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Jumat, 13 April 2018

Lake Wister State Park is a 3,428-acre (13.87 km2) Oklahoma state park located in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. It is located near the city of Wister, Oklahoma.

Lake Wister State Park, in southeast Oklahoma, is a gateway to the beautiful Ouachita National Forest. The park includes 7,300-acre (30 km2) Lake Wister with five camping areas. The park offers many recreational activities including hiking, camping, bicycling, picnics, fishing, hunting, boating and water skiing. Enjoy the water spray park for children and adults. A waterfowl refuge is nearby, and hunting is allowed at Wister Wildlife Management Area. Camping facilities include cabins, tent sites and RV sites with both modern and semi-modern. Other facilities include comfort stations with showers, picnic tables, group picnic shelters, lighted boat ramps, unlighted gravel ramp, playgrounds, nature center, miniature golf course and swimming beach. Hiking trails include a self-guided nature trail, handicapped trail and a 4-mile (6.4 km) round trip trail. Lake Wister State Park has a fully equipped group camp that accommodates 100 visitors and includes a full kitchen and dining hall.

Proposed park closure in 2018Edit




Lake Wister State Park Southeastern Oklahoma November 2015 -- Camping & Hiking - This is my travel log of our camping trip to Lake Wister State Park in SE Oklahoma. We also took a foliage tour on the Talimena Scenic Drive. The sunsets were amazing! Camping and hiking...

In March 2017, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation published a list of 16 state parks that may be closed to help offset a reduction in its budget for 2018. Lake Wister State Park is on this list. This list represents approximately one-half of the parks remaining after the department closed seven parks in 2011.


ReferencesEdit


Lake Wister Hiking Trail - 6 mi (O&B) | Arklahoma Hiker
Lake Wister Hiking Trail - 6 mi (O&B) | Arklahoma Hiker. Source : arkokhiker.org


Lake Wister - Wikipedia
Lake Wister - Wikipedia. Source : en.wikipedia.org

 
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