State Parks

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List of Oklahoma state parks

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Current parks[edit]

Park Name   County or Counties   Area in acres   Area in ha   Year Established  Water Body(s) Remarks  
Alabaster Caverns State Park Woodward 200 81 1956   Largest public gypsum cave in the United States
Arrowhead State Park Pittsburg 2,200 890 1963 Lake Eufaula On a peninsula in Lake Eufaula. Lodge and cabins are closed. Now known as Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park.
Beavers Bend State Park McCurtain 3,482 1,409 1935 Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake  
Bernice State Park Delaware 88 36 1970 Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park.[1]
Black Mesa State Park Cimarron 349 141 1959 Lake Carl Etling Black Mesa Nature Preserve established in 1991 by the Oklahoma Nature Conservancies
Boiling Springs State Park Woodward 820 330 1935    
Cherokee Landing State Park Cherokee 146 59 1954 Lake Tenkiller  
Cherokee State Park Mayes 43 17 1954 Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees  
Clayton Lake State Park Pushmataha 510 210 1947 Clayton Lake  
Disney/Little Blue State Park Mayes 32 13 1966 Grand Lake  
Fort Cobb State Park Caddo 1,872 758 1960    
Foss State Park Washita 1,749 708 1961 Foss Lake  
Gloss Mountain State Park Major 640 260 1977    
Great Plains State Park Kiowa 187 76 1977 Tom Steed Reservoir  
Great Salt Plains State Park Alfalfa 840 340 1952 Great Salt Plains Lake  
Greenleaf State Park Muskogee 565 229 1954 Greenleaf Lake  
Honey Creek State Park Delaware 30 12 1954 Grand Lake Now known as the Honey Creek Area at Grand Lake State Park.[2]
Hugo Lake State Park Choctaw 289 117 1974 Hugo Lake Originally built in 1974 as Kiamichi Park, renamed Hugo Lake State Park in 2002.
Keystone State Park Tulsa 714 289 1966 Keystone Lake  
Lake Eufaula State Park McIntosh 2,853 1,155 1963 Lake Eufaula  
Lake Murray State Park Carter, Love 12,496 5,057 1938 Lake Murray Added to National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Lake Texoma State Park Marshall 1,882 762 1951 Lake Texoma  
Lake Thunderbird State Park Cleveland 1,874 758 1965 Lake Thunderbird  
Lake Wister State Park Le Flore 3,428 1,387 1953 Lake Wister  
Little Sahara State Park Woods 1,600 650      
McGee Creek State Park Atoka 2,600 1,100   McGee Creek Reservoir  
Natural Falls State Park Delaware 120 49 1990    
Osage Hills State Park Osage 1,100 450 1935    
Quartz Mountain State Park Greer 4,284 1,734 1935 Lake Altus  
Raymond Gary State Park Choctaw 263 106 1955 Raymond Gary Lake  
Robbers Cave State Park Latimer 8,246 3,337 1935 Fourche Maline, Lake Carlton, Lake Wayne Wallace  
Roman Nose State Park Blaine     1937 Lake Watonga, Lake Boecher  
Sequoyah Bay State Park Wagoner 303 123 1954 Fort Gibson Lake  
Sequoyah/Western Hills State Park Cherokee 2,200 890 1953 Fort Gibson Lake  
Spavinaw State Park Mayes 35 14 1959 Spavinaw Lake Now known as the Spavinaw Area at Grand Lake State Park.[3]
Talimena State Park Le Flore 20 8.1 1970    
Tenkiller State Park Sequoyah 1,190 480 1953 Lake Tenkiller  
Twin Bridges State Park Ottawa 63 25 1954 Neosho River, Spring River Now known as the Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park.[4]

Former state parks[edit]

Park Name   County or Counties   Area in acres   Date
founded  		 Stream(s) and / or Lake(s)    Notes  
Adair Park (Stilwell, Oklahoma) Adair 25     Small park within the city limits of Stilwell. Now owned by the City of Stilwell.[5]
Beaver Dunes Park Beaver 520     Owned by City of Beaver.[5]
Boggy Depot Park Atoka 630     Owned and managed by the Chickasaw Nation since 2011.[5]
Brushy Lake Park (Sallisaw, Oklahoma) Sequoyah 90 1971 Brushy Lake Since 2011, owned and managed by the City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Crowder Lake University Park Washita 22   Crowder Lake Owned and operated since 2003 by Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Lake surface is 158 acres.
Dripping Springs Park Okmulgee 1075   Dripping Springs Lake The former Dripping Springs State Park; operated by the City of Okmulgee since 2015.
Heavener Runestone Park Le Flore 50 1970   Owned and managed by city of Heavener since 2011.[5]
Hochatown State Park McCurtain 1,713 1966 Broken Bow Lake Combined into Beaver’s Bend, no longer a separate park
Lake Eucha Park Delaware 55 1967 Lake Eucha The former Lake Eucha State Park; owned and managed by the city of Tulsa since 2011;[5] Park is not actually on Lake Eucha
Okmulgee Park Okmulgee 1,075 1963 Okmulgee Lake The former Okmulgee State Park; owned and managed by the City of Okmulgee since 2015
Red Rock Canyon Park Caddo 310 1956   Leased to the City of Hinton, Oklahoma in 2018.
Snowdale State Park Mayes 15 1959 Lake Hudson (Oklahoma) Snowdale became the Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park.[6][7] The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019, shutting down the park.[8]
Walnut Creek State Park Osage 1,429 1966 Keystone Lake Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014[9]
Wah-Sha-She Park Osage 266 1973 Lake Hulah Formerly Wah-Sha-She State Park. Leased to the Osage Nation since 2011 by the US Corps of Engineers;[5] subleased since 2015 to the non-profit Hulah Lake Osage Association which maintains the park through volunteer efforts and campground fees.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park”. TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. ^ “Honey Creek Area at Grand Lake State Park”. TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  3. ^ “Spavinaw Area at Grand Lake State Park”. TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  4. ^ “Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park”. TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  5. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f Wertz, Joe. “Why It’s Hard to Privatize and Move State Parks.” September 2, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.[1]
  6. ^ “Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park”. State Park HQ. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  7. ^ “Lake Hudson”. TravelOK.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  8. ^ “OPINION: The end for Snowdale State Park?”. Senator Micheal Bergstrom, The Claremore Daily Progress, November 1, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  9. ^ Logan, Layden, ” Uncertainty Looms Over Walnut Creek’s Somber Final Weekend As A State Park.” October 2, 2014. Accessed August 3, 2017.
  10. ^ “Nation Subleases Wah Sha She Park to volunteers, considers Walnut Creek”. Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage News, February 26, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  11. ^ “Hulah Lake Osage Association”. Facebook. Retrieved August 5, 2020.