Chicken Creek

Clean place, however zero shade in the spot we had.

The gpfolks were n the gate house are super nice and ever checked campsites before you pulled in.

I've stayed at Chicken Creek for many years, and the campground really needs some improvements and management. First, the grass was extremely high...So high that people were bringing in their personal equipment to cut the grass. Second, so many tree limbs need cut back as they are damaging campers and boats as they go through the park. We even ran into one backing into our site. The sites are showing age, especially on the reservable side. The campsite tables and benches are falling apart at several sites. For our specific site, the table was on the opposite side of our camper door which was very inconvenient and really didn't make sense. Finally, it was a holiday weekend and the park was full. It would be nice to have someone manage the excessive number of cars and people at a site (since it is supposed to be limited based on the reservation), as well as have quiet hours enforced. I get that it's difficult to manage when the campground is full, but having loud music at 2am should be against the campground rules and enforced. Unfortunately, the campground management chooses to look the other way and ignore it rather than have a confrontation. The location of Chicken Creek is perfect and has so much potential. However, it is in desperate need of an overhaul.

Don’t get me wrong, I love going to lake Tenkiller I also usually enjoy staying at chicken creek when I go camping. However, this past weekend was not a good one. Besides the rain most of the time the tall grass was really annoying. You would think that they would take care of the campgrounds and keep them looking nice especially right before a holiday weekend. The bathrooms were really bad this time also. More so I couldn’t believe how tall the grass was. It was just about the entire talk of the weekend all around the camp sites. Disappointed camping trip and the first time I was actually nervous about having a campfire to make s’mores for the kids.

The park was in need of mowing really bad. Grass was really high. You would think since the park had no available sites open for the holiday weekend they would have seen this was done. I love this park but it is in need of some updating. Rail ties are rotted and spikes are exposed. Tree limbs need trimmed to fit rv in sites.

There were several factors involved in our trip. We usually love staying there but these were a deal breaker for us for the future. First off the spot we reserved (43) said it would accommodate an RV much longer than our 40 ft model. That is in fact misleading and only an experienced driver could navigate that, which my husband did after much heckling and work. Then to top it off the grass was so tall we didn’t even want to be outside because there were ticks crawling on you once you walked out. Not my example of a fun experience. I understand we are in the wild, but… The awesome camp hosts worked with us to move to a better spot for a few nights but I ended up bringing my weed whacker to clear some spots for us to have better use of the site (25).

We love chicken creek and are there all summer!

We stayed here for a week. This is the first time of staying here. All week was great. Not many campers and was very quiet. Come Friday was different story a group of 20 somethings showed up with 3 rv’s and like 15 cars. They spent the day driving around the campground blaring music in cars then would yell and carry on at night until like 2am. They had multiple dogs with them that were all off leash, making it such that no one could walk their dog without fear of a dog attack.
The trees hang over the road way to low as a result while trying to get to our campsite the limbs tore off a vent cap and scraped up the upper part of our brand new 5th wheel.
Overall the park is clean and quiet ( during the week). Great place if you have a tent or smaller camper that is not as tall as a fifth wheel.
Don’t know that we will return due to the damage the trees over the road caused.

We love coming to Chicken creek with our family. The camp grounds are always clean, staff is so nice, and the lake is beautiful. We will be coming back for years to come.

Beautiful lake views, lots to love at this site.