About Pettit Bay
Number of accommodations: 86
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Dump Station
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (167)
What Guests Are Saying
Pettit Bay offers a beautiful camping experience with friendly staff, clean sites, and a lovely lake, making it an enjoyable destination for families. While some facilities, such as restrooms and the boat dock, require repairs and maintenance, many campers appreciate the well-maintained grounds and courteous hosts. Overall, visitors express a desire to return, highlighting the park's potential with improved management and infrastructure.
What Guests Are Saying
Pettit Bay offers a beautiful camping experience with friendly staff, clean sites, and a lovely lake, making it an enjoyable destination for families. While some facilities, such as restrooms and the boat dock, require repairs and maintenance, many campers appreciate the well-maintained grounds and courteous hosts. Overall, visitors express a desire to return, highlighting the park's potential with improved management and infrastructure.
Review Summary
Chris Y
VerifiedSeptember 13, 2020 • Stayed at: A33, Loop: PBAI
Absolutely perfect!
Robert P
VerifiedSeptember 11, 2020 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: PBA2
Boat ramp on 2 side is double wide. Catfish were biting on shad.
Crystal S
VerifiedSeptember 11, 2020 • Stayed at: A02, Loop: PBAI
Very nice campsite. Electric, water. Bathrooms need updated
Kyndra M
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2020 • Stayed at: A05, Loop: PBAI
Love this campsite!! Great hosts, swimming area and boat ramps!! We have been staying here for years!!
Kristy C
VerifiedAugust 23, 2020 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: PBA2
Outstanding campground!
Casey W
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: A21, Loop: PBAI
Beautiful bay area setting. We were right on the water where we could park our boats. This was an awesome weekend. Nice and quiet and peaceful. Note: bring a splitter for the water hookup, you have to share with your neighbors.
Elizabeth H
VerifiedAugust 17, 2020 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: PBA2
We arrived Friday evening, got the camper set up in PBII #21 and boat in the water. Turned on the A/C so the camper would cool down and then went for a boat ride. When we arrived back at camp around 9pm we realized the camper was not cooling down in spite of the A/C being on. Some quick trouble shooting using a voltage meter (thank goodness the friends with us were electricians) and we realized we had low voltage. Our 30 amp spot was only putting out about 1/2 of that and it was not enough to make the compressor kick on. Talking to the campers next to us, we found out they didn't even have enough power to run a fan in their camper. After calling the numbers I could find online we headed to the gate. By now it was just after 10pm and the gate and gate shack were closed. I called the numbers on the window and finally reached someone at the Corp of Engineers number, I believe it was an answering service. She was very helpful and advised us to find the camp hosts to let them know. My husband walked the short distance to their camper and knocked. After the gentleman answered he explained what was going on and that we were worried about the electric (never mind the fact it was still 90 degrees outside at this time) and explained about the person next to us having issues as well. My husband was told "sorry, nothing we can do, maintenance leaves at midnight and no one works on weekends". My hubs didn't realize it was only around 10:30 at the time so the midnight statement from the camp host was irrelevant. We headed back to our camper and stayed outside as long as we could and then thankfully used our fans to keep us and our guests cool. The neighbors had to sleep outside! The next day the camp hosts sent the park ranger to talk to us, but we were already on the water. Later we went to check with the gate shack and the woman working was quite possibly the rudest person I've very met. We camp in the same site several times a year, and this was a terrible experience.
Lindsey N
VerifiedAugust 9, 2020 • Stayed at: A35, Loop: PBAI
We love Pettit Bay. We spent most of our summer weekends camping. Lynn is a Rockstar!
Tera W
VerifiedAugust 9, 2020 • Stayed at: 43, Loop: PBA2
Not sure why the bathrooms failed more than once but when everything was working it’s a great camping experience
Helen C
VerifiedJuly 29, 2020 • Stayed at: 09, Loop: PBA2
We loved the park overall. The RV site was perfect with a lovely view of the lake. We enjoyed our stay and looking forward to coming back.
Location Pettit Bay
Address:
446977 East 980 Road
Gore, OK, 74435-9547
United States
From Tahlequah, OK, go 8.25 miles south on Highway 82, turn right on Indian
Road and go two miles south. Then turn left and go one mile southeast on the
paved access road.
Latitude & Longitude: 35.7536 / -94.9478
Elevation: 208 feet
Policies & Rules
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| General |
Check-out time: 3:00 pm. Check-in time: 6:00 pm. You must stop and register at the Gate Shack upon arrival. |
| General |
Quiet hours: 10:00 pm - 6:00 am. Entrance gates will be closed during this time. |
| 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. |
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Pets must remain restrained on a leash or penned at all times. Pets are not allowed on swim beaches or in bathrooms. |
| General |
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. |
| General |
Group shelters are day use only. |
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Limit 3 tents, or 1 wheeled camper and 2 tents per camp pad. |
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Fireworks are prohibited. |
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Fishing and hunting are regulated by federal and state laws. |
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Campers must occupy the campsite at least once during each 24 hour period. Abandoned personal property may be subject to impoundment after 24 hours. |
| General |
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. |
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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. |
| General |
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. |
