<Tr> <Th> Governing body </Th> <Td> Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.3204 </Td> </Tr> <P> Great Salt Plains State Park is a 840 - acre (3.4 km) Oklahoma state park located in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma . It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Jet, Oklahoma on SH - 38 and 12 miles (19 km) east of Cherokee . Recreational opportunities at Great Salt Plains State Park include boating, camping, picnicking, swimming, hiking, mountain biking and exploring . The Great Salt Plains Lake is located at the park and covers 9,300 acres (38 km) with 41 miles (66 km) of shoreline and is a shallow, salty lake with fishing opportunities for catfish, saugeye, sandbass and hybrid striper . The average depth is reportedly 4 feet (1.2 m) and the impoundment capacity is 31,420 acre - feet . Salinity of the water in the reservoir is one - fourth that of sea water . Personal watercraft are not recommended . The park has RV and tent sites, comfort stations with showers, cabins, picnic sites, group shelters, swimming beach, playgrounds, boat ramps, fishing dock and equestrian trails . Horse rental is not available . </P> <P> The Great Salt Plains cover an area of 11,000 square miles (28,000 km). It was so named because it is covered with a layer of salt deposited long ago by an inland sea . A saline aquifer still flows beneath the surface and replenishes the salt whenever the water table rises . The salt is left behind when the water evaporates . The first white men to visit this area were members of the Sibley expedition in 1811, who named it the Grand Saline . </P>

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