Chicken Creek
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 15 of the next 15 nights read 16:14 UTC
- A night
- $23–$25Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 101All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 13 notices
In the agency’s own words
Head to Chicken Creek Campground for tons of fun on Tenkiller Ferry Lake. As one of the most popular campgrounds on the lake, Chicken Creek boasts modern facilities, impressive vistas, convenient access to boating and plenty of opportunities to view wildlife. It's no wonder why so many campers return each year. Keep reading
Recreation
Water skiing, boating, fishing, hiking, and swimming are some of the activities enjoyed by visitors. Prevailing winds and secluded coves create an ideal environment for sailing. Scuba divers enjoy the lake's clear waters and high visibility. Fishing is good for black bass, white bass, striped bass, crappie and catfish. The trout stream below the dam is one of only two year-round trout fisheries in Oklahoma, and is regularly stocked with rainbow trout. Hunting is also permitted in parts of the lake area, in accordance with federal and state laws.
Facilities
All campsites are equipped with electric hookups, and the group shelters have electricity, too. The park has flush toilets, hot showers, water hydrants, a swim beach, playground, dump station and a boat ramp complex. Of the ten marinas with concessions located on the lake, most offer boat and jet-ski rentals, and several have floating restaurants.
Natural Features
Tenkiller Ferry Lake is often referred to as "Oklahoma's clear water paradise." The 12,500 acre lake is sourced by the Illinois River and the Baron Fork, which are both designated as Oklahoma Scenic Rivers. It is nestled in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains in the northeastern part of the state. This area, known as Green Country, is surrounded by dense oak-hickory forests, tall bluffs, and rolling hills. The lake has 130 miles of shoreline with plenty of wildlife such as deer and turkey. It serves as one of the flyways of migratory birds, including bald eagles, common loons, and white pelicans.
Nearby Attractions
Visit the Tenkiller State Park for its nature center and scuba diving park, the Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge near Vian, or the historic city of Tahlequah - the capital of the Cherokee Nation. The scenic upper Illinois River near Tahlequah is great for canoeing and rafting, and the lower Illinois near Gore offers prime trout fishing.
What the agency tells you
Check-out time: 3:00 pm. Check-in time: 6:00 pm. You must stop and register at the Gate Shack upon arrival.
Quiet hours: 10:00 pm - 6:00 am. Entrance gate will be closed during this time.
Grey water and sewage must be properly disposed of in the provided dump station receptacle.. Disposal of any water or waste on the ground is prohibited.
Everything else this campground posts · 10
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Limit 3 tents or 1 wheeled camper and 2 tents per camp pad.
Pets must remain restrained on a leash or penned at all times. Pets are NOT allowed on swim beaches or in bathrooms.
Group shelters are for day use only.
Fireworks are prohibited.
Fishing and hunting are regulated by federal and state laws.
Campers must occupy the campsite at least once during each 24 hour period. Abandoned personal property may be subject to impoundment after 24 hours.
Camping is limited to 14 consecutive days within any 30 day period. This applies to all members of the camping party and the camping unit.
Fires must be contained within the fire ring or grill provided. These are NOT trash receptacles, please leave them free of food and litter upon departure.
Campers shall keep their sites free of trash and litter during the period of occupancy and shall remove all personal equipment and clean their sites upon departure. Trash must be placed in the provided dumpsters.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 101
- Hookups
- 101 electric, 73 water
- Longest rig
- 146 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Not allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…have electricity, too. The park has flush toilets, hot showers, water hydrants, a swim beach,…”
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “The park has flush toilets, hot showers, water hydrants, a swim beach, playground, dump station and a boat ramp complex.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…The park has flush toilets, hot showers, water hydrants, a swim beach, playground, dump station and a boat…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Store
- Nearby
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Swimming
- Night sky · 57th darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 4
148 of 206 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:14 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $23–$25 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.
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:14 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
103 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 103 mapped sitesAll 103 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 101 of the 103 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| CHICKEN CREEK | 001 | standard electric | 75 ft | 30 amp | 83 ft | 402 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 002 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 224 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 003 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 176 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 004 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 25 ft | 168 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 005 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 25 ft | 161 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 006 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 77 ft | 145 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 007 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 56 ft | 242 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 008 | standard electric | 105 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 267 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 009 | standard electric | 70 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 302 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 010 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 359 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 011 | standard electric | 72 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 322 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 012 | standard electric | 37 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 343 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 013 | standard electric | 103 ft | 30 amp | 82 ft | 267 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 014 | standard electric | 34 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 312 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 015 | standard electric | 140 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 206 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 016 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 86 ft | 242 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 017 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 254 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 018 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 125 ft | 131 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 019 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 106 ft | 155 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 020 | standard electric | 104 ft | 30 amp | 84 ft | 240 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 021 | standard electric | 45 ft | 30 amp | 53 ft | 317 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 022 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 53 ft | 341 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 023 | standard electric | 95 ft | 30 amp | 84 ft | 419 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 024 | standard electric | 78 ft | 30 amp | 101 ft | 436 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 025 | standard electric | 125 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 409 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 026 | standard electric | 110 ft | 50 amp | 50 ft | 451 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 027 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 78 ft | 518 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 028 | standard electric | 90 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 443 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 029 | standard electric | 72 ft | 30 amp | 37 ft | 297 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 030 | standard electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 37 ft | 296 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 031 | standard electric | 71 ft | 30 amp | 89 ft | 227 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 032 | standard electric | 145 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 183 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 033 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 81 ft | 102 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 034 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 125 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 035 | standard electric | 71 ft | 30 amp | 91 ft | 143 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 036 | standard electric | 67 ft | 30 amp | 91 ft | 130 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 037 | standard electric | 71 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 137 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 038 | standard electric | 105 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 202 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 040 | standard electric | 62 ft | 30 amp | 47 ft | 426 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 041 | standard electric | 43 ft | 30 amp | 47 ft | 453 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 042 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 74 ft | 461 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 043 | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 117 ft | 579 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 044 | standard electric | 88 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 635 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 045 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 72 ft | 721 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 046 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 26 ft | 704 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 047 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 26 ft | 707 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 048 | standard electric | 94 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 719 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 049 | standard electric | 46 ft | 30 amp | 57 ft | 660 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 050 | standard electric | 32 ft | 30 amp | 51 ft | 678 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 051 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 606 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 052 | standard electric | 95 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 665 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 053 | standard electric | 79 ft | 30 amp | 64 ft | 602 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 054 | standard electric | 73 ft | 30 amp | 61 ft | 691 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 055 | standard electric | 79 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 757 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 056 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | 84 ft | 845 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 057 | standard electric | 62 ft | 30 amp | 67 ft | 916 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 058 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 894 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 059 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 835 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 060 | standard electric | 97 ft | 30 amp | 41 ft | 825 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 061 | standard electric | 58 ft | 30 amp | 30 ft | 789 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 062 | standard electric | 87 ft | 30 amp | 73 ft | 804 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 063 | standard electric | 95 ft | 30 amp | 30 ft | 765 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 064 | standard electric | 52 ft | 30 amp | 46 ft | 696 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 065 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 46 ft | 738 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 066 | standard electric | 73 ft | 30 amp | 114 ft | 652 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 067 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 227 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 068 | standard electric | 62 ft | 30 amp | 55 ft | 282 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 069 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 209 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 070 | standard electric | 72 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 259 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 071 | standard electric | 67 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 199 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 072 | standard electric | 65 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 254 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 073 | standard electric | 57 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 189 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 074 | standard electric | 74 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 244 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 075 | standard electric | 55 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 231 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 076 | standard electric | 90 ft | 30 amp | 65 ft | 311 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 077 | standard electric | 63 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 294 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 078 | standard electric | 88 ft | 30 amp | 62 ft | 386 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 079 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 54 ft | 342 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 080 | standard electric | 61 ft | 30 amp | 40 ft | 440 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 081 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 59 ft | 393 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 082 | standard electric | 90 ft | 30 amp | 40 ft | 474 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 083 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 569 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 084 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 43 ft | 625 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 085 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 616 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 086 | standard electric | 85 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 557 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 087 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 34 ft | 601 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 088 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 33 ft | 588 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 089 | standard electric | 56 ft | 30 amp | 33 ft | 577 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 090 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 511 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 091 | standard electric | 80 ft | 30 amp | 41 ft | 392 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 092 | standard electric | 86 ft | 30 amp | 41 ft | 351 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 093 | standard electric | 51 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 299 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 094 | standard electric | 67 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 232 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 095 | standard electric | 105 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 234 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 096 | standard electric | 146 ft | 30 amp | 48 ft | 303 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 097 | standard electric | 50 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 236 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 098 | standard electric | 100 ft | 30 amp | 50 ft | 286 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 099 | standard electric | 85 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 236 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 100 | standard electric | 85 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 303 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 101 | standard electric | 85 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 366 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | 102 | standard electric | 90 ft | 30 amp | 104 ft | 463 ft | $23–$25 |
| CHICKEN CREEK | S001 | day use | 30 amp | 108 ft | 435 ft | $50 | |
| CHICKEN CREEK | S002 | day use | 84 ft | 494 ft | $10 |
The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It files them as day use. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.
25 of 103 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Cookson Bend1.7 mi
Snake Creek2.4 mi
Pettit Bay5.0 mi
Elk Creek Landing5.9 mi
Strayhorn Landing7.0 mi
Dam Site (Fort Gibson Lake)20 miFrom Gore, Oklahoma, go 17.5 miles northeast on Highway 100, take the turn left and go 1.5 miles northwest on the paved access road. Follow signs into the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Cookson, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 49°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 Julys are colder than the July 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
Chicken Creek is in Oklahoma’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Josh Brecheen (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →