Chickasaw

Chickasaw National Recreation Area preserves the partially forested foothills of the Arbuckle Mountains in south-central Oklahoma. Named to honor the Chickasaw Indian Nation, who were relocated to the area from the Southeastern United States during the 1830s (and who later sold the original 640 acres of land for the park to the Federal government), the park's springs, streams, and lakes provide opportunities for swimming, boating, fishing, picnicking, camping, and hiking, among other activities. Part of the area was established as Sulphur Springs Reservation. The recreation area includes two former national parks: Platt National Park and Arbuckle Recreation Area. In 1983 legislation combined Platt and Arbuckle National Parks into a single recreation area administered by the National Park Service. Although commonly called a "national park", it has never been officially so named by an act of Congress.