Lake Hefner

Lake Hefner: beaches, ramps and water level

On the map, Lake Hefner is centered near 35.5678, -97.5957. Releases go downstream into the outflow =. The surface sits around 1,201 feet above sea level. It reaches roughly 94 feet at its deepest.

Most Oklahoma day-use areas open for the summer season and close outside it. Water quality is monitored unevenly on inland lakes, so posted notices are the most reliable guide. There is no water temperature sensor here, so only air conditions are shown.

Readings come from station 07159550 (Lake Hefner at Oklahoma City, OK). The last value stored here, 1,190.75 ft, is from 2026-09-09. Water level decides what is usable on the shoreline, from beach width to ramp access.

The federal and state datasets behind this guide list no named beach at Lake Hefner. That does not mean there is no access, only that none is catalogued. The nearest mapped swimming spot is Lake Thunderbird on Lake Thunderbird, roughly 32 miles away. Absence from these datasets does not mean the water is closed, only that no agency lists a beach.

Nearby water includes Lake Overholser (Oklahoma, 7 mi), Arcadia Lake (Oklahoma, 14 mi) and Lake Stanley Draper (Oklahoma, 21 mi). In all, 40 lakes in Oklahoma are covered here.