Tulsa, Oklahoma

==Parks and recreation==
{{main|Tulsa parks and recreation}}
{{As of|2016}}, the city of Tulsa manages 134 parks spread over {{convert|8278|acre|ha}}.<ref>[https://www.cityoftulsa.org/media/3310/tulsaparks-annual-report-020317.pdf "2016 Annual Report – Tulsa Park and Recreation Department." 2016.] Accessed May 25, 2017.</ref><ref name="Tulsa Parks and Recreation">{{cite web | year=2010 | url=http://www.1888articles.com/tulsa-home-to-black-wall-street-091555.html | title=Tulsa: Home to Black Wall Street | publisher=1888articles.com | access-date=August 6, 2010 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707060334/http://www.1888articles.com/tulsa-home-to-black-wall-street-091555.html | archive-date=July 7, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[Woodward Park (Tulsa)|Woodward Park]], a {{convert|45|acre|ha|adj=on}} tract located in midtown Tulsa, doubles as a [[botanical garden]], featuring the Tulsa Municipal Rose Garden, with more than 6,000 rose plants in 250 varieties, and the [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] Teaching Gardens, which demonstrate the latest and most successful techniques for growing vegetables, annuals, perennials, woody plants and groundcovers.<ref name="Woodward Park">{{cite web | year=2005 | url=http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/wwpark/wwphist.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414233047/http://www.tulsagardencenter.com/htdocs/wwpark/wwphist.htm | archive-date=April 14, 2006 | title=History of Woodward Park | publisher=Tulsa Garden Center| access-date=April 25, 2006}}</ref>

Some Tulsa-area parks are run by Tulsa County Parks.  These include the {{Convert|270|acre|ha|adj=on}} LaFortune Park in Midtown Tulsa,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/parks.aspx?page=lafortune | title= LaFortune Park | publisher= Tulsa County Parks Department| access-date=August 23, 2019}}</ref> and the {{Convert|192|acre|ha|adj=on}} Chandler Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=  http://www.parks.tulsacounty.org/parks.aspx?page=chandler | title= Chandler Park | publisher= Tulsa County Parks Department| access-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>

Some parks are under the Tulsa River Parks Authority. These include a series of linear parks that run adjacent to the Arkansas River for about {{convert|10|mi|km}} from downtown to the Jenks bridge. Since 2007 a significant portion of the River Parks area has been renovated with new trails, landscaping, and playground equipment. The River Parks Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area on the west side of the Arkansas River in south Tulsa is a {{Convert|300|acre|ha|adj=on}} area that contains over {{Convert|45|mi|km}} of dirt trails available for hiking, trail running, mountain biking and horseback riding.

[[Gathering Place (Tulsa park)|Gathering Place]] is a {{convert|66|acre|ha|adj=on}} park which features a playground, lodge, boathouse, splash playground, sports courts, skate park, wetland pond and garden, trails, classrooms, and amphitheatre.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donors |url=https://www.gatheringplace.org/donors |website=www.gatheringplace.org |publisher=Gathering Place |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gathering Place Story |url=https://www.gatheringplace.org/donors |website=www.gatheringplace.org |publisher=Gathering Place |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Attractions |url=https://www.gatheringplace.org/attractions |website=www.gatheringplace.org |publisher=Gathering Place |access-date=November 8, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/discovery-lab-opens-new-space-to-the-public |title=Discovery Lab opens new space to the public |date=January 24, 2022 |publisher=KJRH.com|access-date=January 24, 2022}}</ref>

===Bicycling===
Tulsa has a number of cycling trails,<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.incog.org/Transportation/trailguide.htm | title= Tulsa Area Trails Guide | publisher= INCOG | access-date= January 31, 2019 | archive-date= February 1, 2019 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190201013600/http://www.incog.org/Transportation/trailguide.htm | url-status= dead }}</ref> and has installed protected bike lanes in parts of the downtown area.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.newson6.com/story/34727125/final-touches-being-put-on-downtown-tulsa-bike-lanes  | title= "Protected bike lanes" Coming to Downtown Tulsa for First Time | publisher=Amy Slanchik, Newson6.com, March 10, 2017| access-date=January 31, 2019}}</ref>  Additional efforts to expand this infrastructure have been included as part of the city's "GoPlan".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newson6.com/story/34727125/final-touches-being-put-on-downtown-tulsa-bike-lanes|title='Protected Bike Lanes' Coming To Downtown Tulsa For First Time|last=Slanchik|first=Amy|access-date=May 4, 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tulsatrc.org/goplan/ |title=Go Plan {{!}} Tulsa Transportation Resource Center |website=tulsatrc.org |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028193310/http://tulsatrc.org/goplan/ |archive-date=October 28, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 4, 2017  }}</ref>