Washunga Bay
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 15:08 UTC
- A night
- $26–$28Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 37All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Washunga Bay Campground is situated along the banks of Kaw Lake in north central Oklahoma. Keep reading
Recreation
The lake and river are known for producing some of Oklahoma's largest catfish, as well as crappie, white bass and walleye, making it a popular destination for anglers. Hikers and horseback riders are attracted to the beautiful trails along the eastern shore. The Eagle View Hiking Trail is approximately 12 miles long and runs between Osage Cove and Burbank Landing. The Five Fingers Equestrian Trail extends from Burbank Landing to the Sarge Creek Cove Public Use Area. Hunters' skills are tested with excellent populations of whitetail deer, turkey, quail, rabbit and squirrel. During the fall waterfowl seasons Kaw Lake often attracts large numbers of migrating ducks and geese. During the winter visitors are likely to spot migrating bald eagles, as Kaw Lake has one of the biggest populations in the state.
Facilities
Washunga Bay Campground offers 24 campsites with modern amenities like electric hookups, drinking water and flush toilets. A boat ramp provides easy access to the lake.
Natural Features
The lake covers 17,000 surface acres and has 168 miles of shoreline. Completed in 1976, the dam and lake help provide a recreational oasis for outdoor enthusiasts of all types.
Nearby Attractions
The area holds a number of historical sites, including several Native American settlements, archeological sites and the Pioneer Woman Museum.
What the agency tells you
Reserve your campsite through Recreation.gov
Sites 54 and 55 are subject to flooding
One tent and one RV or two tents per campsite
Everything else this campground posts · 1
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
- Hookups
- 37 electric, 37 water
- Longest rig
- 60 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…electric hookups, drinking water and flush toilets. A boat ramp provides easy access to the lake.…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…modern amenities like electric hookups, drinking water and flush toilets. A boat ramp provides easy access…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach, Coast
- Boating
- Fishing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 30th darkest of 106 in OK
- Bortle 4
24 of 37 sites open on Sat, Oct 17read 15:08 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
Watch for a cancellation
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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.
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 · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $26–$28 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 15:08 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 18 mapped sitesAll 37 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 18 of the 37 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. 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.
| WBAY | 01 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 02 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 03 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 04 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 043 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 624 ft | 219 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 044 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 75 ft | 636 ft | 283 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 045 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 72 ft | 639 ft | 363 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 046 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 72 ft | 578 ft | 434 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 047 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 73 ft | 519 ft | 506 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 048 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 90 ft | 435 ft | 612 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 049 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 384 ft | 696 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 05 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 050 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 71 ft | 362 ft | 760 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 051 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 374 ft | 821 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 052 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 60 ft | 379 ft | 872 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 053 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 70 ft | 415 ft | 905 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 056 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 104 ft | 327 ft | 673 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 057 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 398 ft | 592 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 058 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 58 ft | 451 ft | 541 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 059 | standard electric | 60 ft | 30 amp | 157 ft | 482 ft | 377 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 06 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 060 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 588 ft | 171 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 061 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 540 ft | 238 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 062 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 486 ft | 300 ft | $26–$28 |
| WBAY | 07 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 08 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 09 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 10 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 11 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 12 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 13 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 14 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 15 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 16 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 17 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 18 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 | |||
| WBAY | 19 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | $26–$28 |
25 of 37 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Sarge Creek2.7 mi
Coon Creek (OK)4.3 mi
Bear Creek Cove4.9 mi
Osage Cove6.2 mi
Sandy Park8.0 mi
McFadden Cove8.0 miFrom Kaw City, Oklahoma, travel nearly 3 miles east on Highway 11, turn north onto County Road. Follow signs for about 5 miles to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Kaw City, OK
Typical weather
Typical October night 47°F, day 72°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 22°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
Washunga Bay is in Oklahoma’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Frank Lucas (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →