Longdale in OK -- Campground & RV Camping

Longdale Campground is an open, grassy park with shade trees on the shores of Canton Lake and the North Canadian River, six miles from Canton. The year-round facility offers 35 primitive, non-electric campsites and a day-use group picnic shelter with electrical outlets, supported by scattered water hydrants (shut off November through March). The park provides shoreline access for swimming and boating, with the annual mid-May Walleye Rodeo derby hosted on the lake. The 14,862-acre Canton Wildlife Management Area and Roman Nose State Park are within driving distance.

Getting there: From Canton, OK, east on HWY 51 for .2 miles to the Hwy 51/Hwy 58 intersection. Curve to the left, staying on Hwy 58 and continue north on HWY 58 for 6 miles to the south city limits of the town of Longdale. Turn left on a paved county road and continue for 2 miles to the campground entrance.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 35-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Sits on broad, near-level ground.
• The Canton Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.