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   Year Established  Water Body(s) Remarks  
Alabaster Caverns State ParkWoodward2001956Largest public gypsum cave in the United States
Arrowhead State ParkPittsburg2,2001963Lake EufaulaOn a peninsula in Lake Eufaula. Lodge and cabins are closed.
Beavers Bend State ParkMcCurtain1,3001935Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake
Bernice State ParkDelaware881970Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Black Mesa State ParkCimarron3491959Lake Carl EtlingBlack Mesa Nature Preserve established in 1991 by the Oklahoma Nature Conservancies
Boiling Springs State ParkWoodward8201935
Cherokee Landing State ParkCherokee1461954Lake Tenkiller
Cherokee State ParkMayes431954Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Clayton Lake State ParkPushmataha5101947Clayton Lake
Disney/Little Blue State ParkMayes321966Grand Lake
Dripping Springs State ParkOkmulgee1,075Okmulgee Lake
Fort Cobb State ParkCaddo1,8721960
Foss State ParkWashita1,7491961Foss Lake
Gloss Mountain State ParkMajor640
Great Plains State ParkKiowa1871977Tom Steed Lake
Great Salt Plains State ParkAlfalfa8401952Great Salt Plains Reservoir
Greenleaf State ParkMuskogee5651954Greenleaf Lake
Hochatown State ParkMcCurtainBroken Bow Lake
Honey Creek State ParkDelaware301954Grand Lake
Hugo Lake State ParkChoctaw2891974Hugo LakeOriginally built in 1974 as Kiamichi Park, renamed Hugo Lake State Park in 2002.
Keystone State ParkTulsa7141966Keystone Lake
Lake Eufaula State ParkMcIntosh2,8531963Lake Eufaula
Lake Murray State ParkCarter, Love12,4961938Lake MurrayAdded to National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Lake Texoma State ParkMarshall1,8821951Lake Texoma
Lake Thunderbird State ParkCleveland1,8741965Lake Thunderbird
Lake Wister State ParkLe Flore3,4281953Lake Wister
Little Sahara State ParkWoods1,600
McGee Creek State ParkAtoka2,600McGee Creek Reservoir
Natural Falls State ParkDelaware1201990
Okmulgee State ParkOkmulgee1,0751963Okmulgee Lake, Dripping Springs Lake
Osage Hills State ParkOsage1,1001935
Raymond Gary State ParkChoctaw2631955Raymond Gary Lake
Red Rock Canyon State ParkCaddo310
Robbers Cave State ParkLatimer8,2461935Fourche Maline Lake Carlton, Lake Wayne Wallace
Roman Nose State ParkBlaine1937Lake Watonga, Lake Boecher
Sequoyah Bay State ParkWagoner3031954Fort Gibson Lake
Sequoyah/Western Hills State ParkCherokee2,2001953Fort Gibson Lake
Snowdale State ParkMayes151959Lake Hudson (Oklahoma)
Spavinaw State ParkMayes351959Spavinaw Lake
Talimena State ParkLe Flore201970
Tenkiller State ParkSequoyah1,1901953Lake Tenkiller
Twin Bridges State ParkOttawa631954Neosho River, Spring River

Former state parks

Park Name   County or Counties   Area in acres   Date
founded  		 Stream(s) and / or Lake(s)    Notes  
Adair State Park Adair 25 Small park within the city limits of Stilwell. Now owned by the City of Stilwell.[1]
Beaver Dunes Park Beaver 520 Owned by City of Beaver.[1]
Boggy Depot Park Atoka 630 Owned and managed by the Chickasaw Nation since 2011.[1]
Brushy Lake ParkSequoyah901971Brushy LakeSince 2011, owned and managed by the City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Crowder Lake University ParkWashita22Crowder LakeOwned and operated since 2003 by Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Lake surface is 158 acres.
Dripping Springs ParkOkmulgee1075Dripping Springs Lake
Heavener Runestone Park Le Flore 50 1970 Owned and managed by city of Heavener since 2011.[1]
Lake Eucha Park Delaware 55 1967 Lake Eucha Owned and managed by the city of Tulsa since 2011;[1] Park is not actually on Lake Eucha
Okmulgee ParkOkmulgee1,0751963Lake Okmulgee
Walnut Creek State Park Osage 1,429 1966 Lake Keystone Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014[2]
Wah-Sha-She ParkOsage2661973Lake HulahOwned by the Osage Nation since 2011. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Wertz, Joe. "Why It’s Hard to Privatize and Move State Parks." September 2, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ Logan, Layden, " Uncertainty Looms Over Walnut Creek’s Somber Final Weekend As A State Park." October 2, 2014. Accessed August 3, 2017.
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