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Mount Scott
Mount Scott is a prominent mountain just to the northwest of Lawton, Oklahoma, located in the Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill Military Reservation and the range lies within the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge. Mount Scott is also popular for its numerous rock climbing areas.
The roadway is every day from sunrise to sunset each day, but there are some restrictions as to what type of travel you can do on certain days and times. Access to the summit is on a three mile paved road to the top but is a shared resource and thus has some specific usage times for those on bicycle, on foot or driving in an automobile. Hiking is allowed, although there are no formal trails and the paved road is open to pedestrians only at specific times on specific days.
Foot traffic can access the mountain from sunrise to sunset most days, but you will have access to the mountain, exclusively only on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Still, hikers must be off of the mountain by noon on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Bicyclists and motor vehicles will have access anytime from sunrise to sunset, Monday through Friday. However, on Saturday and Sunday, you can only bike or hike from noon to sunset, at which time, pedestrians will not be allowed on the mountain.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for the maintenance of the area surrounding Mount Scott. The peak was named in honor of General Winfield Scott.
Mount Scott, at 2462 feet, is the second-highest mountain in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, but it remains the most well-known and regularly visited. However,
Mount Pinchot, located several miles to the west is the highest peak at 2476 feet in the Wichita Mountains.
Mount Scott
Coordinates: 34.744562, -98.531909
Elevation: 2462 feet (751 m)
Prominence: 824 feet (251 m)
Nearest City: Cache, Oklahoma
Summits: Mount Scott
Best route to top: Mount Scott a three mile paved road.
Last Eruption: About 500 million years ago
Age of Rock: 485-541 million year old, Early Paleozoic,
Cambian Period.
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