The Golden Hour
Published May 2019
By Megan Rossman | 2 min read
The poet Stanley Horowitz once described autumn as a mosaic of all the other seasons combined. But in the eleven scenes that follow, Oklahoma’s landscapes light up the state with a late-in-the-year display that proves fall here is a time unlike any other.
![Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by Iris Greenwell)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/Beavers2015_4_1.jpg)
Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by Iris Greenwell)
![Osage Hills State Park (Photo by Jakob Andrew)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/DSC_8240.jpg)
Osage Hills State Park (Photo by Jakob Andrew)
![Redbud leaf near Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City (Photo by John Jernigan)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/fall_foliage0003.jpg)
Redbud leaf near Lake Overholser in Oklahoma City (Photo by John Jernigan)
Lake Murray State Park (Photo by Susan Dragoo)
![A field north of Cheyenne (Photo by John Jernigan)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/northwest%20ok%20247.jpg)
A field north of Cheyenne (Photo by John Jernigan)
![Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/bbsp113.jpg)
Beavers Bend State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)
Little Niagra Falls at the Chickasaw National Recreation Area near Sulphur (Photo by Cara Miller)
![Raymond Gary State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/rgsp121%20(1).jpg)
Raymond Gary State Park (Photo by John Jernigan)
![Woodward Park in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/XTA0848.jpg)
Woodward Park in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)
![Burning Bush at Philbrook Museum Gardens in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/F8343.jpg)
Burning Bush at Philbrook Museum Gardens in Tulsa (Photo by Stan Schwartz)
![Charon's Gardens Wilderness Area in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Photo by Stan Schwartz)](https://d1nyedprbrntd2.cloudfront.net/generated/fit-in/925x3000/The%20Golden%20Hour%20ND18/28136.jpg)
Charon's Gardens Wilderness Area in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (Photo by Stan Schwartz)