Buckhorn Campground (Chickasaw)
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:21 UTC
- A night
- $20–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 137134 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Buckhorn Campground is a relaxed, family-friendly campground conveniently located 8 miles off Hwy 177. Popular recreational activities include boating, swimming, fishing, bicycling, and birding. Keep reading
Recreation
Bring your boats and jet skis to enjoy the lake or pack your fishing rods to catch some of the state's finest bass, catfish, and crappie. This area is most popular for water sports but hiking trails and bicycling are also great ways to explore the park and take in scenic views of Lake of the Arbuckles.
Facilities
Buckhorn C and D Loops have a mixture of electric and non-electric campsites. Water hookups are available at the electric sites. There are no sewer hookups, but a dump station is conveniently located less than a mile from the campgrounds. Restrooms have flush toilets, sinks, and showers. There are no firewood vendors in the park. Visitors can gather dead and downed wood in the campgrounds or drive to the nearby town of Sulphur to purchase firewood.
Natural Features
Set in the rolling Arbuckle Mountains, Buckhorn Campground is surrounded by unique flora, fauna, and geological formations. This area of Oklahoma is part of the Crosstimbers, where the western plains meet the eastern forests, and offers abundant opportunities for wildlife viewing and recreational enjoyment.
Nearby Attractions
Hike or bike on the unpaved Rock Creek Multi-Use Trail or head up Rock Creek for a visit to the Chickasaw Cultural Center. There, you can learn all about the Native Americans of the region through exhibits, videos and interactive displays.
Charges & Cancellations
Refunds will not be given due to inclement weather. Please read the official cancellation rules and policies above before booking your campsite.
What the agency tells you
Check out time is noon CST and check in time is 2:30 PM CST. Guests may check in early if the previous visitor has already left and the campsite has been cleaned.
Recreational and medical marijuana are not permitted in Chickasaw National Recreation Area at any time.
In case of emergency, call 911. If you have a non-emergency after hours and no Camp Host is available, the local dispatch number is 580-622-3918.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 137 · 4 tent-only, 14 walk-in
- Hookups
- 47 electric, 61 water, 1 sewer
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 1 of 137 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Restrooms have flush toilets, sinks, and showers.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- DRINKING WATER (HAND PUMP) on 1 of 137 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Firewood
- Sold here
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 60 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Swimming
- Visitor center
- Water sports
- Night sky · 62nd darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 4
3 of 82 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:21 UTC
recreation.gov lists 134 of the 137 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$30 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Refunds will not be given due to inclement weather. Please read the official cancellation rules and policies above before booking your campsite.” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:21 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
137 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 90 mapped sitesAll 137 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 90 of the 137 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 130 of the 137 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Loop A | 10A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 11A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 12A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 13A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 14A | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop A | 15A | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop A | 16A | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop A | 17A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 18A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 19A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 1A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | Flush Toilets listed | $20 | ||||
| Loop A | 20A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 3A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 4A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 5A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 6A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 7A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 8A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop A | 9A | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop B | 21B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 22B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 23B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 24B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 25B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 26B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 27B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 28B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 29B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 30B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 31B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 32B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 33B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 34B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 35B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 36B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 37B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 38B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 39B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 40B | standard nonelectric | $20 | ||||||
| Loop B | 41B | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop B | 42B | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop B | 43B | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop B | 44B | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop B | 45B | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | $20 | |||||
| Loop C | 047C | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 138 ft | 415 ft | 405 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop C | 048C | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 94 ft | 301 ft | 401 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop C | 049C | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 20 ft | 366 ft | 310 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop C | 050C | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 83 ft | 223 ft | 440 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 051C | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 79 ft | 275 ft | 388 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop C | 052C | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 79 ft | 197 ft | 466 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 053C | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 165 ft | 510 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 054C | walk to | 86 ft | 136 ft | 622 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 055C | walk to | 86 ft | 73 ft | 700 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 056C | standard electric | 32 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 98 ft | 585 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 057C | walk to | 52 ft | 40 ft | 564 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 058C | walk to | 52 ft | 78 ft | 566 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 059C | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 148 ft | 497 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 060C | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 206 ft | 419 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 061C | tent only electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 247 ft | 359 ft | ||
| Loop C | 062C | tent only electric | 16 ft | 50 amp | 108 ft | 191 ft | 391 ft | ||
| Loop C | 063C | tent only electric | 24 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 285 ft | 304 ft | ||
| Loop C | 064C | tent only electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 343 ft | 239 ft | ||
| Loop C | 065C | type not stated | 34 ft | 50 amp | |||||
| Loop C | 066C | walk to | 75 ft | 356 ft | 254 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 067C | walk to | 75 ft | 409 ft | 256 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 068C | walk to | yes | 83 ft | 470 ft | 177 ft | $20 | ||
| Loop C | 069C | walk to | 95 ft | 584 ft | 143 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 070C | walk to | 78 ft | 678 ft | 174 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 071C | walk to | 69 ft | 750 ft | 248 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 072C | walk to | 62 ft | 805 ft | 293 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 073C | walk to | 62 ft | 867 ft | 355 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 074C | walk to | 83 ft | 308 ft | 210 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 075C | walk to | 83 ft | 376 ft | 136 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop C | 076C | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | yes | 98 ft | 631 ft | 129 ft | $30 |
| Loop C | 077C | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 689 ft | 235 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 078C | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 729 ft | 224 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 079C | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 753 ft | 282 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 080C | standard electric | 27 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 803 ft | 300 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 081C | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 806 ft | 338 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 082C | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 883 ft | 381 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 083C | standard electric | 37 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 884 ft | 404 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 084C | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 940 ft | 460 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 085C | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 952 ft | 449 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 086C | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 995 ft | 515 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 087C | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 992 ft | 501 ft | $30 | |
| Loop C | 088C | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 1,062 ft | 576 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 100D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 244 ft | 188 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 101D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 281 ft | 187 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 102D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 318 ft | 278 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 103D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 277 ft | 342 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 104D | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 230 ft | 399 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 105D | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 180 ft | 440 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 106D | standard nonelectric | 91 ft | 180 ft | 491 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 107D | standard nonelectric | 91 ft | 108 ft | 589 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 108D | standard nonelectric | 80 ft | 120 ft | 656 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 109D | standard nonelectric | 85 ft | 88 ft | 681 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 110D | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 118 ft | 727 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 111D | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 60 ft | 786 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 112D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 233 ft | 358 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 113D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 104 ft | 296 ft | 335 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 114D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 383 ft | 331 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 115D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 422 ft | 269 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 116D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 417 ft | 281 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 117D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 425 ft | 236 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 118D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 482 ft | 181 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 119D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 452 ft | 134 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 120D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 406 ft | 260 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 121D | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 358 ft | 311 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 122D | standard nonelectric | 68 ft | 479 ft | 252 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 123D | standard nonelectric | 68 ft | 498 ft | 199 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 124D | standard nonelectric | 76 ft | 523 ft | 291 ft | $20 | |||
| Loop D | 125D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 57 ft | 403 ft | 115 ft | $30 |
| Loop D | 126D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 403 ft | 155 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 127D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 483 ft | 223 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 128D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 448 ft | 245 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 129D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 520 ft | 310 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 130D | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 472 ft | 306 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 131D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 544 ft | 371 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 132D | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 69 ft | 513 ft | 392 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 133D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 574 ft | 437 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 134D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 548 ft | 496 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 135D | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 88 ft | 474 ft | 549 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 136D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 29 ft | 530 ft | 637 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 137D | standard electric | 40 ft | 30/50 amp | 29 ft | 533 ft | 666 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 89D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 29 ft | 422 ft | 645 ft | $30 |
| Loop D | 90D | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 26 ft | 405 ft | 623 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 91D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 38 ft | 361 ft | 645 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 92D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 26 ft | 383 ft | 611 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 93D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 33 ft | 297 ft | 591 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 94D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 326 ft | 532 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 95D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 33 ft | 280 ft | 575 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 96D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 141 ft | 271 ft | 471 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 97D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 181 ft | 139 ft | $20 | |
| Loop D | 98D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 45 ft | 214 ft | 107 ft | $30 | |
| Loop D | 99D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 276 ft | 153 ft | $30 | |
| Scan and Pay | Buckhorn Scan and Pay | type not stated | 26 ft | ||||||
| Scan and Pay | Electric Scan and Pay Buckhorn | type not stated | 40 ft | 50 amp |
25 of 137 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Buckhorn PavilionChickasaw National Recreation Area · 1.3 mi
The Point Campground (Chickasaw)Chickasaw National Recreation Area · 2.8 miFrom Interstate 35, take Exit 55 and drive towards the city of Davis, OK. Once in Davis, go east on Highway 7. Watch for the Chickasaw National Recreation Area signs. For Buckhorn Campgrounds, Pavilion, and Picnic Area, drive approximately 8 miles (13 km) east of Davis to the only 4 way STOP (Jct Hwy 7 and Hwy 177) in the city of Sulphur. Turn right on Hwy 177 and go approximately 7 miles to Buckhorn Road. Turn right at Buckhorn Road and drive all the way down until you reach your desired location. Follow the directional signs
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sulphur, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 75°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 28°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land

Buckhorn Campground (Chickasaw) is in Oklahoma’s 4th congressional district. Its representative, Tom Cole (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →