Gentry Creek
1Heads up1 fire 20 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:14 UTC
- A night
- $16–$30Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 37All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Gentry Creek Campground sits along the beaches of Eufaula Lake in the green hills of Oklahoma. Keep reading
Recreation
Eufaula Lake has long been recognized for its outstanding fishing. 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. Boating and kayaking are popular activities in the area. A boat ramp is provided at the campground for easy access to the water. A variety of hiking trails wind throughout the hills and along the shoreline, offering additional activities for campers.
Facilities
Gentry Creek Campground offers 26 campsites spread out along the lake shore. A boat ramp helps visitors enjoy the lake.
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 600 miles of shoreline and 102,000 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
Robber's Cave State Park and two other state parks located on Eufaula Lake offer a variety of recreational experiences, including golf courses, swimming pools and hiking trails. The historic town of Eufaula offers an array of antique shops and restaurants.
What the agency tells you
- 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 more hose to reach. We apologive 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.
Once you have reserved and are occupying your campsite, if a Gate Attendant is on duty (Thursday - Monday 10AM to 10PM), please take the time to check-in with them, otherwise a volunteer will check you in during their daily patrol of the campground. Thank you.
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.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 37 · 4 tent-only
- Hookups
- 19 electric, 26 water
- Longest rig
- 50 ft
- Paved pads
- 29 of 37
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Night sky · 49th darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 4
42 of 72 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.
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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.
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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 16:14 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
37 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 37 mapped sitesAll 37 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 37 of the 37 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| GCRE | 01 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 103 ft | 66 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 02 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 76 ft | 124 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 03 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 92 ft | 70 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 04 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 76 ft | 73 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 05 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 61 ft | 22 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 06 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 61 ft | 30 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 07 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 56 ft | 54 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 08 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 56 ft | 98 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 09 | tent only nonelectric | 102 ft | 145 ft | $16 | ||
| GCRE | 11 | tent only nonelectric | 90 ft | 107 ft | $16 | ||
| GCRE | 12 | tent only nonelectric | 90 ft | 109 ft | $16 | ||
| GCRE | 14 | standard electric | 28 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 298 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 15 | standard electric | 26 ft | 30 amp | 68 ft | 230 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 16 | standard electric | 32 ft | 30 amp | 134 ft | 181 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 17 | standard electric | 28 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 162 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 18 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 39 ft | 125 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 19 | standard electric | 37 ft | 30/50 amp | 57 ft | 286 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 20 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30/50 amp | 65 ft | 272 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 21 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30/50 amp | 57 ft | 277 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 22 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 330 ft | under 10 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 23 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30/50 amp | 33 ft | 139 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 24 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30/50 amp | 33 ft | 138 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 25 | standard electric | 40 ft | 30/50 amp | 60 ft | 168 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 26 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30/50 amp | 67 ft | 168 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 27 | standard electric | 35 ft | 30/50 amp | 104 ft | 272 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 28 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30/50 amp | 127 ft | 376 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 29 | standard electric | 34 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 66 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 30 | standard electric | 30 ft | 30 amp | 42 ft | 88 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 31 | standard electric | 38 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 111 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 32 | standard electric | 25 ft | 30 amp | 63 ft | 92 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 33 | standard electric | 18 ft | 30 amp | 66 ft | 104 ft | $26–$30 |
| GCRE | 35 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 30 ft | 103 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 36 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 30 ft | 114 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 37 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 85 ft | 71 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 38 | tent only nonelectric | 85 ft | 94 ft | $16 | ||
| GCRE | 39 | standard nonelectric | 26 ft | 40 ft | 152 ft | $16 | |
| GCRE | 40 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 40 ft | 177 ft | $16 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 37 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Belle Starr14 mi
Dam Site East (Ok)16 mi
Elm Point (Ok)16 mi
Oak Ridge (Ok)16 mi
Mill Creek (OK)17 mi
Porum Landing19 miFrom Checotah, Oklahoma, travel 9 miles west on Highway 266. Follow the signs to the campground entrance.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Council Hill, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 74°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
Gentry 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 →