Potato Hills South
1Heads up1 fire 36 mi away
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 15 of the next 15 nights read 16:17 UTC
- A night
- $16From, per site
- Sites
- 18All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Located on the shoreline of Sardis Lake in beautiful southeast Oklahoma, Potato Hills South Campground offers outdoor recreation activities for all interests, whether its water sports in the expansive lake or hiking in the nearby Quachita Mountains. Keep reading
Recreation
Sardis Lake is known for its fishing, producing several of Oklahoma's largest species of bass. Fishing enthusiasts can also expect to catch crappie, catfish and walleye. Boating, water sports and hiking top the list of recreational opportunities at the lake.
Facilities
Boat ramps are available for visitors, as well as a picnic area and playground that provide an ideal setting for parties or family get-togethers.
Natural Features
Sardis Lake is a reservoir fed by the waters of Jackfork Creek, a tributary of the Kiamichi river in the scenic foothills of the Ouachita Mountains. Hunters and wildlife enthusiasts will enjoy visiting the public hunting and wildlife propagation areas near Sardis Lake, which have been set aside on more than 8,000 acres of undeveloped land.
Nearby Attractions
Additional camping is also available at Potato Hills Central Campground. Nature trails are accessible near the campsite.
What the agency tells you
Firewood restrictions are in effect to prevent the spread of invasive insects and disease; http://dontmovefirewood.org/ Click here for more information
Pets must be on a six foot leash at all times. Pets are not allowed on the beach.
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
- 18
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 84 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Swimming
- Night sky · 13th darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 3
37 of 40 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:17 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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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.
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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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $16 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 16:17 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
20 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 20 mapped sitesAll 20 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. 18 of the 20 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 001 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 59 ft | 129 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 002 | standard nonelectric | 67 ft | 59 ft | 87 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 003 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 83 ft | 79 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 004 | standard nonelectric | 69 ft | 55 ft | 80 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 005 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 52 ft | 82 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 006 | standard nonelectric | 68 ft | 52 ft | 56 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 007 | standard nonelectric | 76 ft | 67 ft | 144 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 008 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 55 ft | 129 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 009 | standard nonelectric | 52 ft | 65 ft | 46 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 010 | standard nonelectric | 66 ft | 55 ft | 148 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 011 | standard nonelectric | 74 ft | 65 ft | 23 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 012 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 61 ft | 129 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 013 | standard nonelectric | 54 ft | 63 ft | 46 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 014 | standard nonelectric | 84 ft | 45 ft | 53 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 015 | standard nonelectric | 80 ft | 45 ft | 60 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 016 | standard nonelectric | 73 ft | 90 ft | 143 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 017 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 61 ft | 177 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | 018 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 101 ft | 239 ftSardis Lake | $16 | ||
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | GDS-A | day use | 30 amp | yes | 824 ft | 122 ftSardis Lake | $75 | |
| POTATO HILLS SOUTH | GDS-B | day use | 30 amp | yes | 612 ft | 140 ftSardis Lake | $75 |
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.
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.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Potato Hills Central0.0 mi
Turkey Creek30 mi
Rattan Landing31 mi
Lost Rapids33 mi
Little River Park34 miBilly Creek Recreation AreaOuachita National Forest · 34 miFrom US-69, turn south on Indian Nations Turnpike and continue approximately 26 miles. Turn east on State Highway 43 to Sardis Lake Office, and after about 33 miles turn north on State Highway 2 and continue two miles to the campsite.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Clayton, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 49°F, day 75°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 29°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
Potato Hills South 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 →