Lake Hudson

This is plagiarized from the GRDA Website.

Every one of DAM J.A.M.'s four scenic routes travels along the shoreline or crosses this lake. It's just downstream on the Grand River from Grand Lake O' The Cherokees and is also fed by Spavinaw Creek. Remember the levee, City of Tulsa pump stations, and the hump along Waterline Road?

Lake Hudson was created in 1964 with the Grand River Dam Authority’s completion of the Markham Ferry Project (Robert S. Kerr Dam). The lake is named after the late Wash Hudson, a former Tulsa attorney and member of the GRDA Board of Directors.

Lake Hudson is situated in a natural river valley, resting at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. Its location provides for breathtaking scenery comprised of majestic bluffs, rolling hills and quiet, secluded coves.

Significantly smaller than its “big sister,” Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees, Lake Hudson has 12,000 surface acres of water surrounded by 200 miles of shoreline. Hudson has an average elevation of 619 feet above sea level.

A wide variety of fish can be caught on Lake Hudson, and many consider it to be the best bass fishing lake in the state.

Kerr Dam at Lake Hudson

Sometimes referred to as the Markham Ferry Project, this is the second hydroelectric facility constructed by GRDA. Located just north of Locust Grove, Oklahoma, the dam forms Lake Hudson, a 12,000-acre, 200-mile shoreline lake, the second in a chain of three lakes along the Grand River.

Constructed in 1964, Kerr Dam's powerhouse houses four, 28.5-megawatt generators that combine to produce 114 total megawatts of electricity (approximately 8 percent of total GRDA capability). Kerr Dam has 17 floodgates and a total discharge potential of 599,000 cubic feet per second.

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