishing pond at Panorama Ranch — Catching bass in the stocked fishing pond

Two family members relaxing on the bench by the pond at Panorama Ranch. — The bench by the pond is a relaxing place to catch up with family.

A bass from the stocked ranch pond (bass, crappie and bluegill)

Trees reflected in the ranch pond — The pond

A UTV and a jon boat at the stocked fishing pond

Winter crappie fishing at Sardis Lake, about an hour away

Big winter crappie on Wister Lake

Catching cats on Wister Lake in the spring

Holson Creek

Springtime white bass fishing in Holson Creek

Family fun at the Holson Creek pull-offs

Creek crossing over Holson Creek in the spring

Canoes and kayaks are perfect for this area

The native stream water is a chalky blue-green and beautiful, and it's everywhere along the trail roads

ATV & trails

A UTV on a dirt road through green hills, with blue sky and mountains

A side-by-side parked on the hilltop — On the hilltop

Ride for days from the ranch

Ready to ride the Ouachitas from the ranch

Dogs love Post Mountain Lake, a fun ATV ride from the ranch.

Kiamichi Lookout Tower on the K-Trail, with a UTV parked beside it — Kiamichi Lookout Tower on the K-Trail

Enjoying nature on an open Forest Service road across Blue Mountain

The hiking trails are incredible in the national forest

Bring some extra gas! You're gonna need it.

Just another trail from the driver's seat

Amenities

A Pit Boss grill under the carport — The Pit Boss grill

Open gravel turnaround with room for trailers, and a paved road right to the gate

Gravel parking by the shop, with room for trucks and trailers — Plenty of room to unload, turn around and leave trailers: horse, ATV or boat.

Around the barn

Bigfoot sneaking by the barn

Look out for Bigfoot!

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$400.00 a night · $150.00 cleaning

4 bedrooms · 2 baths

January 2027

Open January 15 – September 15. 2-night minimum. Closed and booked nights stay grey. Times use America/Chicago.

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Explore the area

What's nearby

Getting around

Drive times from the ranch.

Wister20 min
Heavener20 min
Poteau30 min
Talihina30 min
Wilburton40 min
Mena, AR1 hour

Poteau and Mena have plenty of restaurants and a Walmart for groceries and supplies.

Trailering in? There's plenty of room at the ranch to unload, turn around and park horse, ATV and boat trailers.

Closest stop

Ben's Country Corner, a few miles away in Summerfield, with non-ethanol fuel (great for boats and ATVs), food, beer and tobacco.

Distances are approximate, from Wister, unless a line cites the Forest Service.

Horse trails

Cedar Lake, in the Ouachita National Forest near Heavener, is the trailhead for the Winding Stair Mountain Equestrian Trails. The Forest Service places the lake about 12 miles south of Heavener and does not publish a driving time from the ranch gate. The camp has horse corrals, and most equestrian sites have electric hookups. Horses need a current Coggins test and must stay in the equestrian loops. There is plenty of room at the ranch to unload, turn around, and park a horse trailer.

Fall trail ride through the hardwoods in the Ouachitas

Riding the pine ridges near the ranch

Trail maps

Winding Stair equestrian trail map (2008 brochure)Forest Service brochure TR-03, revised September 2008. The Cedar Lake loop system. The current website says over 70 miles; this brochure says 77.
Winding Stair Equestrian TrailsCurrent Forest Service trail page. Trails start at Cedar Lake Equestrian Camp. No fee and no water on the trails.
Cedar Lake Recreation AreaCampground, the 86-acre lake, and the equestrian trailhead. About 12 miles south of Heavener.
Cedar Lake reservationsRecreation.gov. Horse corrals, Coggins test required, and equestrian sites only in the equestrian loops.
Horsethief Springs TrailAbout an 11-mile loop from Cedar Lake. The Ouachita National Recreation Trail part of the loop is closed to horses.
Billy Creek TrailHorseback riding and hiking, 7½ miles, no fee, on the south side of Winding Stair Mountain.
Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Use Map (2026)The current Ouachita National Forest MVUM for the Oklahoma district, including the Heavener and Talimena area.
Oklahoma MVUM route table (March 2026)Seasonal and special vehicle designations that go with that map.
All Ouachita visitor mapsIndex of district MVUMs, including Mena-Oden on the Arkansas side of the Talimena Drive.

Lakes & boat ramps

Aerial view of Wister Lake and the dam — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Conser Landing boat ramp (Poteau River / Wister Lake)

The closest public ramp to the ranch. It is right up the road at the end of Waits Lane, just north of the ranch, and puts you onto the Poteau River arm of Wister Lake.

Just up the road

Dogs love Post Mountain Lake, a fun ATV ride from the ranch.

Post Mountain Lake

A lake in the Ouachita National Forest, and a fun ATV ride from the ranch. Pack a lunch and bring the dog, because dogs love it.

A fun ATV ride from the ranch

Canoes and kayaks are perfect for this area

Family fun at the Holson Creek pull-offs

Launch spots: Holson Creek, the Poteau River and Fourche Maline Creek

ATVs, jon boats, canoes and kayaks can all put in at Holson Creek, the Poteau River and Fourche Maline Creek, all of them close to the ranch. Fill up with non-ethanol fuel at Ben's Country Corner on the way.

Close to the ranch

Aerial view of Wister Lake and the dam — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Lake Wister State Park

A lakeside state park on 7,300-acre Lake Wister with cabins, RV and tent camping, a swim beach, spray park, mini golf, a nature trail and a 6.4-mile hiking trail. Lighted boat ramps plus a gravel ramp; bald and golden eagles winter here.

approx 2 mi / 5 min (east of Wister on US-270)

Aerial view of Wister Lake and the dam — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Wister Lake boat ramps (USACE)

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lake lists boat ramps at Conser Landing, Potts Mountain, Quarry Isle, Victor Landing and Wister Ridge; Quarry Isle and Wister Ridge also have courtesy and fishing docks. The state park and ODWC (two ramps on the Wister WMA) run additional ramps.

approx 2–10 mi / 5–20 min depending on ramp

Fishing

Big winter crappie on Wister Lake

Lake Wister Fishing

Known for crappie, white bass, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and channel and flathead catfish. Crappie move shallow in spring and white bass run up the Poteau River and north-end creeks; fall crappie fishing around brush is good.

approx 2 mi / 5 min

Winter crappie fishing at Sardis Lake, about an hour away

Sardis Lake

A Corps of Engineers lake about an hour from the ranch, known for crappie. Winter fishing here is a day trip.

About an hour

Scenic drives & parks

Fall color on a curve of the Talimena Scenic Drive — Dennis Adams / America's Byways (FHWA), Public domain: photos/50642 (fall curve)

Talimena National Scenic Byway

A 54-mile ridgetop drive along Winding Stair and Rich Mountains between Talihina, OK and Mena, AR, with dozens of vistas and spectacular fall color. Open year-round, no fee. The Talimena National Scenic Byway has its own visitor map.

approx 23 mi / 35 min (to the Oklahoma entrance at Talimena State Park)

Official site Talimena map

Fall on the Talimena Drive

A fall pathway along the Talimena Scenic Drive — Dennis Adams / America's Byways (FHWA), Public domain: photos/50649 (pathway)

Emerald Vista on the Talimena National Scenic Byway — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons: Emerald Vista CC BY-SA 4.0

Talimena State Park

The Oklahoma gateway to the Talimena Drive, with camping, trailheads into the national forest and great spring and fall foliage. ATVs and dirt bikes can use it as an entry to forest land.

approx 23 mi / 35 min

Emerald Vista on the Talimena National Scenic Byway — Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons: Emerald Vista CC BY-SA 4.0

Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area

26,445 acres of the Ouachita National Forest that take in the Oklahoma stretch of the Talimena Drive, Winding Stair Campground, Horsethief Springs and Cedar Lake.

approx 25–35 mi / 40–50 min

Three Sticks Monument, Land, Wood, Water — Nonfiction, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons: Three Sticks Monument CC BY-SA 4.0

Three Sticks Monument ("Land, Wood, Water")

A roadside monument of three tall metal sticks on a stone base at the high pass over Kiamichi Mountain on US-259, in the Ouachita National Forest about 10 miles south of the Talimena Drive. Its formal name is Land, Wood, Water. It was dedicated Oct. 12, 1958, to honor Sen. Robert S. Kerr, Sen. Mike Monroney, Speaker Carl Albert, Gov. Raymond Gary and columnist R.G. Miller for developing southeast Oklahoma's roads, water, recreation and forests. There are wide views north over the forest, and the pull-off is free.

approx 40 mi / 1 hr (US-259 south of Big Cedar)

Cavanal Hill rising over the valley at Poteau — Trent Morris, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cavanal Hill

Billed as the World's Highest Hill, with a 4.5-mile paved road to the summit, views over the Poteau River valley and a picnic pavilion. Free, daylight to dusk.

approx 15 mi / 25 min

Robbers Cave State Park and its lakes are amazing

Sandstone at the Robbers Cave trailhead — Thomas & Dianne Jones, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons License

Robbers Cave State Park

Near Wilburton in the Sans Bois Mountains, where outlaws like Jesse James and Belle Starr once hid out; sandstone bluffs, hiking and equestrian trails, cabins, an ATV area, and seasonal canoe and paddleboat rentals on Lake Carlton.

approx 40 mi / 55 min

Horsethief Springs Trail

A roughly 11-mile loop connecting Cedar Lake with the historic Horsethief Springs picnic ground on OK-1.

approx 26 mi / 45 min

Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum

Three easy interpretive nature trails just off the Talimena Drive. Free; open spring through fall.

approx 32 mi / 47 min

Billy Creek Recreation Area

A free, quiet, primitive spot on a clear stream with small pools for sunfish. The 7.5-mile Billy Creek Trail climbs Winding Stair Mountain to the Ouachita National Recreation Trail. Vault toilets, no drinking water.

approx 41 mi / 1 hr

History

Rock bluff at Heavener Runestone Park on Poteau Mountain — MARELBU, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons License

Heavener Runestone Park (Poteau Mountain)

A 55-acre park high on Poteau Mountain with a mysterious carved sandstone runestone, about 2 miles of trails and an overlook of Heavener and Lake Wister.

approx 12 mi / 20 min

Front of the Peter Conser House — Gamebeastm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons: Front of the Peter Conser House CC BY-SA 4.0

Peter Conser House (historic site)

The 1894 two-story farmhouse of Peter Conser (c. 1852–1934), a captain of the Choctaw Lighthorse and a senator in the Choctaw Council, with the family cemetery and a 1909 barn. It has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971. The Oklahoma Historical Society once ran it as a museum, but the house went back to the Conser family and is closed to the public now, so view it from the road only. It's south of Heavener off US-59 near Hodgen, on Conser Creek Rd.

approx 13 mi / 22 min

Ouachita National Forest & ATV trails

Cedar Lake Recreation Area

An 86-acre lake in the Ouachita National Forest, about 12 miles south of Heavener. The Forest Service lists a 3-mile lakeside trail, a boat ramp (motors no larger than 7½ horsepower), fishing piers, swimming, and a 90-site campground. The equestrian loop is the start of the Winding Stair Mountain Equestrian Trails.

About 12 miles south of Heavener (Forest Service). No drive time from the ranch is published.

Official site Reserve a site

Fall trail ride through the hardwoods in the Ouachitas

Riding the pine ridges near the ranch

Horseback riding: Winding Stair Equestrian Trails

The trails begin at Cedar Lake Equestrian Camp. The Forest Service and Recreation.gov describe a marked system of over 70 miles of loops that climb mountains, follow creeks, and cross pine and hardwood forest. The trails have no fee and no water. See the Horse trails section for the camp, the other horse trails, and the official maps.

Cedar Lake Equestrian Camp, about 12 miles south of Heavener

Ouachita National Forest

The forested Ouachita Mountains start right outside the gate: the ranch is about a mile of dirt road from roughly 220,000 acres of national forest for hiking, scenic drives, creeks and lakes.

approx 1 mi from the ranch

ATV / OHV Trails (Ouachita NF, Oklahoma)

Designated off-highway routes in the Oklahoma district include Billy Creek Trail, Choctaw Nation Trail 101 (18.5 mi) and the motorcycle-only Boardstand/Military Road Trail. Always check the current Motor Vehicle Use Map before riding.

approx 25–45 mi / 40 min–1 hr

Kiamichi Lookout Tower on the K-Trail, with a UTV parked beside it

Kiamichi Lookout Tower (K-Trail)

A 1927 steel fire lookout tower on the Kiamichi Trail (the K-Trail), on Kiamichi Mountain west of Three Sticks Monument, with a pulloff. The road in is rough dirt, best by ATV, UTV, or four-wheel drive.

West of Three Sticks Monument on the K-Trail

Dining

Jeff and Patricia on the screened porch at The Ranch Restaurant at Talimichi. — Visit The Ranch Restaurant at Talimichi, about an hour away.

The Ranch Restaurant at Talimichi

Award-winning, scratch-made steaks and ranch-style fare along the Kiamichi River near Talihina. Open Thursday to Sunday; reservations recommended.

About an hour

Jeff and Patricia sharing a big pizza at the Robbers Cave State Park restaurant. — Pizza at the Robbers Cave State Park restaurant by the lake.

Robbers Cave State Park restaurant

By the lake at Robbers Cave State Park.

approx 40 mi / 55 min

Day trips

Clear View at Hochatown State Park — Katelen Chandler, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons: Clear View (Hochatown State Park) License

Hochatown & Beavers Bend

Southeast Oklahoma's cabin-country hub on US-259, next to Beavers Bend State Park and Broken Bow Lake on the Mountain Fork River. Go for wineries, breweries and distilleries, restaurants, trout fishing, hiking, golf and lake days. Hochatown became an incorporated town in 2022.

about 1 hr 15 min from the ranch gate

Forest maps

Forest Service mapsThe Interactive Visitor Map, the free Oklahoma Motor Vehicle Use Map, and printed forest maps.
Interactive visitor mapRoads, campgrounds, and trails you can zoom and save.
Oklahoma MVUMThe motor vehicle use map for where a car or ATV may go.