Cherokee Landing State Park, State park in Cookson Hills, Oklahoma, US
Cherokee Landing State Park is a state park on a peninsula extending into Lake Tenkiller in northeastern Oklahoma. The park covers approximately 146 acres and features wooded areas alongside open water views and natural terrain.
Cherokee Landing State Park covers 146 acres on a peninsula jutting into Lake Tenkiller in the Cookson Hills, south of Tahlequah near Park Hill. On June 15, 2020, Oklahoma began charging an entrance fee at this park and 21 others to fund a backlog of deferred maintenance and park improvements. Fees are waived for honorably discharged veterans and Oklahoma residents aged 62 and older and their spouses.
The park's name refers to the Cherokee Nation, whose capital at Tahlequah lies just north of the site in Cherokee County. Visitors today use the peninsula for softball games, swimming at the beach and water skiing on Lake Tenkiller, with covered picnic shelters for group outings. A handicapped fishing dock lets anglers fish from the shore.
The park provides 93 RV campsites with electric and water hookups and 45 primitive camping spots with restrooms and shower facilities. A boat ramp offers direct access to the water for boating and fishing activities.
The park sits on a peninsula jutting into Lake Tenkiller in the Cookson Hills, south of Tahlequah near Park Hill. Just west of the boundary lies a 2,950-acre state game management area run by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, where hunting for deer, quail, dove, duck, geese, rabbit and squirrel is allowed, unlike inside the park.
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