Our Lake and Area of Operation

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Grand Lake Sail & Power Squadron

Our Lake of Operation

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Location of the Lake
The lake is accessable from four exits on Interstate 44. The approximate distance from Tulsa OK, is 70 miles and from Joplin MO, about 45 miles.

The largest town on the lake, and the center of the GLS&PS area of activities is Grove OK. It is located on Highway 59 approximately 12 miles South of the Afton Exit on the Will Rogers Turnpike (I-44). Click here for more information about Grove.

.Our area of operation covers the entire lake.

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Pensacola Dam on Grand Lake, Oklahoma. This dam is the longest multiple arch dam in the United States. It was completed in 1941

Sailboat Bridge, a new addition to the lake. Completed
in 2000 it represents the single largest contact ever let
by ODOT. It is on State Highway 59 North in Grove, OK

Details of the Lake

This beautiful lake was created in 1940 with the completion of the Pensacola Dam, shown above, on the Grand River. The massive reservoir holds 59,200 surface acres of water at an average surface level of 740 feet above sea level. The shoreline is 1300 miles long with length of over 60 miles winding through the foothills of the Ozarks. Boating is possible all year long. The best boating periods are early summer, May and June, and in the fall.

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The Grand Lake Association - Visitors Center.

The following members will
staff the Visitor Center in 2008

Linda Adzigian – Chairman
Jim & K Bailey
Norm & Robyn Carnett
Jim & Terry Chastain
Richard & Janet Dayringer
Roger & Janice Endo
Gordon & Karen Hatcher
Brian & Velda Hunt
Jane Montgomery
Dan & Margie Murphy
David & Janet Sloan
Jay & Connie Spicer
Larry & Mary Ann Stout
Jim & Debbie Sweeten
Jr. & Sharon Walker

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Sunsets like this can be seen on Grand Lake

       For more information about the activities on and around our lake, stop and visit the Grand Lake Association Visitors Center.
       The Visitor Center is located approximately one mile South of Sailboat Bridge on Highway 59. During the summer, if you stop
       in for a visit you may meet a member or two of the Grand Lake Sail & Power Squadron. One of our civic duties is the staffing
       of the visitor center on non-holiday weekends. Hope to see you there.