Eufala

Lake Eufaula in McIntosh and Pittsburg Counties, Oklahoma

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Lake Eufaula is a 102,000-acre reservoir on the Canadian River in southeastern Oklahoma, making it the largest lake entirely within the state and one of Oklahoma's celebrated "Big Three" lakes alongside Lake Tenkiller and Grand Lake o' the Cherokees. Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1946 and constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from 1956 to 1964, the lake was created by the 3,200-foot-long, 114-foot-high Eufaula Dam primarily for flood control, hydroelectric power generation, water supply, navigation, and recreation. The dam has prevented more than $575 million in flood damages since completion and houses a hydroelectric power plant with three turbines generating a total of 90 megawatts of electricity. Lake Eufaula spans portions of McIntosh, Pittsburg, Haskell, and Okmulgee counties, draining a watershed of 47,522 square miles and drawing water from the Canadian River, North Fork Canadian River, and Deep Fork River. With 600 miles of diverse shoreline featuring sandy beaches, rocky bluffs, wooded coves, and towering ancient forests, the lake maintains a normal conservation pool elevation of 585 feet above sea level with an average depth of 23 feet and maximum depth of 87 feet.

Lake Eufaula is renowned as one of Oklahoma's premier tournament fishing destinations, attracting anglers from across the United States to compete for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, Kentucky bass, white bass, crappie, blue catfish, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and striped bass (particularly productive below the dam). The lake holds several Oklahoma state fishing records and offers year-round angling opportunities with heated indoor fishing docks at multiple marinas. Recreational facilities abound with two major state parks: Lake Eufaula State Park (formerly Fountainhead State Park) located south of I-40 near Checotah, and the Arrowhead Area at Lake Eufaula State Park situated on a 2,200-acre peninsula near the town of Canadian. Both parks feature extensive amenities including over 190 combined tent and RV campsites with full hookups, yurts, group camps with bunkhouses accommodating up to 240 people combined, seven full-service marinas offering boat rentals, fuel, restaurants, and enclosed fishing facilities, multiple boat ramps and swimming beaches, 18-hole championship golf courses at both Fountainhead Creek Golf Course and Arrowhead Golf Course, an 18-hole disc golf course, miniature golf, the Deep Fork Nature Center with naturalist programs, 25 miles of equestrian trails with stables, mountain biking trails, hiking trails including the challenging three-mile Arrowhead Hiking Trail and the Outlaw Nature Trail, 31,800 acres of public hunting areas for deer, turkey, quail, geese, ducks, and wild hogs, ATV trails, and picnic pavilions. The lake attracts over 2.5 million visitors annually and is conveniently located just south of Interstate 40, approximately two hours east of Oklahoma City and ninety minutes from Tulsa, with nearby attractions including the charming Italian restaurants of Krebs, Oklahoma, known as "Oklahoma's Little Italy."

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The difference between standard and HD maps is the number of layers. Standard maps have 1 land layer and 7 water layers. " The HD lake maps have 1 land layer and 14 water layers. So twice the detail. The HD Maps are limited to Extra Large, " XX Large, and Gigantic sizes only. On the smaller sizes the depth change of the wood is too extreme and you end up losing detail."