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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (216)
What Guests Are Saying
Chicken Creek offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience with stunning lake views and friendly staff, making it a favorite for many visitors. While the campground has been praised for its clean facilities and helpful hosts, there have been consistent complaints regarding maintenance issues, particularly with the grass height and overflowing trash dumpsters. Despite these challenges, many campers enjoyed their stay and expressed a desire to return, highlighting the park's charm and community atmosphere.
What Guests Are Saying
Chicken Creek offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience with stunning lake views and friendly staff, making it a favorite for many visitors. While the campground has been praised for its clean facilities and helpful hosts, there have been consistent complaints regarding maintenance issues, particularly with the grass height and overflowing trash dumpsters. Despite these challenges, many campers enjoyed their stay and expressed a desire to return, highlighting the park's charm and community atmosphere.
Review Summary
Preston W
VerifiedJuly 28, 2024 • Stayed at: 001, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
a good camping trip -campsite #1 no one behind u plenty of space for boat & trlr fairly shaded, view of lake through the teees
Glenlynn B
VerifiedJuly 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
Poorly maintained! Never do they weed eat. People bring their own weed eaters.
The cement pad that the picnic tables sit on are covered with dirt and stones. Bathroom was closed the whole time we were there. Poorly maintained.
Michael K
VerifiedJuly 16, 2024 • Stayed at: 098, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
Got a last minute spot on a holiday weekend so the site wasn't great but it was good. ( Site # 98 ). The plug in receptacle was worn out, very loose. Camp host took notes and was going to turn it in. The camp host, Clarence and his wife were very nice and accommodating people. For a 4th of July weekend they kept the campgrounds very clean. The black/gray water dump area was good. We have other favorite areas on Tenkiller but would definitely stay at chicken creek again!
gary b
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
Lot was good, but Fireworks were shot off every night on the 4th, 5th and 6th, keeping us awake and upsetting our dog terribly. We thought that fireworks were not allowed on the property, that was a disappointment.
Sage B
VerifiedJuly 10, 2024 • Stayed at: 005, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
The campgrounds are beautiful. They need a new shack attendant with isn’t rude and doesn’t harass families
Jake A
VerifiedJuly 9, 2024 • Stayed at: 050, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
Site 50 was laid out great and very well shaded. Will definitely camp that spot again. However, it said allowable was 86 ft, absolutely not. My trailer is 31 ft overall and my tongue jack was almost maxed out the get level. Worked for me but I wouldn’t recommend anything bigger.
Nicole D
VerifiedJuly 7, 2024 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
Clean place, however zero shade in the spot we had.
Ron C
VerifiedJuly 4, 2024 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
The gpfolks were n the gate house are super nice and ever checked campsites before you pulled in.
Billy S
VerifiedJune 12, 2024 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
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.
Bryan P
VerifiedJune 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 028, Loop: CHICKEN CREEK
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.
Location & Directions for Chicken Creek
446977 East 980 Road, Gore, OK 74435-9547 United States
Elevation: 205 ft
Getting There
From Gore, Oklahoma, go 17.5 mi northeast on Highway 100, take the turn left and go 1.5 mi northwest on the paved access road. Follow signs into the campground.
Highway access
The campground is accessible via Highway 100, which connects to Gore, Oklahoma.
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
6PM
Check out time
3PM
General
- Grey water and sewage must be properly disposed of in the provided dump station receptacle.. Disposal of any water or waste on the ground is prohibited.
- Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
- Limit 3 tents or 1 wheeled camper and 2 tents per camp pad.
- Pets must remain restrained on a leash or penned at all times. Pets are NOT allowed on swim beaches or in bathrooms.
- Group shelters are for day use only.
- Fireworks are prohibited.
- Fishing and hunting are regulated by federal and state laws.
- Campers must occupy the campsite at least once during each 24 hour period. Abandoned personal property may be subject to impoundment after 24 hours.
- Camping is limited to 14 consecutive days within any 30 day period. This applies to all members of the camping party and the camping unit.
- Fires must be contained within the fire ring or grill provided. These are NOT trash receptacles, please leave them free of food and litter upon departure.
- Campers shall keep their sites free of trash and litter during the period of occupancy and shall remove all personal equipment and clean their sites upon departure. Trash must be placed in the provided dumpsters.
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Last updated: October 21, 2026