Daniel Shular

Tulsa World Photojournalist

Editor’s note: The Tulsa World newsroom has worked on a number of projects that will publish through the end of this year. Photojournalist Daniel Shular decided to take trails across Oklahoma to explore and report back what he experienced. See additional photos and videos of Shular’s adventures at go.tulsaworld.com/trails .

Black Mesa Trail

The most difficult part of reaching the highest point in Oklahoma is the drive. In hindsight, leaving Tulsa at 1 a.m. and sleeping at a truck stop to get to the Black Mesa Trail early in the morning might not have been the best plan.

Still, it gave me time to walk around Black Mesa State Park later in the day before setting up camp.

The final stretch of the drive to the Black Mesa Nature Preserve is

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