Le Flore county is located in southeastern Oklahoma on the Arkansas state line and has Poteau as its county seat.

Recreational opportunities abound in this scenic county. It begins in the north where the Arkansas River forms the county line with Sequoyah County. Then backtrack the Poteau River to Lake Wister and Lake Wister State Park. Just to the east lies Heavener Runestone State Park and to the south is the Ouachita National Forest and the Kiamichi Mountains. Talimena State Park is on the western edge of the forest.

For history buffs, the county contains about 20 sites considered "historic" including the Choctaw Agency near Spiro; the LeFlore County Courthouse in Poteau and the Spiro Mound Group near Redland.

The county population on July 1, 1999, was 46,770, an increase of 3,500 over the 1990 census.