Reviews

Sarah Chronister

We have been coming to Birch Cove since 2019 or 2020. It is the absolute best and that includes bathrooms, swim area, camp site, EVERYTHING! VERY NICE AND CLEAN. It's quiet and everyone is always so friendly! You are not hounded by park managers or park officers. Our favorite campsites are 9, 12, and 11. All of them are nice, though! Thank you to all the staff that help keep this precious land beautiful and sacred!

Patty Hartwell

Big campground and I only saw 1 other camper. Very pretty and quiet. Bathroom/shower room was clean. Good cell signal. I was in the 40-64 loop close to the bathroom and I only saw cleaning crew and 1 other camper on my 1 night there. Would stay there again if I come thru that way again.

Kate Duffy

The host campsite was abandoned. The only other campers was definitely abandoned. Started to pick up cigarette butts and trash but it was all over. Got the finger from a local going into the park. Scary and filthy.

Stretch Digginz

Good campground made better by a terrific host! Be sure to bring extra water hose and splitters. They are working through renovations at this campground and are expanding the RV pads. We stayed at site 87, which was a beautiful spot, right on the water, with a brand new concrete pad. The only downside was that the water spigot was around 200' away from our site. Justin, the host, loaned us some extra so we could get connected but we had to run the hose across the entrance of site 88 in order to reach. Otherwise, everything was great! The grounds have restrooms, a playground, and newly paved roads. Each site has 30-amp electric hookups, fire rings, BBQ grills, stand-up bars and concrete picnic tables. Our pad was fairly level and long enough for our 31' trailer with plenty of space for parking. Would definitely stay here again.

Amanda Dickerson

Love this lake. Great place to camp. Plus my husband and I got married here at this lake.

Laurie O'Donnell

Pros-Quiet campgrounds and clean. Cons-Camp host man wasn’t very friendly. Multiple sites had electric issues with the poles. Our pole actually shorted out and made the wires on our motorhome melt…our friends and the people next to them losing power all weekend. Some of the spots do seem to be sloped pretty bad.

debbie gailey

We had a great time with our family at the beach and riding the jetski! The lake wasn't crowded and the boat ramps were easy and fast!

Missy Byington

Beautiful camping area.

Ecs 1965

Nice and quiet nobody messing with your camp site. Camp volunteers do a really great job on keeping the noise down and the trash out! Great place for camping the showers and bathrooms are new and remodeled. Just a great place to go to get away from all the B.S. That is going on in your life!!

Amy Haag Reitz

Birch Cove was a quiet campground with clean bathroom facilities. We stayed in our travel trailer and our friends had a tent. We were at site 21, there was no view of the water. We were ok without a water view as many sites with a water view seemed much more crowded than ours. Site 21 had woods in the back and one side, which means we were not sandwiched other campers - private feel. We did not use the mounted stand up charcoal grill at the site but it was in great shape with a Shepard hook attached for hanging your lantern. The picnic table was made of concrete which made for a sore behind after a few rounds of cards but otherwise, it was nice to have a sturdy table for the 4 of us. The counter height bar was a great addition as our friend used it for his camp stove which gave us more room on the picnic table and he didn't have to bend over when he was cooking. Loved the counter height bar! The fire pit was huge and wasn't rusted out like we find at other camp grounds. We used three different bathroom facilities and all were clean. Always a big plus! Keep in mind that some of the water spigots at some sites seemed a bit further away while other sites seemed as if they were not intended to have water and people just shared water with their neighbor. We used just 1 25 foot hose to reach the water, however, we did see a one camper with 3 hoses white hoses attached we can only assume it was 3 25 foot hoses. If you are unsure, just call the camp hosts were friendly and I am sure could help you out on this. The beach area was clean but full sun. We did spend about 2 hours here on our visits and there were maybe a dozen other people on the beach. I believe no alcohol is allowed at the beach. Besides the town of Barnsdall which does not offer much, there were 3 decent size towns within 30 minutes drive. Our favorite was Skiatook because of Mac's BBQ, Mac's BBQ what a find! The other towns Pawhuska (town of the Pioneer Woman) and a bit further was Bartlesville. We recommend the Birch Cove campground and we would return if it wasn't 6 hours from our home. The drive for us is the only reason we would not return.