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18-542: Foss State Park is a 1,749-acre (708 ha) Oklahoma state park located on Foss Lake, in southwestern Custer County , Oklahoma , near the city of Foss . Recreational activities include hiking, biking, horseback riding, fishing, boating, swimming and camping. Facilities include 110 RV campsites, 10 of which have full-hookups and 100 that are semi-modern. All sites are paved and offer 30 amp or 50 amp service plus water. Big rig sites, shaded sites and 35 tent sites are also available. Foss State Park has an equestrian camp with

36-532: A multi-purpose trail for horseback riding, hiking and mountain biking. Horse rental is not available. The park also features picnic areas, group picnic shelters, grills, fire rings, comfort stations with showers, lighted boat ramps, boat storage, boat rentals, playgrounds, swimming beach and a seasonal marina. To help fund a backlog of deferred maintenance and park improvements, the state implemented an entrance fee for this park and 21 others effective June 15, 2020. The fees, charged per vehicle, start at $ 10 per day for

54-507: 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; Park is not actually on Lake Eucha Okmulgee Park Okmulgee 1,075 1963 Okmulgee Lake The former Okmulgee State Park; owned and managed by

72-437: A single-day or $ 8 for residents with an Oklahoma license plate or Oklahoma tribal plate. Fees are waived for honorably discharged veterans and Oklahoma residents age 62 & older and their spouses. Passes good for three days or a week are also available; annual passes good at all 22 state parks charging fees are offered at a cost of $ 75 for out-of-state visitors or $ 60 for Oklahoma residents. The 22 parks are: Foss Reservoir

90-486: 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. Hochatown State Park McCurtain 1,713 1966 Broken Bow Lake Combined into Beavers Bend, no longer

108-1000: 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

126-762: The Cherokees Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park. 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'

144-572: 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. The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019, shutting down

162-1866: The Honey Creek Area at Grand Lake State Park. 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

180-721: The Land Office Manages land for revenue to fund schools Local Former state parks Adair Park Beaver Dunes Park Boggy Depot Park (Choctaw Nation) Brushy Lake Park Crowder Lake University Park Dripping Springs Park Heavener Runestone Park Lake Eucha Park Okmulgee Park Red Rock Canyon Adventure Snowdale (closed) Wah-Sha-She Park Walnut Creek (closed) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Oklahoma_state_parks&oldid=1184868649 " Categories : State parks of Oklahoma Lists of state parks of

198-923: The Spavinaw Area at Grand Lake State Park. 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. 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

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234-652: 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'

252-650: The city limits of Stilwell . Now owned by the City of Stilwell. Beaver Dunes Park Beaver 520 Owned by City of Beaver. Boggy Depot Park Atoka 630 Owned and managed by the Chickasaw Nation since 2011. 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

270-1573: The park through volunteer efforts and campground fees. 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 . ^ 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

288-518: The park. Walnut Creek State Park Osage 1,429 1966 Keystone Lake Park was permanently closed October 1, 2014 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 ; subleased since 2015 to the non-profit Hulah Lake Osage Association which maintains

306-1670: The project cities through 50 miles (80 km) of aqueducts and laterals. This Oklahoma state location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a protected area in Oklahoma is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of Oklahoma state parks This is a list of current and former state parks in Oklahoma . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] class=notpageimage| Oklahoma State Parks (Hover mouse over pog to popup clickable link) Current parks [ edit ] 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

324-545: Was created by the United States Bureau of Reclamation in 1961 by impounding the Washita River . The dam is 142 feet (43 m) high. The reservoir, with a capacity of 436,812 acre-feet and a surface area of 13,141 acres (5,318 ha), provides regulation of river flows and municipal supplies for the nearby cities of Clinton, Cordell, Hobart, Butler, and Bessie. Water is conveyed from the reservoir to

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