Erick, Oklahoma travel guide: things to do, food & where to stay

Overview

Erick is a city of a thousand people (2019) in the Great Plains Country of Oklahoma, near the Texas border on the former US Route 66.

4 sights · 1 things to do · 2 places to eat · 1 bars & cafés · 5 places to stay

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Best things about Erick

100th Meridian Museum

History of surveys and land disputes along the 100&deg;W Meridian (a long-disputed boundary which separates Oklahoma from Texas), local life from prehistoric time through early day Erick, history of Route 66.

Bonebrake Hardware Museum

The owners of this hardware store closed the store in the 60s without removing anything. You can't go inside, but you can look through the window to see what has been there for half a century.

Sandhills Curiosity Shop

Redneck Junk Store

Located across the street, offers "120 feet of pure redneck junk."

Roger Miller Festival Downtown Erick

Live music, food, arts and crafts for sale, Oklahoma vs. Texas “King of the Road” Classic Car and Truck Show.

Plan your trip

Getting there

From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
LAW Lawton Fort Sill Regional Airport, Lawton — 94 mi away. Directions
AMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport, Amarillo — 104 mi away. Directions
OKC OKC Will Rogers World Airport, Oklahoma City — 129 mi away (major hub). Directions

From I-40 take State Route 30 South.

Full “Get in” guide ↓

Budget & where to stay

No prices are listed for this place yet. See the Sleep guide ↓ for options.

Sample 1-day itinerary

Day 1

Morning 100th Meridian Museum, Bonebrake Hardware Museum, Sandhills Curiosity Shop
Lunch Main Street Cafe
Afternoon Redneck Junk Store, Roger Miller Festival Downtown Erick
Dinner Simple Simon's Pizza
Evening Branding Iron

Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.

Food for you

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Understand

Established in 1901 as an agricultural community on the National Old Trails Road, Erick was perched (or parched?) at what was the edge of the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression. There was brief pre-war natural gas exploration. By the 1940s Erick began to attract motor courts and roadside businesses catering to motorists, which prospered in the post-war era. The last Oklahoma section of Route 66 was bypassed, Sayre to Erick, in 1975.

Erick is known as the former home of country musicians Sheb Wooley ("one-eyed one-horned flying purple people eater") and Roger Miller ("King of the Road," "Dang Me," "You Can't Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd"). It's the second-westernmost settlement (beside tiny Texola OK) in the state.

Get in

From I-40 take State Route 30 South.

Get around

The main roads in Erick are Roger Miller Memorial Highway (Broadway) and Sheb Wooley Blvd. (Main Street or State Route 30). East-west roads are numbered 1st-12th.

See

See 100th Meridian Museum

History of surveys and land disputes along the 100°W Meridian (a long-disputed boundary which separates Oklahoma from Texas), local life from prehistoric time through early day Erick, history of Route 66.

📍 Sheb Wooley Ave & Roger Miller Blvd🕒 By appointment☎ +1 580-526-3221

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See Bonebrake Hardware Museum

The owners of this hardware store closed the store in the 60s without removing anything. You can't go inside, but you can look through the window to see what has been there for half a century.

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See Sandhills Curiosity Shop

The SandHills Curiosity Shop, once the city meat market, is the oldest brick building in Erick and can accommodate up to 75 people. Before Annabelle's 2014 battle with cancer, this was somewhere where any day of the week you could catch Harley & Annabelle performing for singles, couples, families, clubs, tour bus groups and media. Refreshments were always "on-the-house," along with hugs, kisses and photo-ops.

📍 201 S. Sheb Wooley Ave☎ +1 580-526-3738

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