Today our Hometown Forecast features the town of Grove, located in northeast Oklaoma near popular Grand Lake. Kids activities include Tube Racing, a hula hoop contest, and amusement rides. As one of the fastest-growing communities in Oklahoma, Grove benefits from its ideal tourism location near Grand Lake. There are numerous outdoor activiites associated with the lake, including boating, fishing, and skiing. Other tourist attractions include Har-Ber Village, one of the largest antique museums in the country, and the Cherokee Queen II, a replica of a Mississippi riverboat that takes visitors on a sightseeing tour of the lake.
Grove also baosts of many restaurants and unique resorts and bed and breakfast inns.
Together and Exploring Oklahoma with Children , for providing us information for our Hometown Forecasts. You can find more information about Grove on page 62 of Exploring Oklahoma with Children . Twice a week, meteorologist Jed Castles shares information about the history of some of our viewers' hometowns, along with a forecast for the featured towns, on the Spirit of Oklahoma Hometown Forecast. Pictures and schedules of local events are encouraged. Much of Jed's information for the Hometown Forecast is courtesy of Sarah Taylor, author of the Exploring Oklahoma series of books.