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Lake Vanderwork

Drive-up · Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife · OK · 35.16949, -98.82781
We haven't personally camped here. Everything below is pulled from public land data, USGS maps and OpenStreetMap — a real place on Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife land, but not field-checked by us. Confirm road conditions, current access, stay limits and fire restrictions before you go.

Oklahoma Public Fishing Area (ODWC) — 446 acres. Primitive camping is offered free of camping fees at 5 designated sites, but ODWC land access requires an Oklahoma hunting or fishing license OR a Wildlife Conservation Passport (a paid annual permit for non-anglers). 16-day stay limit (21 days in any 30). Confirm current rules with ODWC before you go.

USGS topo — contours & terrain
USGS topographic map of Lake Vanderwork
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Lake Vanderwork
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Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,448 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.

Everything you need — measured from camp

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 58 miWDump · 57 miDFuel · 12 miFGrocery · 12 miGDeer Creek Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 30 miRxCordell Ace Hardware · Hardware · 13 miHMechanic · 25 miMWashed Laundromat · Laundry · 46 miLShower · 42 miShAir-up · 36 miAUrology Associates Western Oklahoma · Urgent care · 37 mi+Mail · 15 mi@
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • FFuel12 mi
  • GGrocery12 mi
  • HHardware13 mi
  • @Mail15 mi
  • MMechanic25 mi
  • RxPharmacy30 mi
  • AAir-up36 mi
  • +Urgent care37 mi
  • ShShower42 mi
  • LLaundry46 mi
  • DDump57 mi
  • WWater58 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 58-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 12 mi out.

Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.

One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). Open in Google Maps ↗

The site

Access
Drive-up
Land
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife
Elevation
1,448 ft
State
OK
Coordinates
35.16949, -98.82781
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureLake Vanderwork Oak Creek Site 5 Reservoir (water) · nearby
  • Nearest townLake Valley · ~2.0 mi
  • Drinking waternone within 10 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~12.3 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • Dump stationnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesStore · ~12.3 mi
  • PharmacyDeer Creek Pharmacy · ~29.7 mi
  • Hospital / clinicCordell Memorial Hospital · ~12.9 mi
  • HardwareSutherlands · ~24.5 mi

Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

Open this spot elsewhere

Google satellite →Gaia GPS →CalTopo →Back to the map →

Other camps nearby

If this one is full, gated or washed out.

How we know this

Source
Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife (public fishing areas)
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Location/acreage: ODWC Public_WMA_Boundaries FeatureServer (WMATYPE PFA/PFHA), WGS84 centroid. Camping: ODWC PublicWILMA camping layer, 5 on-site point(s). Access needs OK license/Conservation Passport (not fee-free). Pilot ingest 2026-07-19 13:12:50.
Field check
Not verified on the ground. Nobody from here has camped it. It stays at Likely until someone does.

What we don’t know

A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.

Before you go

Your first dispersed night →Fire rules & restrictions →Getting unstuck →Power off-grid →All field notes →
Been here? Tell us what changed. This page is built from public records, so the fastest way it gets better is somebody who has actually pulled in. Road washed out, site gone, gate locked, or it is exactly as described — all of it useful. Send a report →