Chickasaw National Recreation Area

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|- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Location: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Nearest city: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Coordinates: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Area: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | Established: | |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top" | Visitation: | (in ) |- class="hiddenStructure" style="vertical-align: top;" | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Governing body: | |} 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).

Reference

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

External link

• Official NPS website: [Chickasaw National Recreation Area]

Chickasaw National Recreation Area

National Recreation Areas of the United States Administered by the National Park Service  Amistad | Big South Fork | Bighorn Canyon | Boston Harbor Islands | Chattahoochee River | Chickasaw | Curecanti | Delaware Water Gap | Gateway | Gauley River | Glen Canyon | Golden Gate | Lake Chelan | Lake Mead | Lake Meredith | Lake Roosevelt | Mississippi | Ross Lake | Santa Monica Mountains | Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity   Administered by other agencies  Arapaho | Flaming Gorge | Grand Island | Hells Canyon | Land Between The Lakes | Mount Baker | Mount Rogers | Oregon Dunes | Pine Ridge | Rattlesnake | Sawtooth | Smith River | Spring Mountains | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks | White Rocks | Winding Stair Mountain

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