Canoeing/Kayaking
One of over 34 Spot2Nite camping activities
Glide across the water and embrace the tranquility of nature at campgrounds and RV parks with canoeing, kayaking, and paddleboarding. Whether you're exploring calm lakes, scenic rivers, or sheltered coastal inlets, these destinations offer ideal launch points for paddlers of all experience levels. Many parks also feature on-site kayak rentals or outfitters nearby, so you can enjoy the water even if you didn’t pack your gear.
RV parks and campgrounds with Canoeing/Kayaking near Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees RV Resort
66 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 1 Cottage, 1 Apartment
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees RV Resort by RJourney sits on 37 acres of waterfront property along the Grand Lake shore in Grove, Oklahoma, offering direct lake access and 123 pull-through sites on one of the largest and most recreation-rich reservoirs in the South-Central United States. Grand Lake O' the Cherokees—46,500 acres of Ozark-edged water stretching 66 miles through northeastern Oklahoma—has been the summer playground of Oklahoma families for generations, and this grand lake rv resort provides a comfortable full-service base for everything the lake has to offer. The resort accommodates rigs up to 80 feet with pull-through sites, full hookups with 20/30/50-amp service, and resort-wide WiFi throughout the property. Shower houses, outdoor pavilions built for lakeside cookouts, and coin-operated laundry handle the daily logistics. Cabins are available for guests who prefer enclosed accommodation, each sleeping up to four with a queen bed, heat and air conditioning, satellite TV, a dining table, private bath, and a kitchen with microwave and mini fridge. Golf cart rentals allow guests to circulate easily across the waterfront property, boat storage is available, and a club room handles private group bookings. The dog park and pet-friendly site policy accommodate traveling animals, and easy access to Grand Lake State Park and nearby marinas extends the water recreation options well beyond the resort property. Grove sits on the western shore of Grand Lake in the heart of Oklahoma's Green Country, a rolling terrain of post oak woodland and tall grass prairie that transitions into the Ozark foothills just across the Missouri border. The Cherokee Nation's cultural and political presence is strong throughout this region, giving it a historical depth that extends well beyond the lake's modern recreational character. The Grand Lake shoreline is lined with waterfront restaurants, bait shops, marina complexes, and resort communities that developed through the mid-twentieth century as the reservoir became one of Oklahoma's primary tourist draws. Har-Ber Village Museum in Grove provides one of the more distinctive historical attractions in Oklahoma—an assembled pioneer village with authentic 19th-century structures relocated from across the region, creating an outdoor museum that rewards a full morning of exploration. The Cherokee Casino properties in the region offer entertainment and dining options for evenings, and the Pensacola Dam—the longest multiple-arch dam in the world when it was completed in 1940—is worth a stop for engineering enthusiasts. The Ozark highland scenery of Bentonville, Arkansas—home to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the world's most visited mountain biking destination—is about two hours east. Grand Lake O' the Cherokees RV Resort is open year-round, though the core lake season runs Memorial Day through Labor Day when water sports, fishing, and the resort's full activity calendar are at peak operation. Fall brings excellent fishing conditions and the foliage of the Ozark fringe, making September and October solid shoulder-season options. Book well ahead for summer holiday weekends on Grand Lake, where the combination of good water and a well-established regional tourism tradition fills quality waterfront sites months in advance.
from $45/night
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Ardmore Lakes RV Resort
56 RV Sites, 1 Cottage
In Ardmore, Oklahoma—in Carter County on the Interstate 35 corridor between Dallas and Oklahoma City, where the Arbuckle Mountains' ancient limestone formation and the Lake Murray State Park's 12,500-acre reservoir create the outdoor recreation infrastructure that makes southern Oklahoma's Arbuckle region the most complete lake and mountain destination between the Red River and the Canadian River—Ardmore Lakes RV Resort provides 107 full hookup sites including pull-throughs up to 120 feet and back-in waterfront positions with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, free WiFi and HD cable TV at every site, a pool complex with dual 70-foot waterslides, a stocked fishing pond, log cabins, a fenced dog park, 24-hour laundry, and on-site RV repair in a resort that consistently earns its top-rated southern Oklahoma status through site dimensions, amenity quality, and the cleanest comfort stations that Streamside Parks maintains across its network. For I-35 travelers and Lake Murray visitors, Ardmore Lakes is the obvious stop. The 67 pull-through sites—reaching 120 feet to accommodate the longest rigs on the road—and 17 back-in waterfront sites all provide full hookup service with 20, 30, and 50-amp electric, water, and sewer, with complimentary high-speed WiFi and HD cable TV included in the rate at every position. The dual 70-foot waterslides and pool provide the water recreation that keeps children occupied after a day on Lake Murray or at Turner Falls, and the stocked fishing pond gives the campground's dedicated anglers the on-property alternative when the lake drive doesn't fit the day's schedule. Log cabins provide the enclosed accommodation option for guests without rigs, the fenced dog park serves the traveling pets, 24-hour laundry handles extended-stay housekeeping at any hour, and on-site RV repair addresses the mechanical realities of long-distance RV travel on the I-35 corridor. Ardmore sits in Carter County at the southern edge of the Arbuckle Mountains—the ancient 500-million-year-old granite and limestone formation that creates the most dramatic topographic relief between the Ouachitas and the Wichitas in Oklahoma's otherwise consistently flat landscape. The Arbuckle Mountains' erosion-exposed geology creates the caves, springs, and waterfalls that distinguish the region's outdoor recreation from the flat-country lake alternatives that dominate most of Oklahoma's landscape. Lake Murray State Park, Oklahoma's oldest state park established in 1933, surrounds the 12,500-acre Lake Murray reservoir in the Arbuckle foothills—the park's Tucker Tower castle, the full-service marina, and the 3,000 acres of mixed oak and cedar forest create the complete state park infrastructure that the Lake Murray corridor sustains. Turner Falls Park, 20 miles north on US-77 near Davis, protects Oklahoma's largest waterfall—the 77-foot Honey Creek cascade into the swimming hole below—in a privately operated park whose swimming, cave exploration, and the Arbuckle Mountain backdrop make it one of Oklahoma's most visited natural attractions. The Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, 30 miles northeast, adds the mineral springs, swimming creeks, and the Travertine Creek landscape that the national park unit protects. Ardmore Lakes RV Resort operates year-round in Carter County's southern Oklahoma climate, where the mild winters make the Lake Murray and Arbuckle corridor accessible for camping and fishing from January through December and the summer season from Memorial Day through Labor Day drives the waterslide and lake recreation to peak activity. The spring wildflower season in the Arbuckle Mountains from March through May produces the redbud, Indian paintbrush, and the blooming prairie that makes April the most visually spectacular month in southern Oklahoma. Reserve your pull-through or waterfront site at Ardmore Lakes and let the dual waterslides, Lake Murray, Turner Falls, and the I-35 corridor's most amenitized southern Oklahoma resort make the Arbuckle region the road-trip destination it absolutely deserves to be.
from $55/night