Beavers Bend wraps around a sharp loop of the Mountain Fork River below Broken Bow Lake, with 1,300 acres of pine-and-hardwood forest, hiking trails, picnic spots, and cabin clusters that fill on weekends most of the year. It is the reason Broken Bow exists as a destination.
The river runs cold and clear from the dam outflow, supporting stocked rainbow and brown trout — fly fishers wade the riffles below the swinging bridge, while families float the slower stretches in canoes and tubes rented from the park concession. The Forest Heritage Center museum near the entrance is worth half an hour for its dioramas of Oklahoma forest ecosystems and a collection of chainsaw-carved sculptures.