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Grand Lake has a surface area of 41,779 [7] acres (169.07 km 2) of water, a storage volume of 1,515,416 acre-feet, [7] and 1,366 [8] miles (2,198 km) of shoreline. Unlike other lakes in Oklahoma, Grand Lake is a deep and mostly rocky lake. The average depth for Grand Lake is 36.3 feet. [7] Its mean elevation is 745 [8] ft (227 m) above sea ...
Cherokee State Park is a 43-acre (170,000 m 2) Oklahoma state park located in Mayes County, Oklahoma. It is located near the city of Disney, Oklahoma. Cherokee State Park is located in northeastern Oklahoma on the west shore of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees, one of Oklahoma's largest lakes with over 59,000 acres (240 km 2) and 1,300 miles (2,100 ...
Cherokee history is the written and oral lore, traditions, and historical record maintained by the living Cherokee people and their ancestors. In the 21st century, leaders of the Cherokee people define themselves as those persons enrolled in one of the three federally recognized Cherokee tribes: The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, The ...
Added to NRHP. September 9, 2003. The Pensacola Dam, also known as the Grand River Dam, is a multiple- arch buttress dam located between the towns of Disney and Langley on the Grand River in Mayes County, Oklahoma. The dam is operated by the Grand River Dam Authority and creates Grand Lake o' the Cherokees.
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' the Cherokees: Now known as the Bernice Area at Grand Lake State ...
The Twin Bridges Area at Grand Lake State Park, previously Twin Bridges State Park, is a park on the north side of the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees in northeastern Oklahoma. It was named for the two bridges that carry U.S. Highway 60 over arms of the lake that connect to the Neosho River and the Spring River. Twin Bridges State Park is known for ...
Disney is also known as "Disney Island" because it sits on an island at the southern shore of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. Oklahoma State Highway 28 is the only road into and out of Disney. To get into Disney from the west, one must drive across the 1-mile long Pensacola Dam. To continue out of Disney, two more small dams with spillway gates ...
Bernice State Park, also called Bernice Area at Grand Lake State Park, is an 88-acre (360,000 m 2) Oklahoma state park located in Delaware County, Oklahoma. It is located near the city of Bernice, Oklahoma at the northwestern corner of Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. The park is actually across the mouth of the Neosho River from the town of Bernice.