Welcome to Ski Island!

Ski Island Lake subdivision is located in northwest Oklahoma City just west of Lake Hefner.  It has the largest private lake of several lake subdivisions in the area.  136 families make their home here in an addition that was originally built as vacation cabins.  

Most of the homes are directly on the waterfront and enjoy a wonderful view of the lake and its wildlife.  Water skiing, boating and fishing are just a few of the activities enjoyed here.

Ski Island Lake Club members enjoy a variety of social activities including a 4th of July parade, annual resident summer picnic, lake tours, visits from Santa Claus on his special Santa boat, and, of course, the famous Ski Island Christmas Lights display.  More about Ski Island.

Ski Island is constantly striving to improve our community and we're always up to something!  See what our Beautification Committee is working on now in our 5-year Plan. Ski Island is also a blue ribbon winner for our entrance sign appearance and upkeep from the Adopt a Park and Oklahoma City Beautiful Foundation.  The beautification of those areas was accomplished by many long hours of our Beautification/ Capitol Improvement committee applying and preparing a grant request for the Margaret Annis Boys grant available through Oklahoma City Foundation.  Part of that grant required that we maintain them through the Adopt A Park agreement.   Like to get involved?  The Beautification Committee welcomes everyone to their meetings, held the last Tuesday of each month.  

Current Ski Island Topics

• Westlake Drive fence project was started March 29th and is now completed.  The concrete for the sidewalks in the two pedestrian pass-throughs is finished and the capstones installed.  Great job everyone, and special thanks to Glenn Short for designing and implementation!  More info.
• Island Restoration The island restoration has been a long and hard-fought project.  Current work includes the installation of sprinkler systems drawn from the lake and seeding for grass to replace the weeds and bare patches left from too many trees.  A big thanks to everyone that has worked so hard to finish this project!  More info.

Did you know....

• Ski Island Lake has 35-pound flat head catfish and up to 5-pound Florida bass.  It also has white crappie and black crappie, channel cat, black bass, several varieties of brim, grass carp, carp, drum, gar and several varieties of minnows.
• The Ski Island dam is over 1,200 feet long with 211 feet of weir boards held in place by steel pins.
• There are 16 lakes in series with Ski Island Lake, with Ski Island Lake being the largest.
• Ski Island Lake has 56 surface acres, with over 250 acre-feet of water.
• Ski Island Lake's Dam has 4 electronically-operated sluice gates that can discharge over 600 gallons of water per second.
• When the ground is completely saturated, 6/10th of an inch of rain equates to an additional 3 feet of water in Ski Island Lake due to a large watershed.
• Ski Island Lake's watershed flows all the way from Wiley Post Airport; and from MacArthur Blvd. to County Line Road.
• Ski Island Lake is periodically tested for lead, mercury, and e-coli bacteria.  It's actually more clean than nearby Lake Hefner, which is Oklahoma City's drinking water source!