Turner Falls Park
Turner Falls Park
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ParksFishing Charters & ToursHiking & Camping ToursWaterfalls
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
About
Turner Falls Park in Davis, OK is an adventurous and family-friendly annual destination nestled in the Arbuckle Mountains and home to a 77ft waterfall. Our park is open 7 days a week from 7am to 10pm. There are no pets allowed and no glass bottles. A Proud Adventure Road Travel Partner.
Davis, Oklahoma

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Kimberly
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2020
Insanely crowded... and that was with capacity limited to 3500 instead of the usual 5000 due to COVID-19. There was no parking to be found (we ultimately parked in the rocky woods next to campers, but this would not have been an option without a truck). There was very little space to move around or swim without being shoulder to shoulder with other people. Because we had to walk so far from where we parked, my husband ran back to get the truck so our two kiddos (ages five and nine) wouldn't have to walk on the road next to cars again. When he came to pick us up, the staff would not let him pull off the road into the full parking lot to pick us up despite there being PLENTY of room to maneuver out of the way and turn around. And then they snapped at us for blocking traffic as I quickly ushered my kids into the back seat. I could not believe how poorly this gorgeous place was run. As another reviewer suggested, it felt like the City is milking this place for every penny they can squeeze out. It is genuinely a very neat place, but not worth it for my family. If you do go, I highly recommend avoiding the weekends and bringing water shoes (note that life jackets are also required for kids under 13).
Written June 15, 2020
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Jon Osborn
Wilmington, DE8 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2021
This place is enormously popular with locals so expect big crowds on summer weekends. If you're looking for something quiet and secluded, then this is not for your. If you go on a weekend in the summer then get there super early (probably a good idea anytime during the summer) and if you cannot get a parking pass for zones 1 or 2 (because they sold out), then maybe turn around. If you get a zone 3 parking pass then you will have to park about a mile from the falls and take a shuttle to the falls and they pack em in on the shuttle. We went on a Sunday and got a pass for Zone 3, drove up the mountain, figured all this out and turned around. We parked at the bottom near the souvenir shop which technically was not allowed, but no one was ticketing and no one was getting towed. Some teenage staff intermittently were directing people up the mountain, but they did not say anything to us. We kept an eye on the car and let our kids swim in one of the natural pools for 2 hours. The water was warm for a creek and our kids loved it. We have friends in the area who say it's calmer during the week. The crowd is blue collar so if your hoity toity, then maybe this isn't for you. You're told kids (under 12 I think) need life jackets, but this doesn't seemed to be enforced too strictly (at least where we swam right behind the gift shot, but not were the diving board is). Life jackets can be bought at the gift shop. The scenery is beautiful. After you're done if you keep going up the mountain there is a nice place to get a view of the falls, which was the only view we got.
Written August 2, 2021
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Glori Wilcoxon
1 contribution
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2022
Took vacation day to get a good campsite, it is supposed to be 1st come 1st serve. The 1st day and a half was wonderful till Saturday we went to get ice and came back to 20 people setting up camp 3 ft from ours with all their stuff on our table. Park management refused to ask them to move even though we had been there for a day and a half. So after 4 hours of ear splitting Tejano karaoke from drunk 17 to 23 year old's we ended up packing up and driving the few hours home, rather than turning it into a physical fight.
Park management had the opportunity to do the right thing and ask them to move over or leave and discourage this kind of behavior, but did not. So camping is not 1st come, 1st serve. It is just come in and push out the people who want to relax and enjoy themselves because nobody will stop you.
Written May 2, 2022
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Danielle S
2 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Jul 2020 • Family
This is the perfect spot if you're inbred or a Trump supporter. Never have I ever been to a place so poorly run. In the middle of a pandemic, no one was wearing masks, no social distancing was even attempted. This proves that the people who own this place care more about the almighty dollar than anyone's health or safety, not to mention the damage to the environment being done here on a daily basis. They have these puny signs about caring for wildlife but nothing is enforced. There is so much trash, nasty port-o-potties and loud music no one ever has to worry about seeing wildlife in what once must have been a beautiful place that is now ruined. There is nothing peaceful here. Screaming children running all over the place, (right by where cars have to drive), annoying busses which are loud and smelly with people packed in them. We paid $20 for "premium" parking close to the falls, but still had to walk what must have been a mile amongst a throng of people pulling rented inner tubes. Oh, and it doesn’t matter if you buy tickets online or at the gate, you’ll still have to wait in a long line of cars to get in. If there is a hell, it must be here. Never again.
Written July 19, 2020
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Dan Willis
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2020 • Family
Turner Falls is owned and operated by the City of Davis. It lacks the governance and oversight benefits if it had been owed/operated by the state...and apparently city itself doesn’t have high standards for it given: very high occupancy levels, free-for-all camping, walking paths to get between between park amenities/features are not well maintained or non-existent, and the few signs the park does have are old/small/obscured and highly lacking to designate directions to the property’s various amenities and features including its hiking trails. We ended up doing a loop of the various trail segments that connect a total of 4.5mi, but one segment of the trail near the creek meant walking through a trashy, muddy dense camping area that was weird and gross. The hiking trail segments connected at one point in the middle of a parking area with no signs directing where to go to the next trail segment. They need better signs for the trail (and the park overall), keep people for parking and tent camping literally wherever they want (including on top of the trail section by the creek, or put the trail in that section where campers will never be) and limit park occupancy as it was completely out of hand beyond what workers could adequately keep up with and the park could be enjoyed with. What’s the City of Davis doing with their $16/adult, $9/kid 5+ admission daily fees!?!? The park grounds are really quite pretty and most of the hiking trail was great, fun to wade in the pool falls, but everything else about the experience readily offsets those benefits.
Written May 25, 2020
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OkayOkie525
Oklahoma City, OK10 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2020 • Solo
As a born and bred Okie, I’ve grown up coming here from time to time and always loved it. As an adult, I’ve come to see how humans can ruin a natural and beautiful place. I won’t pay the money to go in the park anywhere because of how overcrowded and poorly maintained the park has become. If you want to see the magical waterfall, don’t go in the park. Visit the 777 Zip Line and enjoy the view from there; though crowded in the evenings and on holiday weekends, it’s the best way to see the falls without the hassle. However, that area is also so trashed out below the railing. This place is not what it used to be and though I don’t have children of my own, I would not bring them here. If you’re the operator of this park, please dedicate yourself to cleaning this treasure up before humans completely destroy it forever.
Written September 7, 2020
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Christin M
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2020 • Family
They really need to clean up the park it was very trashy and unorganized and very pricey for how trashy it was and the staff dont know what there doing. When we booked a cabin we thought it was though the park but to come to find out it was a cabin though a private individual ron cope and the cabin was horrible we couldnt get the tv to work, there was bees and spiders in the cabin and the dishes sucked in there and the bathroom floor was about to fall through and then the guy got our days of stay wrong we had to move to another cabin of one day stay in that one and the cabin he was going to move us to we couldnt park at because the area was to full and we would had to park miles away and carry the stuff to our cabin which my husband had a hurt back and they still didn't care and ron didn't even bother to offer us some of the money back since we couldnt stay for the second night and we stayed in our cabin the whole time there because the park was nasty nothing like the pictures people were brushing there teeth and spitting the toothpaste in the water while brushing there teeth. There was a bunch of joe exotics there it was a big joke. We also had to pay three days to be in the park when we only stayed one night . The whole trip cost us about 800 dollars for one night we won't be back it was a trip off.
Written September 4, 2020
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Cam
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Sep 2021 • Family
Cabin (not TFP owned) was way too expensive for what you get and we still had to buy tickets to get into park even for the days your checking out. Park tickets also too pricey for the deeply disappointing experience. On top of that you have to buy parking tickets for every day you’re there. The park was over run with literally thousands of people who are allowed to Set up camp and park their cars ANYWHERE!!! There appears to be no marked campsites… it’s just a free for all. This means everywhere you walk there are people camping there. We tried to hike and entire families were tent camping literally on the trail, taking baths and washing hair in the river. Each family had multiple people and cars parked everywhere. It was ridiculous!!! There was broken glass, dirty diapers and all kinds of trash all over the park!! The trails are not marked anywhere. There are not nearly Enough trash cans. Loud music and generators are heard throughout the camp. We ended up leaving a day early despite all the money we spent on the cabin and park fees. (Over $1000 for just two full days- family of 4). The city of Davis should be ashamed of the way they run this park. Honestly have never been so disappointed in a vacation. I do not like leaving negative reviews but there was not a positive thing that could be said except the staff we interacted with were helpful.
Written September 5, 2021
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Nataly L
3 contributions
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2020 • Family
first I want to start by saying how rude the staff is very racists and look at you like if you were from another planet. Zero customer service experience, red neck kind of place, but when taking your money they charge an arm and a leg. They act like they dont understand when asking how many nights to stay. There was 4 cars one could not make it, due to weather and the other were told one day admission, when we were staying longer. Upset when told senior discount. Music was very loud, trashy place and officers very rude. For our first time here we paid 3 nights four days to camp and ended up leaving the next day! I have been to other places and never was disappointed at a place ever specially with the beautifull water fall they have was worth staying. Never coming up here ever again! Oh and no refunds when you complain!
Written May 23, 2020
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Tom
1 contribution
1.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2020 • Couples
We were senior citizens excited to visit some nature after so many weeks with this COVID. Decided to visit Turner Fall, 2 hours driving. At the gate there is a very small size paper telling visitors to inform if you are over 55. Too small so we miss it, paid $16 for each of us by credit card. Then we ask for senior discount. She refused to apply discount said it's too late ($9 for senior or a save of $7 for each or $14 for both of us. The park is ok, hiking trail strenous, maybe better for young people and children. 2 hours of walking is enough for us. So for all seniors out there make sure you ask for discount before you pay. For us we feel it's a rip off and customer service not nice at all. Will never come back
Written May 22, 2020
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