Horseback Riding

Lake Carl Blackwell

71 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 60 Tent Sites

Lake Carl Blackwell in Stillwater, Oklahoma, offers 71 full-hookup RV sites, nine cabins, and 60 tent sites on a 3,370-acre reservoir, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Beaver Cove and Huntsmeadow back-in and pull-through categories join a beach, boat ramp, disc golf course, and golf cart rentals. Seventy-one sites span Beaver Cove back-in, Beaver Cove pull-through, Huntsmeadow back-in, and Hunts Meadow pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with fire pits and picnic tables, sized to 80 feet. Naming the loops rather than numbering tiers makes the property easier to picture, and 80 feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. Accessible sites are available. Nine cabins and 60 tent sites round out the lodging — a substantial tent inventory. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A beach and boat ramp open the lake for boating, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, with a disc golf course, sports courts, volleyball, golf cart rentals, walking, hiking, biking, horseback riding, a playground, pavilion, and picnicking filling the rest. Birding across the reservoir is productive, and a golf course is nearby. The land is owned and operated by Oklahoma State University — the only major lake in the United States under direct university management. That institutional stewardship shows in how carefully the shoreline and facilities are kept, and Stillwater is minutes east. Summer lake season and OSU football weekends drive the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for both.

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Soggy Bottom Trails Pub & Campground

56 RV Sites

The concept behind Soggy Bottom Trails Pub & Campground in Wanette, Oklahoma, is genuinely uncommon in the campground industry: 120 acres of trail-laced South Canadian River land with tent sites, full-hookup RV spots, and comfortable cabins — combined with a full on-site pub serving beer, wine, spirits, and a kitchen that actually delivers real food after a day of hiking. The result is a destination campground in the Pottawatomie County countryside that draws guests specifically for the combination of trail access, river setting, and on-site hospitality that most outdoor properties are unwilling or unable to provide. The property's 120 acres front the South Canadian River near the historic Byars-Wanette Railroad bridge, and the terrain is developed with multiple hiking and trail-riding routes that run through diverse riparian and upland terrain. RV sites include full hookup connections, tent sites are spread through natural areas of the grounds, and cabin accommodations provide solid-wall comfort for guests who want the trail-and-pub experience without sleeping in a tent. River access for swimming, wading, and fishing is available directly from the property, and the natural setting — trees, wildlife, and the South Canadian's sandy-bottomed character — provides the kind of outdoor immersion that the pub and cabins are specifically designed to celebrate. The South Canadian River in this stretch of central Oklahoma runs through a landscape of red clay banks, post oak and blackjack oak uplands, and the meandering floodplain character typical of Oklahoma's river systems. Wildlife viewing on the property includes white-tailed deer, wild turkey, and the diverse bird community supported by the riparian corridor, and the trail network designed specifically for Soggy Bottom guests gives the 120 acres an intentional outdoor structure that rewards multiple days of exploration rather than a single pass-through. The regional outdoor attractions extend the activity options well beyond the property itself. Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur — with its natural mineral springs, travertine creek swimming, Lake of the Arbuckles, and camping within a National Park Service site — is within driving range and provides a fascinating complement to the South Canadian River character of Soggy Bottom. Turner Falls Park in Davis, featuring Oklahoma's largest waterfall and swimming at the base of the falls, is another anchor destination in the broader south-central Oklahoma outdoor corridor. Lake Thunderbird State Park near Norman adds boating and fishing options to the regional day-trip roster. Soggy Bottom Trails Pub & Campground is an outdoor destination that operates most effectively as a multi-night stay — one night is barely enough to try the pub, walk the trails, and get a sense of the river. The spring and fall seasons deliver ideal trail conditions and the most comfortable temperatures for the full South Canadian River experience. Summer stays are active with river swimming and evening pub gatherings under the Oklahoma sky. Reserve cabins and premium RV sites well ahead for spring weekends, when trail riding and hiking demand across the region peaks and the property's distinctive character draws guests from across Oklahoma and beyond.

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Coyote Keeth's RV Park

Just off Highway 87 at mile marker seven in Clayton, New Mexico—in Union County in the northeastern corner of New Mexico where the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field's basalt flows, the Kiowa National Grassland's shortgrass prairie, and the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail's historic wagon route create the specific high-plains volcanic landscape that Clayton Lake State Park's dinosaur trackway and Gold-certified International Dark Sky Park status have made one of the most geologically and astronomically distinguished rural campground destinations in the southwestern United States—Coyote Keeth's RV Park provides full hookup 30 and 50-amp sites with large pull-through capability, a shower house with handicap access, free WiFi, horse stalls, a dog park, and the Clayton, New Mexico gateway access that Clayton Lake State Park's 500-plus dinosaur tracks and the Rabbit Ear Mountain landmark make the northeastern New Mexico destination for the outdoor traveler crossing the Texas-Colorado-New Mexico tristate corner. The dinosaur trackway within minutes and the dark sky designation that the Union County high plains produces at this specific geographic remove from urban light pollution define why Clayton, New Mexico is a destination campground stop rather than a simple overnight highway position. Full hookup sites with 30 and 50-amp electric, sewer, and water in large pull-through configurations accommodate big rigs, fifth-wheel combinations, and the horse trailer setups that the equestrian guest population brings to a campground with on-property horse stalls. A shower house with handicap access provides the hygiene infrastructure. Free WiFi handles the connectivity need. Horse stalls on the property serve the equestrian traveler who needs overnight accommodation for horses at a Union County address that places the horse stalls within a reasonable drive of the Clayton area's hunting, trail riding, and rodeo circuit. A pet area and dog park accommodate the traveling canine. Clayton's Ranch Market—the local grocery store described by the park as "just around the corner"—provides the resupply convenience that the rural Union County location would otherwise make an inconvenient chore. Clayton Lake State Park—accessible from the campground within minutes—contains the most extensive accessible dinosaur trackway in New Mexico: over 500 individual tracks left approximately 100 million years ago during the Cretaceous period when northeastern New Mexico was the shoreline of the Western Interior Seaway, a shallow inland ocean that divided North America from north to south. The tracks—representing multiple species of theropod, ornithopod, and sauropod dinosaurs—are preserved in the Morrison Formation sandstone exposed at the lake's edge, with an interpretive trail and viewing platforms that make the trackway self-guiding for independent visitors. Clayton Lake State Park also holds New Mexico's first International Dark Sky Park designation, awarded in 2010 by the International Dark Sky Association with a Gold-level certification—the IDA's highest rating—earned by the absence of significant artificial light within Union County's sparsely populated high plains. The park's observatory, equipped with a 14-inch Mead telescope operated by volunteer astronomers on Thursday through Saturday evenings from March through November, provides the public stargazing program that the dark sky certification makes possible. Coyote Keeth's RV Park is open year-round in Union County's four-season high-plains climate. The dinosaur trackway and observatory are the year-round anchors; fall hunting season for mule deer and pronghorn antelope in the surrounding Kiowa National Grassland brings the November hunting camp population. Reserve the pull-through early for elk season, plan the evening at the Clayton Lake observatory on a new-moon weekend, and let the Cretaceous trackway and the Gold-certified dark sky earn the northeastern New Mexico experience that the high-plains volcanic landscape makes genuinely singular.

from $25/night