Tulsa Parks

Tulsa Parks manages 135 parks covering roughly 6,553 acres. This includes the Redbud Valley Nature Preserve, two specialty centers, and six community centers with various amenities including, fitness facilities, gymnasiums, art studio space and meeting rooms. There are 57 miles of walking trails, two skate parks, three dog parks, and five swimming pools. In addition, there are 227 sports fields*, 99 playgrounds, 94 tennis courts, 8 outdoor pickleball courts, 13 water playgrounds, 18 splash pads, 96 picnic shelters, 4 golf courses and 8 disc golf courses.

1. gathering place

Gathering Place is an award-winning 66.5-acre park along the Arkansas River designed by a world-renowned landscape architect. At $465 million, Gathering Place is the largest private gift to a community park in U.S. history. This one-of-a-kind hybrid park offers unique, free experiences for all ages and abilities.

Large city park with ample facilities including sports fields & courts, a pool, playgrounds & golf course. 5202 S Hudson Ave, Tulsa, OK 74135

2. lafortune

45 acres of horticultural gardens (rock, herb, rose & azalea), a Victorian conservatory & arboretum. 2435 S Peoria Ave, Tulsa, OK 74114

3. Woodward

A series of parks along the Arkansas river including the urban wilderness of Turkey Mountain, the 41st Street Plaza offering a splashpad, playground, & disc golf, and River West Festival Park where some of Tulsa’s largest events are held.

4. River parks

Large space featuring a dog park, small pond, disc golf, plus walking & biking trails. 5804 E 91st St, Tulsa, OK 74137

5. HUNTER

A developing museum with interactive displays sharing stories of the people who built the Greenwood District, or “Black Wall Street” of the early 1900’s.

5. Greenwood Rising

The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art is 13,700 sq ft of exhibit space and houses the largest collection of Jewish art in the Southwestern United States.

4. Sherwin Miller

The Tulsa Air & Space Museum (TASM) has 19,000 sq ft of historical exhibits, hands-on activities, and vintage aircraft. It also has a full-dome planetarium and educational facilities for schools, summer camps, and Scout groups.

3. Air & Space & Planetarium

Also known as the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art; houses the world’s largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West, and a growing collection of art and artifacts from Central and South America.

2. gilcrease

Expansive formal gardens, hosting numerous yearly events and exhibitions. Opened in 1939, located in the 1920s “Villa Philbrook”, the home of oil pioneers Waite and Genevieve Phillips- close to Brookside.

1. philbrook