Honor Heights Park is the top tourist attraction in the city of Muskogee that features over 130 acres of gorgeous botanical gardens, arboretums, outdoor space, and a butterfly house. The Butterfly Papilion is Oklahoma’s only indoor butterfly house and is open seasonally to visitors. Check out this magical butterfly house that everyone in Oklahoma will want to visit.
The Butterfly Papilion is located at the northwest corner of Honor Heights Park. The gardens open in April and the Papilion opens the Saturday before Mother’s Day through September 30.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook There is also a gift shop at the Butterfly Papilion where you can pick up all sorts of gifts and products.
The garden house is a Georgia-Pacific butterfly house that is surrounded by gorgeous flowers during the spring and summer months.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook During the month of April, the world-renowned Azalea Festival is held at Honor Heights Park. It’s the perfect time to see the tulips and azaleas in bloom.
This state-of-the-art enclosure allows you to walk alongside free-flying butterflies that are in an open-air section.
Supernova/Tripadvisor It’s the only one of its kind in Oklahoma.
There are over 26 native butterfly species in the house, including Sulphurs, Black Swallotwails, Zebra Longwings and Monarchs.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook Visitors love being able to interact with so many butterflies. It will quickly become your family’s new favorite activity.
You’ll see the amazing metamorphosis of butterflies hatching daily throughout the summer months.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook It’s fascinating learning all about butterflies and how they develop.
Visitors can enjoy a teaching and butterfly garden at the Papilion.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook The Papilion is the perfect place to go for an educational day, school field-trip or large group outing.
There’s no other place in Oklahoma where you can have such an up-close and personal experience with butterflies in this type of facility.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook All the flora around the Butterfly Papilion attracts butterflies, so there are always new species to discover in the outdoors.
Admission to the Honor Heights Park and the gardens is free of charge. The Butterfly Papilion admission fee is only $3 for adults and $2 for children and seniors.
ButterflyPapilion/Facebook Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday from 9 am-3 pm and Sunday from 1-4 pm.
Watch the butterflies fly freely at the Papilion:
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There is also a gift shop at the Butterfly Papilion where you can pick up all sorts of gifts and products.
During the month of April, the world-renowned Azalea Festival is held at Honor Heights Park. It’s the perfect time to see the tulips and azaleas in bloom.
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It’s the only one of its kind in Oklahoma.
Visitors love being able to interact with so many butterflies. It will quickly become your family’s new favorite activity.
It’s fascinating learning all about butterflies and how they develop.
The Papilion is the perfect place to go for an educational day, school field-trip or large group outing.
All the flora around the Butterfly Papilion attracts butterflies, so there are always new species to discover in the outdoors.
Hours of Operation: Monday – Saturday from 9 am-3 pm and Sunday from 1-4 pm.
Are you looking for more things to do in Oklahoma? If so, check out our previous article “13 Legitimately Fun Things You Can Do In Oklahoma Without Spending A Dime.”
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