Health & Wellness all the way from northwest Oklahoma City to downtown on designated bike paths. Bluff Creek and Lake Stanley Draper, both located in Oklahoma City, have more than 15 miles of mountain biking and hiking trails. Three large lakes – Hefner, Draper and Overholser – provide outdoor recreational activities in and around each lake, including boating, fishing, biking and paved jogging trails and golf. MAPS-funded senior health and wellness centers will soon occupy every quadrant of the city. Open to people ages 50 and up, the wellness centers include amenities to support and promote a healthy, active lifestyle, social interaction and overall quality of life for Oklahoma City adults. Two centers are already open and two more are on the way. The Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge at the north end of Lake Overholser is a pristine expanse of 1,000 acres. Hiking the area will put you in close contact to wildlife, not to mention beautiful views of lakes, bottomland forest and marshlands. The refuge’s trails can accommodate bicyclists or hikers. You can also rent kayaks or canoes and explore the North Canadian River/Oklahoma River through the refuge. The Oklahoma River, a seven-mile stretch of the North Canadian River that runs through the heart of Oklahoma City, offers world-class canoeing, kayaking and standup paddle boarding. Nearby, an Olympic-level whitewater kayaking facility at the Boathouse District provides
whitewater training and fun for both athletes and amateurs. An Olympic-level whitewater kayaking facility at the Boathouse District provides whitewater training and fun for both athletes and amateurs. It’s easy and cheap to be a golfer in the Oklahoma City metro. The city has five public golf courses, with fees starting as low as $26, though there are lower prices later in the day. The cities of Edmond, Midwest City and Norman also have public golf courses. Try your inland boarding skills at the Mat Hoffman Action Sports Park, offering 26,000 square feet of terrain for skateboarding, in-line skating and BMX freestyle biking. The city opened a new skate park in 2019 at Stars and Stripes Park near Lake Hefner. For the four-legged family members, check out Paw Park, a two-acre, off-the-leash area with a swimming pond and enclosures for both large and small dogs. The park charges a monthly use fee. Dogs are required to have proof of vaccinations when visiting. But the new Scissortail Park dog amenities in downtown are free to visit. Oklahoma City is home to the annual Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon, held each April, which attracts more than 25,000 runners and walkers from all 50 states and several foreign countries. This year, the event was moved to October because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Work is done to the DNA statues at Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation’s building.
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