Cherokee Landing State Park

Cherokee Landing State Park
A map of Oklahoma showing the location of Cherokee State Park
Location Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States
Nearest city Park Hill, OK
Coordinates 35°45′32″N 94°54′32″W / 35.7589808°N 94.9088409°W / 35.7589808; -94.9088409[1]Coordinates: 35°45′32″N 94°54′32″W / 35.7589808°N 94.9088409°W / 35.7589808; -94.9088409[2]
Area 146 acres (59 ha)
Governing body Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
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Cherokee Landing State Park is a 146-acre (0.59 km2) Oklahoma state park located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It is located near Park Hill, Oklahoma on a peninsula jutting into Lake Tenkiller in the Cookson Hills, south of Tahlequah. The park features 93 RV campsites with electric power and water hookups, dump station, 45 primitive campsites, covered picnic shelters, restrooms with hot showers, boating, lighted boat ramp, water skiing, swimming beach, fishing, handicapped fishing dock, playgrounds and a softball field.[3]

The park is open seven days per week from 7:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., though the office is staffed by a volunteer only Wednesday through Saturday 9:00 A.M. through 2:00 P.M.[3]

Hunting is not allowed in the park, but there is a 2,950 acres (11.9 km2) area west of the park boundary that is a state game management and hunting area. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Hunting is allowed there. Popular game species for hunting are :deer, quail, dove, duck, geese, rabbit and squirrel.[4]

The main road into the parks and the boat ramps is open year-round. Wildcat Point is closed November 1 to April 1. All other restrooms and campgrounds are closed from December 1 until March 1.[4]

Proposed park closure in 2018

In March 2017, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation published a list of 16 state parks that may be closed to help offset a reduction in its budget for 2018. Cherokee Landing State Park is on this list. This list represents approximately one-half of the parks remaining after the department closed seven parks in 2011.[5]

See also

Lake Tenkiller

References

  1. ↑ "Cherokee Landing State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Cherokee Landing State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Cherokee Landing State Park". Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Cherokee Landing State Park." Accessed February 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ Fultenberg, Lorne. "Half of Oklahoma state parks could close with budget cuts." KFOR News. March 13, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2017.


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