Central State Park Campground

Nice location just outside the city of Oklahoma City. Pretty peaceful by the Arcadia Lake. You can hear the roadways nearby and sometimes an airport but the crickets and frogs are nice at night Bathrooms are mid. Dark sort of clean but just old. Shower has great pressure but again old and dark and you can’t change the mild temperature. Plus a very large spider was found!
Cell service version and att good. Water spigots at various locations around the park Sites are fairly level. People need to clean up after themselves. I find it disgusting that people call themselves outdoors men when they smoke leaving their cigarette butts on the ground a long with other trash around their campsites. Leave it Better Than you found it! Please stop littering there is not anyone else to clean up after you. I’ll get off my soap box. Thanks for listening.

This park has a handful of full hookup sites, a greater number of sites with electric only, and a large number of tent/rv sites with no hookups. There are water fill points conveniently located throughout the park.

I stayed for 6 days while visiting kids/grandkids. The park was empty during the week, completely full on the weekend. It’s conveniently located close to i35, shopping, dining, etc. it’s on a reservoir and my site was close to a boat launch. They do rigorously enforce quiet hours though.

The park is basic. One small shower house for the whole park, several bathrooms scattered throughout. Trash collection located with the bathrooms. The price reflects the amenities. I think I paid a little over $100 for the entire stay.

We really enjoyed our stay here! The site had a spacious gravel pad, a sturdy picnic table on a concrete pad, a fire pit, a grill, and even a standing-height area that was perfect for setting up our camp kitchen—super convenient for outdoor cooking. It made it easy to just settle in and enjoy the space.

The view of the lake was beautiful, and the wildlife was pretty tame, which added a fun, close-to-nature vibe. Site 201 in particular had some great shade, which helped a lot during the warmer parts of the day.

If I had to nitpick, the only real downside was the lack of showers in the area we stayed. But honestly, if it’s hot out, it’s not the worst trade-off.

All in all, a solid campsite and we’d definitely come back!

First come first serve sounds great until you realize you won’t get a spot. People pay weeks at a time to keep these spots. I’ve spent two months trying to get one weekend. Nothing lake is okay, bathrooms are gross, but you are camping ya know.

We stayed in the Bobcat loop which is considered dispersed. Lots of shade and the lake is pretty. There was trash here and there on our site…not very clean. The bathrooms were old and not well-kept. FYI, there is a sign that says the brain eating amoeba, although rare, may be present in the lake.

We really enjoyed our stay at this park on Lake Arcadia, a man-made lake.   We were camped near the lake on site 117.   There were lots of birds and animals.   It's a pretty place.  Lots of trees. 

The system for getting a campsite is first come, first serve.  There was no one in the office when we arrived.  I had called ahead to make sure there were sites available.  

Their system is confusing.  We paid by dropping an envelope in a box at the office.  

Also there is not water on every site.  There were 4 trailers hooked up to the water spigot by our campsite.  2 campers had their water hose strung across the road!  It worked out ok and everyone was cooperative about it, but be sure you have extra water hoses.  

We did not use the bathrooms or showers here because they were not very clean and the building was not warm.

Central State Park is a clean, well maintained campground. We arrived late, so we had to self check-in. The spots are well spaced, giving campers a nice amount of privacy. There are full, partial and primitive spots available. All are nicely wooded and have public bathrooms nearby. All-in-all, a nice area.

I’m not much of a lake swimmer but it’s ok. The water is a bit sandy and turbid but the place we had was on the water and was great! Spring Creek is for RV’s only and over-flow camping. There was a constant breeze which made fires tricky but very cool even when it got into the mid-90’s. Water hookups were spaces between primitive camp sites on Bobcat, but the water was nice and cold! We stayed at 224, it was mostly shaded but a bit far from the restrooms. Restrooms were gross, there was a large group staying near them and bugs were everywhere and they were trashed. But fun little trails everywhere! Could buy firewood! But found lots of kindling lying around!

I’ve stayed here twice now, and I love the rural, rougher campsites. This area is much more wooded than Thunderbird, and the views of the lake are obstructed by trees, so don’t expect to get a lake view in front of your tent. Payment sucks, as you have to shove money into an envelope at the entrance and is just a hassle. The City of Edmond could improve this by allowing reservations online just like the Oklahoma State Parks.

We stayed at this camp ground last night and found it to be really beautiful and a great place to stay. Our only qualm would be that there was not running water in the sinks of the bathrooms. We're very grateful for state parks allowing camping. Thank you.

We have been here many times and will definitely be back. Always easy to get to and a very enjoyable time. Camping sites are away from the day use areas, keeping traffic by the site to a minimum.

Arcadia lake is an absolutely beautiful area but central state park is overpriced for what it offers and trying to find whether a site was already rented is almost impossible.

Nice campground. A little trashed but we helped clean that up. A fun night with friends.

Nice park a fun camp out .

Stay with some friends here for a festival in Oklahoma City. The campground was easy to find and very close to Oklahoma City but it was dirty and the fire in the fire pit was still going from the people that have been there the night before.

Staff was friendly. Very clean. Nice neighbors. Would stay again.

It’s been so great to get out of the craziness of life and go camping with some great friends! The bathroom sinks didn’t work, but otherwise, no complaints.

The lake is nice and has a swimming area (no dogs allowed at the swimming beach). The campsites are in a different portion of the park than the day use areas, which helps minimize traffic driving by your site. Several tent sites are close to the bathrooms and most are fairly private. We have been many times throughout the year and will definitely go back again.