Tahlequah is in the Green Country region of Oklahoma.
Understand
Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the Capital of the Cherokee Nation. It is also to home of North Eastern Oklahoma State University.
Get in
Get around
See
- Northeastern State University, 35.9199°, -94.9688°. Public university with classes in both English and Cherokee. The oldest building, Seminary Hall, dates to 1889. 2018-07-21
- Cherokee National Capitol, 101 South Muskogee Avenue, 35.8521°, -94.9916°. Two-story government building designated as a National Historic Landmark and serves as a tribal supreme court.
Do
- Float the Illinois River. The Illinois River flows through Tahlequah, and has been designated a Scenic River since the 1970s.
- Cherokee Heritage Center, 35.8672°, -94.9556°. Just to the south in Park Hill, Oklahoma, the center includes a reproduction of an ancient Cherokee Village, the Cherokee National Museum- including the renowned Trail of Tears Exhibit, and the Cherokee Genealogy Center.