• Oklahoma has approximately 78,578 miles of rivers/streams
   About three times the circumference of the Earth
   and one-third the distance to the moon
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• Oklahoma’s longest river is the Beaver/North Canadian River (766 miles);
  the Red River is the second longest (592 miles)
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• One inch of rain falling on a 160 acre field delivers 4,344,680 gallons of water, or 13.3 acre feet. It would take just over 4 miles of 80,000 gallon capacity railroad tank cars to transport this amount of water,
  which would weigh more than 18,000 tons.

Central Oklahoma has a
ACA Certified
Whitewater Kayak Instructor
living in Norman, Oklahoma
Terry also teaches Beginning Kayaking

OKC Outdoor Network Member
Terry DeMoe

Oklahoma Law
Regarding Waterway Use

Dennis Maxwell, assistant law enforcement chief for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife, says that if a person is on a navigable stream in a boat and does not have to wade (including touching the bottom or bank, or any attachments to the bank, like trees or logs) then they can legally float and fish.

In other words, you are OK if you are just floating, but the banks – and even the creek or river bed, including sandbars – are privately owned and you need to have permission to stop and stretch out, eat lunch or portage around obstacles.

An now from the
The National Organization for Rivers (NORS)
A little conflicting information
on River Access in Oklahoma

Review of the Relationship of
Federal and State Law’s Regarding Rivers:

Oklahoma
River Basin Map

Click on a basin to get a zoomed-in view.
Lakes and river gages are selectable from the zoomed-in view.