Pumpkin Holler Hunnerd

Tahlequah

Take a run and/or a gravel grinder through a little slice of heaven in Cherokee County, nestled along the beautiful Illinois River. The Pumpkin Holler 100-Mile, 100K, 50K, 25K, and 10-mile races will take part in the beautiful J.T. Nickel Preserve. The largest privately protected conservation area in the Ozark, the Nickel Preserve is a 17,000-acre remote area northeast of Tahlequah, OK, and runs alongside the scenic Illinois River. The preserve was formed in 2000 as the result of a land gift from the John Nickel Family. This 17,000-acre landscape rests in eastern Oklahoma's rolling Cookson Hills and has many spring-fed creeks amid a rugged topography of steep slopes and narrow valleys. The surrounding areas are characterized by steep canyons and narrow ridges, harboring a mosaic of oak-hickory forest, lofty pine woodland, and a diverse mix of savanna, shrub-land and prairie. The course consists of gravel country two lane roads with several hills. It is home to grassy prairies, an exten