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The Selman Bat Cave Wildlife Management Area between Freedom and Woodward is an area protected by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Each summer, visitors watch over a million bats take to the skies at night during special Bat Watch events.
Try this 0.5-mile out-and-back trail near Indiahoma, Oklahoma. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 21 min to complete. This is a popular trail for birding, hiking, and walking, but you can still enjoy some solitude during quieter times of day.
The Oklahoma Bat Coordinating Team was created to implement a communications plan to facilitate information flow to partners, scientific cooperators, interested parties and stakeholders about bat and cave management, bat research and bat diseases in Oklahoma.
The caves on the SLL protect the largest population of hibernating cave myotis (myotis velifer) in Oklahoma (70,000 bats) and they also harbor big brown bats, tri-color bats, pallid cave bats, and the Townsend big-eared bat (which has declined drastically in western Oklahoma).
Selman Bat Watch Information. The Wildlife Department is pausing public visits to view Mexican free-tailed bats emerging from summer maternity cave. The Wildlife Department conserves the area’s healthy population of Mexican free-tailed bats and their sensitive habitat at the Selman Bat Cave.
The Bat Cave trail in Indiahoma, Oklahoma is a moderate-level hiking trail that spans approximately 0.71 miles. The trail is known for its unique cave formations, including the namesake Bat Cave, which is home to a large bat population.
Did you know that a long time ago, before the pioneers settled across the American prairies, these Mexican free-tailed bats used the Selman Bat Cave as their home. Now, the descendants of these bats STILL make that journey to the Selman Bat Cave, and come out to play at night!
