About Pettit Bay
Number of accommodations: 86
Campground Amenities
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Marina -
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
Meredith F
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2022 • Stayed at: 14, Loop: PBA2
Always clean, beautiful, and family friendly!
Carlie G
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: PBA2
Loved it here, quiet and beautiful!
Wendy M
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: 37, Loop: PBA2
The park was beautiful, however the bathrooms need more ventilation and having gates locked at 10 was an inconvenience
Marisa C
VerifiedSeptember 12, 2022 • Stayed at: A27, Loop: PBAI
We tent camped. Swimming area is just south of site A27. We had no idea where it was when we reserved our spot. Not a beach, just rocks, so bring sturdy lake shoes.
Ask for a number to report people who come in the middle of the night. We stayed 3 nights. 1 night had visitors to the campground who blasted music for 40+minutes as they drove around waking up campers. 40 minutes is WAY to long for them to not be thrown out. But we didn’t have a number to contact to get rid of them. Crappy nights sleep and cranky kids the next day.
There were 2 showers per bathroom available. One of which only produced a drizzle of water. Walls were so warped you could see into the shower next to you. Curtains were covered in mildew and had very rusty rods. Benches for holding shower items were bolted too far from showers, causing you to have to dart out of the privacy(if you could call it that) of your stall and hope no one saw you.
Water was pretty, and easy to get to, but the partitioned swimming area was only about 3ft deep (due to the lake being extremely low). We had a large campsite but there wasn’t access to drinking water.
Photos of campsites are out of date. Ours was supposed to have a stand alone grill and it had been taken out.
Knowing what I know now, I’d camp here again if I can get a complaint number and if I bring my own solar shower….and earplugs.
Gerald P
VerifiedSeptember 4, 2022 • Stayed at: 01, Loop: PBA2
It was nice
Crystal S
VerifiedAugust 22, 2022 • Stayed at: A16, Loop: PBAI
We camp here yearly. The sites are big and clean usually. Restrooms are fairly clean. Electrical boxes need to be updated.
James H
VerifiedAugust 15, 2022 • Stayed at: 49, Loop: PBA2
Park is very clean, great access to boat ramp, camp hosts are friendly and courteous .
Rick G
VerifiedAugust 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 14, Loop: PBA2
first time there. shower house clean and kept up. nice place , will go there again
John G
VerifiedAugust 7, 2022 • Stayed at: A29, Loop: PBAI
Don’t understand why can’t reserve a electric spot, but when get there so many of them are sitting empty. Be nice to be able to go camping and first come gets spot without having to make reservations
John G
VerifiedAugust 2, 2022 • Stayed at: A13, Loop: PBAI
Like camping at Petit Bay, Lake Tenkiller. Do not understand why so hard to get campsite. Had to get a non electric last weekend, due to all electric taken. Get to the camp 2 weekends in a row and there are many electric hookup spots open. They need to go back to first come and not only by reservation!!!
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. |
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Quiet hours: 10:00 pm - 6:00 am. Entrance gates will be closed during this time. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
