Elm Point (Ok)
1Heads up1 fire 21 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:22 UTC
- A night
- $16–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 21All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Elm Point is a small campground located at the South end of the lake and is 10 miles from McAlester. Keep reading
Recreation
Eufaula Lake has long been recognized for its outstanding fishery. Crappie, sand bass, catfish, and black bass in the lake reach record size. Below the dam, striped bass reaching over 40 pounds have been caught in the tailwaters.
Facilities
1 Vault type toilet Boat Launching ramp Group picnic shelter No shower facility Natural Features Eufaula Lake is the largest lake located entirely in the state of Oklahoma. It is located on the Canadian River, 27 miles upstream from its confluence with the Arkansas River. The dam, completed in 1964 and dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson, was originally built for flood control. With over 800 miles of shoreline and 105,000 surface acres of water, Eufaula Lake offers a variety of recreational opportunities. The shoreline ranges from vast expanses of sandy beaches to rocky bluffs, and the scenery is especially beautiful during the fall months, when visitors are treated to an array of vivid autumn colors.
Nearby Attractions
The City of McAlester offers a variety of activities and restaurants. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (918) 799-5843.
What the agency tells you
A volunteer is located in the park. If you need assistance please call the Eufaula Project Office 918-799-5843 Gates open at 6AM and close at 10PM Check out Time 4PM, Check in Time 6PM Quiet Hours: 10PM to 6AM Camping is permitted in designated campsites only. Each campsite is limited to 1 wheeled camping unit with up to 3 tents. Camping is limited to 14 consecutive days within any 30 day period. Campers must occupy the campsite at least once during each 24 hour period. Each campsite may not have its own water spigot, some share with adjacent sites consequently you may need extra hose to reach, we apologize for the inconvenience. 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. 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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 21 · 2 tent-only
- Hookups
- 19 electric, 19 water
- Longest rig
- 40 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
Facilities
- Toilets
- Vault Toilets
- “Facilities 1 Vault type toilet Boat Launching ramp Group picnic shelter”
- Showers
- None at this campground
- “No shower facility”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Night sky · 50th darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 4
18 of 42 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:22 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 · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $16–$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.
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 15:22 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
22 records
All 22 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. 21 of the 22 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| 10 | standard electric | 15 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 11 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 12 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 13 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 14 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 15 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 16 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 17 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 18 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $26 |
| 19 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $26 |
| 20 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $26 |
| 21 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $26 |
| 22 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | $26 |
| 4 | standard electric | 20 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 5 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 6 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 7 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 8 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| 9 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | $26 |
| Group Picnic 1 | day use | 20 amp | $50 | |
| Tent Camping 1 | tent only nonelectric | $16 | ||
| Tent Camping 2 | tent only nonelectric | $16 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the phone number
Where it is
Dam Site East (Ok)0.0 mi
Oak Ridge (Ok)0.0 mi
Mill Creek (OK)5.3 mi
Belle Starr5.9 mi
Highway 9 Landing6.8 mi
Brooken Cove13 miThe agency publishes this point for 3 campgrounds; it’s likely a district office, not the campground. Use the agency’s own page for directions.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Eufaula, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 76°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 25°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
Elm Point (Ok) 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 →