Scissortail Park

The upper Park's 35-acres offers walking paths, gardens, seasonal plant displays and an extensive tree collection. Facilities include: children's playground, interactive fountains, seasonal roller rink, lake with boat rentals and a variety of exercise programs and other recreational and cultural programs, picnic pavilions, dog Park and performance stage. The Park offers free education/cultural/recreational programming designed to attract diverse audiences. Events include a weekly farmer's market with over 50 small farms and artisanal producers at the market that runs april through october. A spring through fall concert schedule includes a diverse lineup of quality concerts that include classical to country. The stage is also used for dance performances including the okc ballet and ethnic dance events. Seasonal festivals include: a spring kite festival, fall halloween parties and holiday lighting and concerts. The Park also collaborates with dozens of community nonprofit groups to offer free events including a menorah light festival, pride festival, native american pow wows, color of art, cinco de mayo, the okc memorial marathon and dios de los muertos festival. Scissortail Park was fully completed in 2022 when the southern 34 acres of the Park opened in september 2022. All of the Park's 70 acres are now fully open to the public to use. This Park area includes many features not found in the upper Park, primarily sports facilities. These include a lighted soccer field and basketball, pickleball and futsol courts. Adjacent to the sports area is a large nature play area with mature shade trees and a playground designed to use natural materials, logs, branches and stones for play and exploration. Natural landscapes showcasing prairie plants, grasses and wildflowers are also featured in this section.