O' the Cherokees - Grand Lake, Oklahoma - You Want to be Here!

STATE PARKS
around the lake
Honey Creek State Park
Situated on a hillside
area overlooking Grand
Lake on 30 acres down
State Park Road, off
US Highway 59S. The
Park offers RV sites
with water and electric
hookups, tent camping,
picnic area with cooking grills, and two group
picnic pavilions that can accommodate 100 to
150 guests. A courtesy fishing dock and 4 stall
courtesy boat dock is also available. An outdoor
swimming pool is open from Memorial Day
weekend through Labor Day. The park offers a
children’s play area with playground equipment
and a 2 mile walking path.
Grove 918-786-9447
Bernice State Park
Gradually sloping to
pebble beaches and
shallow waters makes
this Park a favorite spot
for swimmers and sun
worshippers. Houses the
only 3,000 square-foot
nature center along the
1,300 miles of Grand Lake shoreline. Park
facilities include camping sites for the RV
and tent camper. A group picnic shelter will
accommodate up to 200 persons equipped
with electricity, water and a cookout grill. Two
lighted boat ramps and a low water fishing
bridge located just west of the park. A hiking
trail, naturalist activities and nature programs
are offered. The park is 88 acres in size, with
recreational facilities on approximately 15
acres, located one-half mile east of Bernice on
SH 85A.
Bernice 918-786-9447
Cherokee State Park
Located just below the
Grand River Pensacola
Dam east of Langley to
River Road, then one
mile south, this Park sits
on 187 acres. A nine-hole
golf course, the Grand
Cherokee Golf Course
is an added activity available here. The park
includes semi-modern sites for RV camping as
well as tent camping, day-use picnic areas, a
swim area and marina as well as 3 group picnic
pavilions with electric and water that will each
accommodate 150. The Park is divided into 3
Grand Lake Guide 2008 | Come to play . . . plan to stay!
areas, Cherokee Riverside-below the Pensacola
Dam, Cherokee Lakeside-upper east side on the
Dam and Cherokee Grand View-one-half mile
east of the Dam.
Langley 918-435-8066/Camping
918-435-8727/Pro Shop
Disney/Little Blue
State Park
This 32 acre Park is located two blocks east of
Disney on SH 28, between the floodgates of
the Grand River Pensacola Dam. The Park has
a boat ramp, 80 campsites some with electric
and water and others that are primitive. There
are picnic areas and a playground as well as a
sheltered picnic area.
Disney 918-435-8066
Twin Bridges State Park
At the north end of
Grand Lake, this 63acre
Park has both semimodern
and primitive
camping along with an
RV dump station. There
are picnic shelters, grills,
restrooms with showers
and a playground. There is a swimming beach
with a bathhouse as well as a fishing dock and
boat ramps.
Fairland 918-540-2545
For current campground fees or to make
reservations, contact any of the phone
numbers listed above or call toll free:
800-654-8240. You can also get the
latest information from the Oklahoma
Travel website, www.travelok.com.
Bernice Nature Center
Completed in 2006
this 3,000 square-foot
facility is destined to
become one of the “must
see” places along the
shores of Grand Lake.
Live exhibits of native
creatures, a view inside
an active beehive and a 1,000 gallon aquarium
filled with local fish are just a few of the
highlights which can be found inside. There
is a full-time Park Naturalist on-duty along
with classroom facilities. Tours are available
by calling ahead. Contact the Bernice Nature
Center at 918-257-8330.
Explore the Bernice Wildlife Refuge
Nature Trail
Walk along the onehalf
mile paved trail or
venture on the primitive
trails that wind through
woodlands, across two
creeks, along meadow
land and out onto the
shoreline of Grand Lake.
Climb the observation tower over looking the
lake to watch a variety of water fowl bathe in
the sun along a quiet beach.
While walking the trail, keep an eye open for
animal tracks. You might even surprise deer as
they stop to enjoy the plum, persimmon and
honey–suckle thickets. Fox, coyote, beaver, as
well as other critters call the area home.
State Parks
800.652.6552
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