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
[edit]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 | 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
[edit]- ^ "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.
- State Parks on TravelOK.com Official Travel & Tourism website for the State of Oklahoma
