| Quartz Mountain State Park | |
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 Lake Altus and granite peaks in Quartz Mountain State Park | |
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| Location | Greer and Kiowa, Oklahoma, United States |
| Nearest city | Lone Wolf, OK |
| Coordinates | 34°56′30″N 99°16′21″W / 34.9417253°N 99.2725816°W[1] |
| Established | 1937 |
| Visitors | 206,364 (in 2021)[2] |
| Governing body | Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department |
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Quartz Mountain State Park is located in southwest Oklahoma at the western end of the Wichita Mountains, 13 miles (21 km) east of Mangum, Oklahoma and 20 miles (32 km) north of Altus, Oklahoma. The nearest community is Lone Wolf, Oklahoma, about 9 miles (14 km) northeast of the park. It is operated by the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation. The park began as a 158.3-acre tract adjacent to Lake Altus donated to the state by local residents, who had bought the land for $51.58. It was designated as Quartz Mountain State Park, one of the original seven Oklahoma State Parks designated in 1935. Additional land has been donated since then, and the park now encompasses 4,540 acres (18.4 km2).[3] The park occupies land on the west side of Lake Altus-Lugert, which was originally built in 1927, then expanded in 1940 and renamed Lake Altus-Lugert. The park contains 4,284 acres (17.34 km2) of land and more than 6,000 acres (24 km2) of water.[4]
- ^ "Quartz Mountain State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ "Evaluation of Oklahoma's State Parks". Oklahoma Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency (LOFT). March 31, 2022.
- ^ Thomas L. Hedglen, "Quartz Mountain State Park," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Accessed March 5, 2015.
- ^ Neel, Christopher and Richard A. Marston. Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Quartz Mountain Nature Park." Archived November 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved March 8, 2014.