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Foss Reservoir 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.
Robbers Cave State Park is a state park in Latimer County, Oklahoma.It is located 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Wilburton, Oklahoma, on Oklahoma State Highway 2.Originally named Latimer State Park, it received its current name in 1936.
Osage Hills State Park is a 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) Oklahoma state park It is located in eastern Osage County, Oklahoma.The nearest cities are Pawhuska and Bartlesville.The park offers outdoor recreation opportunities including camping, hiking, fishing and wildlife watching.
Broken Bow spillway overlook Bridge across Mountain Fork River A vista of Broken Bow Lake. Beavers Bend State Park is a 3,482 [2] acres (14.09 km 2) Oklahoma state park located in McCurtain County. It is approximately 10.5 miles (16.9 km) north of Broken Bow on SH-259A. [3] It was established in 1937 and contains Broken Bow Lake. [4]
The former Arrowhead State Park, now known as the Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park [3] is a 2,200-acre (8.9 km 2) Oklahoma state park area located in northern Pittsburg County, Oklahoma on a peninsula of Eufaula Lake. It is located near the city of Canadian, Oklahoma. Eufaula is one of the largest man-made lakes in the southwest.
The Great Salt Plains Lake is located at the park and covers 9,300 acres (38 km 2) with 41 miles (66 km) of shoreline and is a shallow, salty lake with fishing opportunities for catfish, saugeye, sandbass and hybrid striper. The average depth is reportedly 4 feet (1.2 m) and the impoundment capacity is 31,420 acre-feet.
All lakes listed are man-made. Oklahoma's only natural lakes are oxbow and playa lakes. Oklahoma has sixty-two oxbow lakes at least 10 acres in size. The largest, near the Red River in McCurtain County, is 272 acres. Playa lakes are found in saucer-shaped depressions in the high plains region. They are usually intermittent, holding water only ...
Lake Wister State Park is a 3,428-acre (13.87 km 2) Oklahoma state park located in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. It is located near the city of Wister, Oklahoma. Lake Wister State Park, in southeast Oklahoma, is a gateway to the beautiful Ouachita National Forest. The park includes 7,300-acre (30 km 2) Lake Wister with five camping areas. The park ...