Lake Overholser offers a serene escape in Oklahoma City. The loop around the lake provides stunning…read morewater and prairie views, particularly at sunset. Trails are well-kept, shaded, and ideal for easy hikes. Picnic spots abound, and fishing yields decent catches like bass. Boat ramps cater to kayakers, though windy days can be challenging. The Overholser Dam is a highlight for photos. This underrated gem suits families or anyone seeking a peaceful nature outing. Highly recommended!

Love lake Overholser it's a great place to run, bike and walk. It is pretty clean and the views are…read morebeautiful. Very peaceful place to recreate!

Park playground a 5 star. Also the scenery and layout a 5…read morestar. Short 15 min drive from the house. Felt safe out there. Geese walked up a couple of times and ducks landed on the pond. The girls liked the telescopes... One didn't work. There zero people at the park and several on the trails on the day we went. I was sad to see Porta potties ...but they were clean so there's that. Also Porta potties don't have sanitizer in them .... Unfortunate Will try to get out here again sometime... The girls loved the time spent. Respectfully, Bryan Yukon, Oklahoma

This place is great and so much fun my kids really enjoyed it…read more We saw turtles, squirrels, deer, fish, and plenty of bugs. There are porta pottys but they were pretty clean and the playground is a big plus!

Another nice local lake and park area. When you enter the lake is on your right with a nice parking…read morearea with fishing access to the lake. No motorized craft on the lake. Near the back is a large flat area. About the size of a football field. There are plenty of walking trails and way in the back there are ball fields.

very good if you live near the area and want to go walk or fish, personally i fish there and its…read morevery calm no cray loud noise and there are a couple types of fish that you can catch but its very good lake to fish at when you do not have the time to drive to your favorite lake like lake eufaula .

Riversport is the coolest place in OKC with many activities including the Flowrider wave. The…read morestaff is super nice and accommodating. They always make sure the customers are helped out. I wasn't doing great with the heat and they had a medic come check on me and offer me water!

We drove all the way from to Houston to kayak here! This is the whitewater course where the canoe…read moreand kayak events will be held for the LA Olympics. It was about $33 a day for the kayak pass, which gives you access to the whitewater course. You need to bring your own kayak for this pass, and I'm not sure if they do rentals. It was very fun with an easier and a more difficult course, and there's a conveyor belt that takes you up to the top. While this was fun, I don't think some of the staff were doing their jobs well. There was someone releasing tubers right in front of our boats coming down. They clearly weren't looking out for kayakers beforehand, and this was such a safety issue. Some of the staff at the counter also did not seem to know how to check people in. Before our visit, we called multiple times during their business hours, but they never answered.

Lately, I've been traveling to this park to run various 5k events so I have a lot of exposure to…read moreWPP. They've really done a nice job with this park and the views while running on the river are amazing. I do wish they would fix the restrooms though as there was no running water in men/women restrooms at all. It made things a little odd when 100ish people are trying to use them.

My Alumni group have rented this place for the past 3 yrs, why would we think they'd hand us a…read moredirty facility. The host had everything circled on the contract so my fellow committee member signed it, then we began setting up. Our rental started 15 mins after the designated time they had us arrive. No one had cleaned, disinfected, mopped or made any effort to prepare for a 7 hr event. At $60 and hour we asked for 2 hrs refund due to having to clean up their mess, & later a water spill from their AC unit in the entry way. Ms. Morgan was rude when I talked with her, knowing the pics I'd sent clearly showed lack of professionalism on her part. We found a huge pile of nasty dead (& a few live bugs) in a corner where the chairs & tables take up space. Also around the room we found that it had not been swept, it certainly hadn't been mopped. Airborne illnesses are still a problem in today's world, so it makes no sense to rent a filthy facility to anyone! We had to cut our event short & clean up since people began to leave. I was so disappointed with all the work we'd put into planning, then to be treated like we just didn't matter. We signed in good faith, believing the place was cleaned, at a minimum. That was not the case.

Ask a local. Loved…read morevisiting Scissortail Park in Oklahoma City. The park is filled with flower gardens, native prairie grssses and som many walkways. It was so nice to explore on a sunny spring afternoon. This has to be a bird lovers paradise. The Scissortail is the state bird of Oklahoma. It is known for its distinctive black and white tail that seems to open and close like a pair of scissors during flight. Just the tail can grow up to 10 inches. Although I did not see any Scissortails, there were plenty of other birds to spot. Red-winged blackbirds. House finches. Great tailed grackles. Green herons. Great white egrets. And the cutest family of Canada geese with their little gosling babies. Adorable! Don't miss the Skydance Bridge. Also known as the Scissortail Bridge, it is inspired by the courtship dance of the Scissortail birds. The pedestrian bridge crosses over I-40 linking the two sides of the park. A great recommendation from a local.

I have now attended Pride at Scissortail Park two years in a row and both times were amazing. The…read moreorganizers did an outstanding job and the park continues to be a wonderful addition to the OKC community. I always love visiting Scissortail Park, whether it is for the farmers markets, Ballet Under the Stars, or just a peaceful walk. It is beautiful, thoughtfully designed, and exactly what our city needed. Go for a visit soon!

Mujeebullah Dastyar photos of the sunset October month 2025…read more Amazing family place with beautiful view

Park playground a 5 star. Also the scenery and layout a 5…read morestar. Short 15 min drive from the house. The scenery with the lake in the background and the airplanes flying over... Very cool. There was quite a few people out on the day we went. I was sad to see Porta potties there vs a permanent bathroom.... But I guess that's how it goes in parks these days? Porta pottie didn't have sanitizer in it .... Unfortunate Will try to get out here again sometime... already have two toddlers requesting to return. Respectfully, Bryan Yukon, Oklahoma

awesome place my and my siblings play football there during the summer and fall and it's amazing…read more 10/10 place.

I walk my dogs in Buck Thomas Park and the dog park every weekend, when I was growing up a park was…read morea place for a family to go to enjoy the outdoors, jog, walk or ride bikes but it is getting harder to do that when the park is closed. It shouldn't be closed for a week for the 4th of July and it should be completely cleaned of all debris from the fireworks when it reopens, closing it for other activities limits the time when people are able to use the park for jogging or walking their dogs and I don't think that is right especially if that is something that the park was put there for.