Chickasaw National Recreation Area

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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)
Location:	Oklahoma, USA
Nearest city:	Sulphur, OK
Coordinates:	34°30′2″N, 96°58′20″W
Area:	9,888.83 acres (40.02 km²)
Established:	July 1, 1902
Visitation:	1,275,733 (in 2004)
Governing body:	National Park Service

Chickasaw National Recreation Area preserves partially forested hills of south-central Oklahoma near Sulphur. Named to honor the Chickasaw Indian Nation, original occupants of this land, the park's springs, streams, and lakes provide swimming, boating, fishing, picnicking, camping, and hiking.

Travertine Creek, in the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, located in the foothills of the Arbuckles near Sulphur.

Established as Sulphur Springs Reservation on July 1, 1902; renamed and redesignated Platt National Park on June 29, 1906; combined with Arbuckle National Recreation Area and additional lands and renamed and redesignated on March 17, 1976. Of the park's 9888.83 acres (40.02 km²) water covers 2409 acres (9.75 km²).

[edit] Reference

• The National Parks: Index 2001-2003. Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.

[edit] External link

• Official NPS website: Chickasaw National Recreation Area

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