L ocation Eastern Oklahoma State College's main campus is located in Wilburton, Oklahoma, the county seat of Latimer County, in the heart of a beautiful valley between scenic San Bois and Winding Stair Mountains. Eastern operates a second campus 30 miles west in McAlester, Oklahoma and a teaching site at the McCurtain County Higher Education Center in Idabel in the southeastern corner of the state. Wilburton is available via U.S. Highway 270, east and west, and State Highway 2, north and south. McAlester is near the intersection of the Indian Nation Turnpike and U.S. Highway 69, some 40 miles south of the Henryetta exit on Interstate 40. The McCurtain County site is on U.S. Highway 259, just north of U.S. 70.
Leisure time has many options in the area.
Five miles north of Wilburton is the area known as Robbers Cave State Park, consisting of over 8,000 acres of glacial rocks and boulder formation. The park was named after outlaws like Belle Starr, Jesse James, and the Younger Brothers, who used the natural corrals and caves as a hideout from the long arm of the law before statehood. Cabins, camping, paddle boats, miniature golf, swimming, hiking and horse riding trails, and bass fishing, as well as terrific trout fishing in season. Robbers Cave is home to the largest Fall Festival and largest Classic Car Show in Oklahoma, annually. Strengths identified during a recent evaluation team were an open culture that is productive, constructive and empowers employees to explore opportunities for continuous improvement.