Recreation Fee Program

Day Use Fees

A daily fee of $1 per person, up to $4 per vehicle, is charged at the Tuttle Creek Cove swimming beach. A daily fee of $3 is charged for boat launching at the Tuttle Creek Cove boat ramp. There is no fee for children 12 or younger.

An annual day use pass may be purchased for $30. It permits the use of all boat-launching ramps and swimming beaches at Corps-operated day use fee areas nationwide. Annual passes can be purchased through the mail or in person at a Corps lake office or park attendant station.

Six picnic shelters in Outlet Park are available on a reservation basis. The fee is $25 for a one day reservation. Reservations and information about shelter availability may be obtained by stopping by the Tuttle Creek Lake visitor center, between 7:30 am and 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

Camping Fees

Camping fees are charged by the Corps of Engineers in Stockdale and Tuttle Creek Cove Parks.

Stockdale Park East has showers, twelve designated tent or trailer spaces, two walk-in campsites, a sanitary dump station, and potable water. There are no utility hookups. A fee of $12 is charged for each camping unit per night.

Stockdale Park West has vault toilets, a picnic shelter, a fire ring and grill, and random camping. A fee of $8 is charged for each camping unit per night.

Facilities in Tuttle Creek Cove Park include 39 sites with water and electric hookups, 17 non-electric campsites, 2 walk-in campsites, a boat ramp with courtesy dock, shower/toilet building, sanitary dump station, swim beach, and playgrounds. Most campsites lack shade. Fees range from $12-$18 for each camping unit per night.

The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks charges camping user fees and vehicle permit fees in each of its four state park units at Tuttle Creek Lake.