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 ParkWoodward200 811956Largest public gypsum cave in the United States
Arrowhead State ParkPittsburg2,200 8901963Lake EufaulaOn a peninsula in Lake Eufaula. Lodge and cabins are closed. Now known as Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park.
Beavers Bend State ParkMcCurtain1,300 5301935Mountain Fork River, Broken Bow Lake
Bernice State ParkDelaware88 361970Grand Lake o' the CherokeesNow known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park.[1]
Black Mesa State ParkCimarron349 1411959Lake Carl EtlingBlack Mesa Nature Preserve established in 1991 by the Oklahoma Nature Conservancies
Boiling Springs State ParkWoodward820 3301935
Cherokee Landing State ParkCherokee146 591954Lake Tenkiller
Cherokee State ParkMayes43 171954Grand Lake o' the Cherokees
Clayton Lake State ParkPushmataha510 2101947Clayton Lake
Disney/Little Blue State ParkMayes32 131966Grand Lake
Fort Cobb State ParkCaddo1,872 7581960
Foss State ParkWashita1,749 7081961Foss Lake
Gloss Mountain State ParkMajor640 260
Great Plains State ParkKiowa187 761977Tom Steed Lake
Great Salt Plains State ParkAlfalfa840 3401952Great Salt Plains Reservoir
Greenleaf State ParkMuskogee565 2291954Greenleaf Lake
Honey Creek State ParkDelaware30 121954Grand LakeNow known as the Honey Creek Area at Grand Lake State Park.[2]
Hugo Lake State ParkChoctaw289 1171974Hugo LakeOriginally built in 1974 as Kiamichi Park, renamed Hugo Lake State Park in 2002.
Keystone State ParkTulsa714 2891966Keystone Lake
Lake Eufaula State ParkMcIntosh2,853 1,1551963Lake Eufaula
Lake Murray State ParkCarter, Love12,496 5,0571938Lake MurrayAdded to National Register of Historic Places in 2001.
Lake Texoma State ParkMarshall1,882 7621951Lake Texoma
Lake Thunderbird State ParkCleveland1,874 7581965Lake Thunderbird
Lake Wister State ParkLe Flore3,428 1,3871953Lake Wister
Little Sahara State ParkWoods1,600 650
McGee Creek State ParkAtoka2,600 1,100McGee Creek Reservoir
Natural Falls State ParkDelaware120 491990
Osage Hills State ParkOsage1,100 4501935
Quartz Mountain State ParkGreer4,284 1,7341935Lake Altus
Raymond Gary State ParkChoctaw263 1061955Raymond Gary Lake
Robbers Cave State ParkLatimer8,246 3,3371935Fourche Maline Lake Carlton, Lake Wayne Wallace
Roman Nose State ParkBlaine1937Lake Watonga, Lake Boecher
Sequoyah Bay State ParkWagoner303 1231954Fort Gibson Lake
Sequoyah/Western Hills State ParkCherokee2,200 8901953Fort Gibson Lake
Spavinaw State ParkMayes35 141959Spavinaw LakeNow known as the Spavinaw Area at Grand Lake State Park.[3]
Talimena State ParkLe Flore20 8.11970
Tenkiller State ParkSequoyah1,190 4801953Lake Tenkiller
Twin Bridges State ParkOttawa63 251954Neosho River, Spring RiverNow known as the Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park.[4]

Former state parks
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 ParkMcCurtainBroken Bow LakeCombined 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 ParkCaddo310Leased to the City of Hinton, Oklahoma in 2018.
Snowdale State ParkMayes151959Lake 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]
Osage 1,429 1966 Lake Keystone Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014[9]
Wah-Sha-She ParkOsage2661973Lake HulahFormerly 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
  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. Wertz, Joe. "Why It’s Hard to Privatize and Move State Parks." September 2, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  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.
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