| Tenkiller State Park | |
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| Location | Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States |
| Nearest city | Gore, OK |
| Coordinates | 35°36′00″N 95°01′58″W / 35.6000951°N 95.0327332°W[1] |
| Area | 1,190 acres (480 ha) |
| Established | 1953 |
| Visitors | 413,396 (in 2021)[2] |
| Governing body | Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department |
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Tenkiller State Park is a 1,190-acre (4.8 km2) Oklahoma state park located in northwestern Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, near the towns of Vian, Oklahoma and Gore, Oklahoma.[3] Larger towns nearby include Sallisaw, Gore, and Webbers Falls, Oklahoma.[a]
The park adjoins Lake Tenkiller, which is the sixth-largest reservoir in Oklahoma, based on normal water capacity. An area of 2,590-acre (10.5 km2), abutting the park on the west, comprises the Tenkiller Wildlife Management Area, and is licensed to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation for a state game management and hunting area. Hunters in this area will find abundant deer, quail, dove, duck, geese, rabbit and squirrel.[4]
The park is 1 of 7 Oklahoma State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with 3 minute and 54 seconds of totality.[5]
- ^ "Pine Creek Cove 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.
- ^ "Tenkiller State Park". Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department. Retrieved January 6, 2013.
- ^ a b >"Tenkiller State Park." Oh Ranger.com. Accessed November 29, 2019.
- ^ R, Mike (July 1, 2021). "Oklahoma 2024 State Park Eclipse Resources". CosmosPNW. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
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