Oklahoma has such a diverse landscape, you can find nearly any type of terrain to camp in. You’ll find campsites with rocky bluffs in the Ozark foothills, to Pine lined lanes in the South East to rolling plains of the South West to the high desert of the Panhandle. If you can’t find yourself someplace to camp in Oklahoma, you aren’t looking very hard.
I like finding out of the way campsites. Those crowded, loud campsites are for the birds! I go camping to get some peace and quiet, not to party. I can find a lot better places to party than some campground. Plus, many campgrounds will throw you out if you get too loud anyways!
So, this is my list of the 3 best out of the way campsites in Oklahoma. My first pick would be American Horse Lake. This lake is known as a great fishing lake, but the camping there isn’t widely known. Maybe that’s because there are only primitive campsites there! No electric, no water, no flush toilets. When you camp at American Horse, you’re camping!
My next pick would be Tom Steed Lake. This lake lies in the South West part of the lake near the town of Mountain Park. Although there is the Great Plains State Park on the South side of the lake, the other areas around the lake are remote and primitive. You have nearly everything you want in a Western scene. Scrub brush, rattlesnakes, tumbleweeds and traditional Western scenery. This type of camping isn’t for the faint of heart.
Finally, the last camping place in Oklahoma is in the Eastern part of the state just off of I-40. It’s called Sallisaw Creek. At one time, Sallisaw Creek use to be several parks. Now it’s just one park, but it still has some great camping with modern facilities if you need them. Sallisaw Creek is on Kerr Lake. It provides great boating and fishing along with some of the best camping in Oklahoma.
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