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Established Camping

Tall Chief Cove

13 Reviews

Warning 1 Alert is In Effect

There is 1 alert for this campground. Camp safely!

Starting April 1st, 2024, USACE campgrounds on Skiatook and Birch Lakes are implementing the following: <ul> <li><strong>check-in time has changed to 3:00 PM </strong></li> <li><strong>check-out time has changed to 1:00 PM</strong></li> </ul> For questions, please call the Skiatook Project Office at (918) 396-3170.

About

US Army Corps of Engineers

Skiatook Lake

Overview

Located on beautiful Skiatook Lake in northeast Oklahoma, Tall Chief Cove is one of the most popular campgrounds in the region. The campground has a variety of sites along the forested lakeshore, and visitors can enjoy boating, hiking, swimming, picnicking and fishing from the facility.

Recreation

Families enjoy the convenience of this facility's swim beach, picnic areas, nature trail, playground and educational programs. Sport fishing for largemouth bass, black and white crappie, channel catfish and several species of sunfish offers anglers many hours of enjoyment on the lake. About 6,000 acres of public land in the lake area are open to hunters wishing to pursue whitetail, quail, rabbit and squirrel.

Facilities

Natural Features

Gentle rolling hills of blackjack and post oak trees intersperse with tall grass prairie around the glistening lake. The shoreline is accentuated by steep picturesque bluffs which offer views of the water.

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Location

Tall Chief Cove is located in Oklahoma

Directions

From Tulsa, Oklahoma, take Highway 75 north to State Highway 20. Take the Skiatook exit, turn west on State Highway 20 and drive about 15 miles. Turn left on Lake Road and proceed about five miles to the campground.

Address

14004 Lake Road
Skiatook, OK 74070

Coordinates

36.3219444 N
96.1208333 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Boat-In
Sites accessible by watercraft.

Stay Connected

WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
Unknown
AT&T
Good
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group

Features

For Campers

Trash
Picnic Table
Phone Service
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Water Hookups

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$50

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General Info

Dennis P.

Guide

Reviewed May. 21, 2023

Nice weekend stay

Pulled into the campground on a rainy Friday night for the minimum 2 night stay. It worked out for what we needed at the time. Didn't care for the slope of our site, but there were only a couple available when we booked it.

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Month of VisitJune

Lynzie T.

Guide

Reviewed Apr. 22, 2023

Wow!

It just never ends…and it’s so lovely!

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Month of VisitMay

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Damien B.

Guide

Reviewed Apr. 23, 2022

Great for RV's and Lake Activities

The title says it all, being right off the lake you get all of your lake benefits.

I went on a very windy day, so tent camping was never going to happen, but getting rocked to sleep in my hammock was nice.

Pros: Electric hookups at all sites No light pollution Good bathrooms and showers

Cons: A Loop, is really the only loop you should tent in Two night minimum The "nature trail" is just a cut from A Loop to the showers

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Month of VisitMay

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James K.

Guide

Reviewed Apr. 23, 2022

Nice lakeside campground

Nice lakeside campground. Electric at every site and communal water spigots. Flush toilets and showers. Site has a playground, disc golf course, volleyball, basketball hoop. Site is set up for trailers but they accept tent campers.

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Month of VisitMay

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Liz R.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 15, 2021

Great spot to camp

We love to camp at Tall Chief Cove - Skiatook. We have camped here several times with friends and share the same site, with spots for two campers; right on the lake.

Site1415

Month of VisitJune

Bonnie A.

Ranger

Reviewed Sep. 10, 2020

Pretty Lake View

Stayed in B39 with a lake view and saw lots of bird wildlife. N9 sewer hookup but had a nice covered pavilion, fire ring, concrete pad with a concrete patio. Loved it.

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Randy S.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 4, 2020

Great campground on the lake

Reservations only so be sure to plan ahead. The best sites need to be reserved as many as 6 months in advance. Our favorite is A22 since it’s right on the water with a place for a boat and great area for swimming. The only inconvenience is this site is farthest from the shared water source. They do however allow a splitter valve. Best to fill your tank before heading out, bring 200’ of hose, or bring a couple water containers.

Vance D.

Scout

Reviewed Apr. 13, 2019

Secluded and peaceful

The views in the area are beautiful, especially from the cliffs. There are multiple areas to hike, kayak, fish, or boat in the area. Not too far from Skiatook if you need to head into a town which is nice for some people.

Month of VisitAugust

Myriah J.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 4, 2018

Great place to camp with the family

there are lots of great spots on the water, but you have to book a while in advance on busier weekends for those. RV spots seem extra big!!

Mindy W.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018

boating

great camp ground and great boating. a good place to go and have time with the family and friend

Tom K.

Legend

Reviewed Jun. 26, 2018

Boating Campground

This campground is smaller with a single loop and is most ideal for RV's and boaters. It doesn't offer much privacy from each other but in a group camp or RV it wouldn't be bad at all. The bathrooms are in excellent shape and a newer build and ALWAYS clean which is a major plus as they really take care of this place. There are several picnic areas and places to enjoy the lake. My only drawback is they made is leave if we weren't camping that night and playing in the water with our dogs.

Tom K.

Legend

Reviewed Jun. 4, 2018

Lake Camping at it's best

I have been going to Skiatook Lake almost all of my life with friends and family to boat and enjoy the beaches. The campground is rather pleasant, if small and the spots are pretty close to one another. Mostly geared to RV's, tent camping is loud and not the most fun. We wouldn't go here for hiking and only to enjoy the lake. The beach is great for dogs but we got kicked out because we didn't have a spot when literally no one was in the park. That sours my opinion of the campground but overall, if you are a boater and RVer it is one of the best spots in the region.

Month of VisitOctober

Annie C.

Legend

Reviewed Nov. 1, 2017

Campground surrounded by Affluence

This was an interesting campground to access.You have to know where you want to end up as the drive in through fancy subdivisions is not what a typical camper necessarily expects to have to do. But once you get past the expensive houses on huge lots and go down the hill to the campground you discover a really nice campground on a beautiful lake. This is really a lake camper more than anything else, but there are plenty of activities to keep everyone in the family happy. There is a nice beach, huge playground, lots of open spaces for family games, a beach volleyball area and horseshoe pits. There is even a frisbee golf course as well as a nice amphitheater. All of the campsites are on the lake with all sites having electric and water, and if you are lucky you can score a site with a covered picnic table (there were only a few sites that had this nice luxury). This is an RV/camper type campground, I didn’t see any other tents besides mine. There was a short nature trail, but again, this is a campground geared to lake living. The bathhouse was one of the cleanest, most modern I’ve ever seen in a campground.

Month of VisitNovember