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About Cookson Bend
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (227)
What Guests Are Saying
Cookson Bend offers a generally pleasant camping experience with friendly and helpful staff, clean bathrooms, and nice lakefront campsites. However, some areas require maintenance, including overgrown sites and trash management. While the campground has potential, improvements in facilities and cleanliness would enhance future visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Cookson Bend offers a generally pleasant camping experience with friendly and helpful staff, clean bathrooms, and nice lakefront campsites. However, some areas require maintenance, including overgrown sites and trash management. While the campground has potential, improvements in facilities and cleanliness would enhance future visits.
Review Summary
Brian K
VerifiedJuly 13, 2020 • Stayed at: 004, Loop: CBEN
Good campgrounds just not enough water hookups.
Darrell B
VerifiedJuly 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: CBEN
The campgrounds were very well kept. The bathrooms on the other hand were not.
Darrell B
VerifiedJuly 12, 2020 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: CBEN
The campgrounds were very well kept. The bathrooms on the other hand were not.
Timothy C
VerifiedJuly 9, 2020 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: CBEN
Love Cookson Bend it’s our favorite campground on Tenkiller Lake. The works are very friendly and helpful.
Timothy C
VerifiedJuly 9, 2020 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: CBEN
Love Cookson Bend it’s our favorite campground on Tenkiller Lake. The works are very friendly and helpful.
Tyler F
VerifiedJune 28, 2020 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: CBEN
Well kept camp sites. The pads where all concrete and level. We will definitely be going back!
Tyler F
VerifiedJune 28, 2020 • Stayed at: 031, Loop: CBEN
Well kept camp sites. The pads where all concrete and level. We will definitely be going back!
David C
VerifiedJune 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: 0512
Park staff pleasant, and park itself wonderful.
David C
VerifiedJune 2, 2020 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: 0512
Park staff pleasant, and park itself wonderful.
Joyce F
VerifiedJanuary 30, 2020 • Stayed at: 054, Loop: CBEN
We have a reunion at the lake every year. Sometimes the lake is up and we cannot camp down by the water like last year. We still found a place to camp and enjoyed the lake and the reunion and family. We will be back next year god willing. Thanks for the experience.
Location Cookson Bend
Address:
446977 East 980 Road
Gore, OK, 74435-9547
United States
From Tahlequah, OK go 17.5 miles southeast on Highway 82. Look for sings for Tenkiller and turn right, then
go two miles west on the paved access road.
The campground is accessed via Highway 82, which is approximately 17.5 miles from Tahlequah, OK. No interstates or other major highways are mentioned within 25 miles.
Elevation: 204 feet
26 mi drive to downtown Gore (about 37 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
6PM
Check out time
3PM
General
- You must stop and register at the Gate Shack upon arrival.
- Entrance gate will be closed during this time.
- Limit 3 tents, or 1 wheeled camper and 2 tents per camp pad.
- 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.
- Pets must remain restrained on a leash or penned at all times. Pets are NOT allowed on swim beaches or in bathrooms.
- 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.
- 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: September 4, 2026
