Troop 177 Insider Tips
- Seven sites × $8 × two 24-hour permits = $112, or $4.31/person for 26. This is a camping base, conditional on group permission and site availability.
- One of the few places combining camping + MTB + water. (Oklahoma City)
- Original badge associations are potential fieldwork, not promised classes.
Availability: Camping April 1–November 15; confirm space and Scout-group eligibility.
Public campsite details
Alternate
- Recommendation
- Alternate
- Drive min minutes
- 35
- Drive max minutes
- 50
- Base budget status
- Below budget; fees pending
- Base low per person
- 4.31
- Base high per person
- 4.31
- Additional fees
- Optional boating/fishing permit charges may apply; no separate numeric camping transaction fee verified.
- Best for
- Quick overnight; fishing; water; camping skills
- Availability
- Camping April 1–November 15; confirm space and Scout-group eligibility.
- Action needed
- Confirm seven adjacent sites, 48-hour permit billing, troop exception/interpretation of under-21 parent/guardian rule and vehicle/trailer terms.
- Group capacity
- 32 primitive sites; maximum 8 people, 2 tents and 2 vehicles per site; seven sites fit the planning tents.
- Max people per site
- 8
- Tents per site
- 2
- Vehicles per site
- 2
- Price model
- Site/24-hour permit
- Rate low
- 8
- Rate high
- 8
- Cost completeness
- Partial base
- Sites required
- 7
- Base weekend low
- 112
- Base weekend high
- 112
- Price evidence
- Official city/operator search extracts publish $8 per site for a 24-hour camping permit and the site limits; direct page retrieval was unavailable.
- Camping type
- Primitive tent camping
- Activities
- Fishing, boating, water skiing, hiking, biking, wildlife
- Facilities
- Primitive sites, potable water and portable toilets; marina nearby.
- Group camping
- No dedicated group site
- Electricity
- No electricity at campsites
- Reservations
- Contact Lake Draper Marina — 405-799-0870 for permits/group arrangements.
- Restrictions
- Maximum 8 people, 2 tents, 2 vehicles/site. Parent/guardian accompaniment rule for campers under 21 requires troop clarification. Lake swimming prohibited.
- Additional source URL
- www.lakedraper.com/camping.php…
- Source checked
- 2026-10-04
- Known fee allowance %
- 0
- Extra tent nightly rate
- 0
- Extra vehicle daily rate
- 0
- Vehicle permits included per site
- 0
- Entry per eligible person/day
- 0
- Billable days low
- 2
- Billable days high
- 3
- Estimate participants
- 26
Activities here
Paved lake-loop cycling
- Recommendation
- Recommended
- Activity
- Paved lake-loop cycling
- Drive min minutes
- 35
- Drive max minutes
- 50
- Fee low per person
- 0
- Fee high per person
- 0
- Price status
- Self-directed trail outing; permits/rentals separate
- Activity categories
- Mountain Biking; Aquatics; Fishing; Camping
- Best for
- Camping; biking; water sports; fishing
- Requirements
- No lake swimming. Bring bicycles/helmets or arrange rentals; paved and dirt routes differ.
- Equipment
- Participant bicycles and helmets; troop trailers.
- Group capacity
- Campsites limited
- Reservations
- Camping/activities may require permits
- Season or hours
- Check operating hours and conditions
- Miles
- 13.5
- Camping available
- Yes – rustic
- Facilities
- 13.5-mile paved lake trail, MTB trails, lake, marina, campsites, shelters
- Advancement support
- Fieldwork opportunity; troop supplies program and counselor as needed.
- Additional fees
- Off-road cycling has a separate fee; fishing/boating/camping may cost extra.
- Source checked
- 2026-10-03
Off-road cycling
- Recommendation
- Recommended
- Activity
- Off-road cycling
- Drive min minutes
- 35
- Drive max minutes
- 50
- Fee low per person
- 2
- Fee high per person
- 2
- Price status
- Published adult nonmotorized day permit
- Activity categories
- Cycling; Recreation
- Equipment
- Participant bicycles and helmets; no troop-owned bikes.
- Group capacity
- Confirm group arrangements
- Reservations
- Arrange troop visit in advance
- Season or hours
- Check current hours
- Camping available
- No
- Advancement support
- Fieldwork opportunity; counselor and current requirements must be arranged.
- Additional fees
- Children listed as free; confirm current age rules. Bikes/helmets supplied by participants.
- Source URL
- lakedraper.com/off-road.php…
- Source checked
- 2026-10-03
Merit badge opportunities
Fishing; Cycling; Camping; Environmental Science; Sustainability; Nature
- Recommendation
- Recommended
- Program type
- Fieldwork opportunity
- Badge or fieldwork
- Fishing; Cycling; Camping; Environmental Science; Sustainability; Nature
- Fee low per Scout
- 0
- Fee high per Scout
- 0
- Price status
- Self-directed access; permits/classes may add fees
- Group capacity
- Confirm troop arrangements
- Prerequisites
- Review current badge requirements with counselor.
- Counselor arrangements
- Troop arranges registered counselor; venue not confirmed as instructor
- Action needed
- Choose exact requirements and confirm access/program arrangements.
- Season or dates
- Confirm current dates/hours
- Activities
- Fishing, boating, camping, hiking, biking, MTB
- Requirement support
- Fishing, cycling, camping skills, ecosystem/water observations
- Equipment
- Depends on selected requirements; arrange before visit.
- Event status
- Ongoing lead