This is a nice short hike great for families. It is not a loop trail. Up and back is about 1.4 miles. You can hike past the tower up a hill or down to the water as well. The tower is an old fire look out but is not open and is boarded up.

This was my first time out to the tower and it was worth it! There is a small area to park with a few different trails to get to the tower or surrounding hills. The shortest trail is a about .35 miles from parking lot to the tower, around the lake. The trails are rocky, but overall not bad. The view is great and the tower itself is worth seeing at least once. You can’t get inside the tower or climb to the top. Overall, this is worth seeing if you are in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge!

Excellent hike for all ages. Only took 40 minutes down and back, perfect for the younger ones. Take water and a camera the views are awesome!

Picturesque tower on the side of Jed Johnson Lake. Very good trail from the parking area. Appropriate for hikers from 4-70s.

The peaceful tranquility of the entire refuge is like a step back in time. One of my favorite places in the whole state of Oklahoma!

Nice easy hike to the tower. Incredible view of both sides of the lake.

It was cool, Nice lake and tower. Hike there was fun.

Great kid hike. Trail was easy to follow. The tower was really cool. My kids think Rapunzel lived there.

Nice walk to the tower.

Cool tower. The trail is rocky and muddy, but easy to follow and minimal grade. You cannot enter the tower unfortunately.

Great out back trail...family friendly! Enjoy the dragon flies

Nice little hike with good views

This was a fun place to take our kids, they liked pretending it was Rapunzels Tower. There are nice clean hiking trails and even though there seemed to be quite a few people it didnt feel crowded.

You cant go into the tower...Its welded shut. The top is infested with wasps...They mostly leave tourists alone, but if you are particularly sensitive to them, keep your distance.

Romantic at sunset..

From a different angle

Fun, easy trail. Few Rocky steps with slight elevation to climb at the end to Jeds Tower. Has a nice view.

Awesome view!

Nice place to walk aroundThere are secret trails in the woods

Nice destination at the end of the hike! beautiful scenery along the way!

The only way it could have been any better is to have had access inside the tower.

Well worth the hike gets you to a very cool advantage point to take excellent photos

Nice trails and lots of wildlife

Great little happy mile hike in to the tower area with lovely views. Easy hike

Great hike for beginners and such a beautiful view from the tower.

One of my favorite hikes at the refuge

Great hiking location! Went in late Spring when the weather was still cool. Lovely views.

Relatively easy short hike up to the tower. Good view when you get to the top of the lake. It was really windy up top which felt good because of the heat that day. Trail was taken care of and only a very short climb at the end to get to the tower.

It was rocky, watery, steep and great experience. The lake was exquisite!

Absolutely beautiful.

Nice scenery & fairly easy hike

Nice hike in, lots of wildlife and a great view.

This was a fun place to hike to, not a challenging hike, more of a slightly more difficult walk.

Awesome

Awesome place to come

You cannot go in or on the tower