OKLAHOMA'S LAKE MURRAY STATE PARK

LAKE MURRAY STATE PARK

Lake Murray State Park is the oldest and biggest state park in Oklahoma. The state park totally surrounds Lake Murray. All water sports can be found at Lake Murray. The state operated Lake Murray Lodge is on the west shore. The lodge has guest rooms, suites and cabins along with the Apple Bin Restaurant and the Parlor. There are 9 RV campgrounds with over 300 RV campsites. There are hundreds of tent campsites throughout the park, with full hookups, showers and restrooms.

Lake Murray State Park Map

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The most unusual thing at Lake Murray is known as Tucker Tower. It is sort of a shortened obelisk, like the Washington Monument, but not fully grown. Tucker Tower was built by the WPA during the Roosevelt years. It served as a summer retreat for Oklahoma Governor Murray.

Tucker Tower is no longer a summer retreat. It is the Tucker Tower Museum & Nature Center.

From Tucker Tower's first-floor patio, the tower rises 65 feet into the air, from the top of the tower visitors can look for miles in any direction. The patio is about 60 feet above lake level. The tower has one roofed and two open patios, reached via a flower lined walkway from the parking lot, with a lake lookout along the path.

Tucker Tower opened in 1954 as a geological museum, with the top exhibit being a granular hexahedrite meteorite found on the state park's property in the 1930s. In 1981 the Tucker Tower geological museum expanded its focus to also be a nature center.

The Lake Murray State Park meteorite is the largest of its kind ever found and the fifth largest in the world.

Sunset on Lake Murray. At Lake Murray you can golf, picnic, camp, ride horses, go on hayrides, play tennis, softball, baseball, toss horseshoes, play badminton and volleyball, ride ATV and dirt bikes, fish and go swim.

Features/Facilities: Bicycle Rental • Canoe Rental • Coffee Maker • Credit Cards Accepted • Fishing Boat Rental • Handicap Accessible • Horse Rental • Jet Ski/Waverunner Rental • Lake/River View • Outdoor Swimming Pool • Pontoon Rental • Restaurant on Site • Sailboat Rental • Satellite/Cable TV • Senior Discount • Ski Boat Rental • Suites • 5,728 Lake Acres • 12,496 Park Acres • Resort Inn (50 guest rooms & suites) • 7 Meeting Rooms (capacity of 400) • Apple Bin Restaurant • The Parlor (food, drinks & country music) • 8 Camping Areas, 450 Campsites • Assigned Campground • 3 Group Camps (capacities of 190, 180 & 160) • Nature Center • Naturalist • Nature & Hiking Trail • Motorcycle Trail • 3-Mile Shoreline Hike • Swimming Beach & Pool • Boating • Water Skiing • Horseback Riding & Equestrian Trail • Bicycle Rentals • Miniature Golf • Game Room • Marina (boat & personal watercraft rentals) • Grocery • Airstrip • Scuba Diving • Recreation Specialist • Ranger Programs • 56 cottages (some w/kitchenettes) • ATV Rentals 580-222-5220 • Cabins (800) 257-0322, Resort Rooms (580) 223-6600, Pro Shop (580) 223-6613, Tucker Tower Nature Center (580)223-2109, Park Office (580) 223-4044.

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One of the cottage cabins you can stay in at Lake Murray State Park. The resort inn has 50 guest rooms and suites. There are 56 cottages, some with kitchens. There are 3 Group Camps, 8 Camping Areas.

A Lake Murray swimming hole.

Near Lake Murray is Turner Falls Park, the Arbuckle Wilderness, Fort Washita and the Chickasaw National Recreational Area.

Are you planning an Oklahoma Trip? Do you need a Travel Guide, or a Brochure about an Oklahoma Attraction like Turner Falls or Tulsa . Are you looking for information about Lodging or Camping? Do you need Maps with good directions? You will find all the Oklahoma Information you need by visiting one of the 12 Oklahoma Travel Information Centers located at convenient locations throughout Oklahoma.

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