List of Oklahoma state parks
This is a list of current and former state parks in Oklahoma .
Oklahoma State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link)
Current parks
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
Fort Cobb
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]
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
1959
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 State Park
Cherokee
2,200
890
1953
Fort Gibson Lake
Park formerly known as Western Hills State Park
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]
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
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
1,075
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 Beavers Bend, no longer a separate park
Hugo Lake State Park
Choctaw
289
1974
Hugo Lake
Originally built in 1974 as Kiamichi Park, renamed Hugo Lake State Park in 2002.
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
^ "Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park" . TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020 .
^ "Honey Creek Area at Grand Lake State Park" . TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020 .
^ "Spavinaw Area at Grand Lake State Park" . TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020 .
^ "Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park" . TravelOK.com. Retrieved July 31, 2020 .
^ 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]
^ "Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park" . State Park HQ. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ "Lake Hudson" . TravelOK.com. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ "OPINION: The end for Snowdale State Park?" . Senator Micheal Bergstrom, The Claremore Daily Progress, November 1, 2019. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ Logan, Layden, " Uncertainty Looms Over Walnut Creek’s Somber Final Weekend As A State Park." October 2, 2014. Accessed August 3, 2017.
^ "Nation Subleases Wah Sha She Park to volunteers, considers Walnut Creek" . Shannon Shaw Duty, Osage News, February 26, 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
^ "Hulah Lake Osage Association" . Facebook. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .