Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Oklahoma OK
- Country Code
- USA
- State Code
- OK
- Day Trips
- First settled in 1889, Oklahoma City maintains its Old West roots. In keeping with its history of rugged individualism and invention, Oklahoma City is home to the National Cowboy and Western Heritage MuseumÉand to a monument commemorating the inventor of the shopping cart, OKC resident Slyvan Goldman.
- Gay Info
- Gay OKC, www.gayokc.com
- Herland Sister Resources 405/521-9696, www.herlandsisters.org.
- OKC Lesbian, www.okclesbian.com.
- Aids Group
- RAIN-OK 405/232-2437, www.rainoklahoma.org.
- Gay Aa
- Live & Let Live AA 405/524-1100, www.aaoklahoma.org.
- Gay Pride
- June, www.okcpride.com.
- Annual Events
- May - Herland Spring Retreat 405/521-9696. Music, workshops, www.herlandsisters.org.
- May - Paseo Arts Festival 405/525-2688, www.thepaseo.com.
- October - Herland Fall Retreat.
- Airport
- Will Rogers World Airport. To get to the area within the detail map, take I-44 North. Exit on Pennsylvania Ave.
- Taxi
- Yellow Cab 405/232-6161.
- Super Shuttle
- Airport Express 405/681-3311, www.airportexpressokc.com.
- Public Transport
- Metro Transit 405/235-7433, www.gometro.org.
- Tourist Attraction
- Bricktown-renovated nightlife district with canal.
- Historic Paseo Arts District, www.thepaseo.com.
- Myriad Gardens' Crystal Bridge 405/297-3995, www.myriadgardens.com.
- National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum 405/478-2250, www.nationalcowboymuseum.org.
- National Softball Hall of Fame 405/424-5266, www.softball.org.
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art
- 405/236-3100, www.okcmoa.com.
- Oklahoma City National Memorial 405/235-3313, www.oklahomacitynationalmemorial.org.
- Oklahoma City Zoo 405,424-3344, www.okczoo.com.
- Science Museum Oklahoma 405/602-6664, www.sciencemuseumok.org.
- State Capitol: only one in country with its own active oil well.
- Sylvan Goldman monument (inventor of the shopping cart).
- Will Rogers Park.
- Visitors Bureau
- 405/297-8912 & 800/225-5652, www.okccvb.org.
- Weather
- Spring brings out the best of Oklahoma-blue skies for miles and the dogwood, redbud, and azaleas in bloom. (It's also the start of tornado season.) Summer gets mighty hot (90°s-100°s), with thunderstorms thrown in for relief. Fall is the time to head east to the hills of “Green Country” and watch the leaves change. Winters bring cold temps (20°s-30°s), gray skies, a brown landscape, and the occasional dusting of snow and the even rarer but more serious ice storm.
- Best Views
- From a water taxi on the Bricktown Canal (www.brocktownwatertaxi.com). Or anywhere in Myriad Gardens.
- Where The Girls Are
- Scattered all over the largest (in square miles) city in the US. But Bricktown is a popular haunt for many of the city's residents with all its good eats and good bars.