Keystone State Park is a wonderful day trip location from either Tulsa or OKC (and surrounding areas). Located in Sand Springs, just west of Tulsa, this state park offers camping, cabins, beautiful lake views and hiking through the Ranger Trail.
Hike!!
The Ranger Trail is a 1.3 mile loop that provides a nice easy nature walk with beautiful wooded views. This trail is pet friendly, easy to navigate and well marked. The trailhead is right across from the State Park Office. The staff in the State Park Office we super helpful and friendly, plus they have all kinds of fun State Park stickers, patches and such.
After you finish the Ranger Trail, if you are looking for some additional hiking options, definitely check out Keystone Ancient Forest. It’s located just 7 miles north (and slightly east) of Keystone State Park and has some amazing options for hiking. Check out a full post on Keystone Ancient Forest … Click Here!!
Birdwatchers should also explore the Keystone Dam, just 1 mile up Highway 151 from the entrance of Keystone State Park. The day we stopped in there were several pelicans and herons.
Stay!!
In addition to tent camping and RV sites, Keystone State Park has both one bedroom duplex cabins and two bedroom cabins. During our visit we stayed in Cabin 16, a one bedroom duplex cabin. We really lucked out, because it was on the end of a row of cabins we had beautiful unobstructed views on two sides.
If we stay in a one bedroom cabin on our next stay, I’d try to snag Cabin 12. It’s also on the end of the row of cabins, but looks like it would have really nice lake views.
Keystone State Park also offers five stand-alone (not duplex) two bedroom cabins. Even though we only needed one room for our stay, the two bedroom cabins look like a great option! They each have a nice porch and although they are in the same area, they seemed to have a bit more privacy.
We explored around the cabin area and hopped on the Whispering Hills Trail for another really beautiful walk along the lake shore.
Keystone State Park is a wonderful option for an Oklahoma Day Trip, but also offers a great overnight stay and has plenty in the park and nearby to explore (check out Keystone Ancients Forest) and water based activities when the weather is right!
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Is anything handicapped accessible?
Great question! The one bedroom duplex cabins and two bedrooms cabins wouldn’t be accessible. But while we were exploring around, we did see a few stand alone cabins that look amazing. Really nice windows and would offer beautiful views. The One Bedroom Paradise Cabin is ADA accessible and is in a great location, near the water. The Gilcrease Cabin is also accessible and has 3 bedrooms for a bigger group. The Gilcrease Cabin is closer to the main road so it would have more of a park view. I double checked and the accessible cabins aren’t pet friendly (except service dogs), but seems like great options for standalone cabins with really nice views. The Ranger Trail and Whispering Hills Trails are both dirt/gravel paths, unfortunately aren’t paved. If you make a trip to the park, please let me know what you think and Happy Adventuring!!!