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Chouteau Bend South Public Use Area

Chouteau Bend South Public Use Area is a quiet, low-key waterfront park on the Chouteau Creek arm of Fort Gibson Lake in Mayes County, Oklahoma. Run as part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreation system on this large reservoir, it gives visitors a boat ramp, a stretch of wooded shoreline and primitive (dry) camping—no resorts, no crowds, just a working waterfront in this lake's less-traveled corner. It suits anglers, boaters and anyone who wants an unpretentious place to put a boat in the water or pitch a tent by a creek bend. Set expectations honestly: this is a simple public use area rather than a developed campground, and the appeal is its backwoods accessibility to Fort Gibson Lake, not on-site comfort.