Leave Mead for Lake Texoma, 12 mi away
Visits to Chickasaw National Recreation Area run to about 1.9M a year. Look within 40 miles for the 3 places to visit; none is inside Mead. On the list: a lake, a national recreation area and a museum, among others. Make a day of it at Universal Kids Resort, 59 mi away.
Lake Texoma
Reservoir on the border of the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
Most of the 3 out of town lie to the south.
Orange: Mead. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything on the list
All of it lies within 60 miles: 7 places.
1Lake Texoma
Reservoir on the border of the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma.
3Chickasaw National Recreation Area
National recreation area in Oklahoma, United States.
4Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site
Building in Denison, Grayson County, Texas.
5Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary
Nature Reserve and Museum in Mckinney, TX.
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7Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Photo credits
Universal Kids Resort: CANthony0125, CC0 · Lake Texoma: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chickasaw National Recreation Area: Jbrown84 at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 · Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site: TxHC, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary: Sanctuary.p, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frank Buck Zoo: Madison Berndt, CC BY 2.0 · Lamar County Historical Museum: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0
