Overview
Redbud Bay Campground is located on Oologah Lake, less than 30 miles from Tulsa. prevailing winds make Oologah Lake one of the most popular lakes in the area for sailing.
Recreation
Oologah Lake is a prime location for boating, sailing water skiing and swimming. Oologah offers several boat ramps and docks around the lake.
Facilities
This campground offers 11 sites all equipped with 30-amp electric and water hookups. Pit toilets are availble in the park. Flush toilets, shower house and an RV dump station are located less than a mile across the dam in the Hawthorn Bluff campground and require no additional fee for use. Playgrounds, a swimming beach and an interpretive nature trail are also located in the Hawthorn Bluff Campground.
Natural Features
Oologah Lake sits on the Verdigris River with a surface area of nearly 30,000 acres. Over 200 miles of shoreline are domintaed by old-growth post oak, and blackjack oak forests, which provide habitat fo a variety of wildlife and birds, including deers, turkey, rabbits, quail, squirrels, ducks, geese and doves.
Nearby Attractions
Dog Iron Ranch, the birthplace of Will Rogers, is nearby. The ranch is a living history museum featuring Rogers' two-story post-Civil War birth home, educational programs, picnic areas and a 400-acre pasture on the lake shore with Texas Longhorn Cattle and other livestock. The ranch is open year-round.
The description, directions and fees are the Army Corps of Engineers’s own words, from its record on Recreation.gov.