Visit Enid

OKLAHOMA HIS T ORY

Explore Enid Your Way

The largest competitive event in history occurred in northwest Oklahoma on Sept. 16, 1893. The Cherokee Strip Land Run saw 100,000 landhungry pioneers racing for 40,000 plots of land and town lots. Successful settlers then staked their claim at one of four land offices, with one being in what is now Enid. By nightfall, Enid was a town of 10,000 people, and those pioneers were excited about their new adventure.

The situation today is much different than in 1893, but the results are the same. People come to Enid to stake their claim for modern adventures and opportunities, to make new memories. Come join us and STAKE YOUR CLAIM while exploring Enid your way.

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Cover Photo: The mandala is one of the most popular types of patterns to color. Typically, mandalas are circular geometric patterns, causing people to relax and quiet their minds. Mandala Colorwheel, completed in December 2020 by Enid artist Chris Bodelle, is located at Carrie Chastain Dentistry, 407 E Cherokee.

Photo courtesy of Muncy Photography

Arts

PUBLIC ART

From our proud heritage to our vibrant future, the unique art sculptures and murals found throughout Enid cater to all artistic styles.

THE TRAIL

The Trail original metal mural by Enid artist Paul Stone was created in 2015 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail. Local artist Tox Murillo created the picturesque scenic mural enhancing the metal cutouts in 2022.

80’S POP CULTURE

The culture of the 1980s has been described as a colorful confetti explosion of creativity. In 2020, Enid artist Tox Murillo captured the essence of the 80s and painted it onto a 14’ by 98’ canvas of cool.

SHRED CITY

Shred City, the 2,700 sq. ft. mural overlooking the Enid Skate Park, was created by Los Angeles artist Kiptoe in 2021. Kiptoe’s design features skateboarders on the right and BMX and scooters on the left.

EAST MAINE BRIDGE

Numerous semi trucks and high-profile vehicles have failed to heed warnings of low clearances at the East Maine Bridge and have seen the tops of their trailers peeled off. The final warning is a 6 x 72-foot shark teeth design on both sides of the bridge by local artist Wayne Shearon in 2013.

UNDER HER WING WAS THE UNIVERSE

The walkway through this unique piece of abstract art glitters during the day, and the sculpture is equipped with 1,152 “stars” that twinkle at night, inviting visitors to escape into daydreams and possibility.

PERFORMING ARTS

Artists yearn to share their passion, to touch people’s lives through performing. Escape your stresses through Enid’s vast artistic talent on the stage, orchestra, and live music venues.

GASLIGHT THEATRE

As one of Oklahoma’s longest-running community theatres, Gaslight has produced high quality comedies, dramas and musicals for over 50 years. Its intimate setting means there’s not a bad seat in the house.

ENID SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Step back in time to 18th-century Paris when you enjoy concerts from national and international artists in a visuallystunning symphony hall. Founded in 1905, ESO is two years older than Oklahoma.

Don’t miss out on Enid’s performing arts options

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT

Enid’s downtown is one of only seven Certified Cultural Districts in Oklahoma. Live music, artist displays and more happen on First Friday April-October.

See what’s happening around Enid’s booming public art scene

Heritage

CHEROKEE STRIP REGIONAL HERITAGE CENTER

The story of perhaps the most competitive event in history is told at the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center, when 100,000 land-hungry pioneers raced for 40,000 plots of land.

HUMPHREY HERITAGE VILLAGE

Four historic buildings stand at Humphrey Heritage Village, part of the Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center. The showcase is the U.S. Land Office that stood in Enid during the Cherokee Strip Land Run of 1893, the only land office remaining from any of the seven Oklahoma land runs. You will also find a 1902 church, a 1905 Victorian home and an 1895 one-room schoolhouse.

RAILROAD MUSEUM OF OKLAHOMA

Step into the fenced-in railyard at the Railroad Museum of Oklahoma and explore cabooses, engines, a dining car and more. Inside find an elaborate model train set larger than your living room.

SIMPSON’S OLD TIME MUSEUM is Enid’s old west movie studio, home to six full length, family-friendly Westerns. Take your photo in the old saloon, bank and hotel lobby.

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

As of publication, Enid has 27 locations on the National Register, including the Kenwood and Waverley Historic Districts, Enid’s first two neighborhoods. The complete list can be found at VisitEnid.org.

JOHN WILKES BOOTH CONSPIRACY

History says John Wilkes Booth was killed in a Virginia barn two weeks after assassinating President Lincoln. But did he? Learn the story of David E. George at the old Grand Hotel, now Garfield Furniture.

Go back in time and relive Enid’s colorful history

WOODRING WALL OF HONOR & VETERANS PARK

houses an 80-percent replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial Wall, a museum filled with war artifacts, and a tribute to Oklahomans who gave the ultimate sacrifice.

Family fun

LEONARDO’S CHILDREN’S MUSEUM

The world’s largest community-built outdoor playground stands at Leonardo’s Children’s Museum, where children explore their imagination.

RED BIRD FARM

Red Bird Farm is a family-friendly working Christmas tree and blackberry farm, with special events offered throughout the year.

STRIDE BANK CENTER

Stride Bank Center is Enid’s downtown arena, hosting concerts, events, trade shows and the Enid Outlaws of The Basketball League (TBL).

ENID AXE

Enid’s sharpest entertainment venue is Enid Axe, where their target is your good time. Besides throwing axes, play pool, air hockey, darts, pinball, and golf on their two simulators.

DAVID ALLEN MEMORIAL BALLPARK

Recognized as one of the finest small-city ballparks in America, David Allen Memorial Ballpark is home to the NJCAA Div. II World Series each May.

Discover even more smiles, giggles and family memories in Enid

ENID WELCOME CENTER

Kids and adults both enjoy having their pictures taken at the Welcome Center. Meet Prairie Thunder, the beautiful painted bison that greets you as you enter, or get a shot of the Chisholm Trail marker made by Enid native Bob Klemme. There are over 400 markers placed everywhere a section line crosses the historic Chisholm Trail in Oklahoma.

Food + Drink

+ Drink Food

Breakfast or lunch at the WEE TOO is comfort food at its finest. The “Home of the Garbage Omelet” shirts the staff wear highlights its signature dish.

Comfort, warmth and elegant Old World charm are all around at NAPOLI’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT.Find traditional favorites and original specialty dishes.

Step into a lively Irish pub at CALLAHAN’S PUB & GRILLE. Enjoy Shepherd’s Pie, the Donar Kebab or their signature Fish and Chips, with nearly 60 beer selections.

Enjoy a casual and family-friendly approach to Mexican cuisine at Café Garcia. The fresh salsa and relish bar allows guests to top their entrée with their choice of heat.

LENOX DRIVE-IN

There’s no seating, just a picnic table out front, but that hasn’t stopped folks from flocking to Lenox Drive-In since 1953 for burgers and fries.

COSTELLO’S CONTINENTAL CUISINE

Good food, good wine and sophisticated menu items await at Costello’s Continental Cuisine. Find Grilled Duck or Rack of Lamb along with steaks and seafood.

ENID BREWING COMPANY & EATERY

Enid’s first brewery, Enid Brewing Co. and Eatery offers great “grain to glass” beers and a full menu of mouthwatering bar food.

SETTLERS BREWING COMPANY

Settlers Brewing Co. was named due to its location directly on the Ole’ Chisholm Trail. Their “Land Office” offers handcrafted beers named for local and regional landmarks.

DAVINCI’S COFFEEHOUSE AND GELATERIA

Every cup is a masterpiece at all three DaVinci’s Coffeehouse and Gelateria locations. Bring your sweet tooth and try their gelato, and they also offer free Pup Cups all day.

FIVE80 COFFEEHOUSE

Five80 Coffeehouse serves a full, fresh-to-order lunch menu and an array of gourmet teas and coffees. It serves the community using a “Pay What You Can” model with “suggested prices.”

Enid Map Legend

Sports/ Recreation Facilities

NOTE: Map not to scale, actual distances may vary.

UNDER HER WING WAS THE UNIVERSE

See what’s happening around Enid’s booming public art scene

4RKids Mini Golf – F3

Champlin Park – F6

Champlin Pool – E7

Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center – F9

Chisholm Trail Expo Center – A7

Crosslin Park – A6

David Allen Memorial Ballpark– DT F4

Don Haskins Park – E9

Enid Recreational Trail – G2-G7

Enid Skate Park – E9

Enid Soccer Complex – C6

Enid Symphony Center – DT D1

Enid Welcome Center – F7, DT H2

Gaslight Theatre – DT B3

Government Springs Park North – F9

Holden Art Gallery – DT C2

Indian Creek Village (Ringwood) – F1

John Wilkes Booth Conspiracy – DT E4

Kellet Park – H5

Literary Landmark Marquis James – DT D3

Leonardo’s Children’s Museum – DT A5

Mabee Center – E11

Meadowlake Park – H6

Meadowlake Golf Course

Meadowlake Mini Golf

Meadowlake Disc Golf

Midgley Museum – F6

Nightmare Warehouse – D7

NOC Mackie Planetarium – E11

NWOSU Disc Golf – E11

Oakwood Bowl – F2

Oakwood Country Club – C3

Pheasant Run Golf Course – C1

Railroad Museum of Oklahoma – D7

Ruth Monro Augur Murals – DT C3

Selby Stadium – G7

Simpson’s/Skeleton Creek Productions – DT B5

Skatetown – G4

Splash Pads: Champion – E4

Splash Pads: Hoover – D9

Stride Bank Center – DT F3

Tennis Courts: Crosslin Park – A6

Tennis Courts: Don Haskins Park – E9

Tennis/Pickleball Courts – F9

Vance AFB Visitors Center – I6

Woodring Wall of Honor – E12

Top Events Events Top

NJCAA DIV II WORLD SERIES

Programs all across the country try to navigate “The Road to Enid.” David Allen Memorial Ballpark has played host to this 8-day national championship tournament since 2009.

THE ONE ENID

A multi-event experience spanning through the holidays. The keystone is the world’s tallest fresh-cut Christmas tree, measuring at an astonishing 140 feet tall.

ENID LIGHTS UP THE PLAINS

Always the day after Thanksgiving, with live Christmas music, meet Santa Claus, food trucks, horse-drawn wagon rides, Tree of Lights, Christmas Lights Parade, PAT the Snowman and Park Avenue Thrift fireworks grand finale!!

RBR FOOD TRUCK & ART FESTIVAL

RBR Food Truck & Art Festival brings two days of glorious fun, beer, music, art and food to the red brick road at the 200 block of E Maple.

KITES OVER ENID

April is National Kite Month, and what better way to celebrate than by flying a kite at Kites over Enid. Purchase a kite on site or bring your own and rediscover the joy of kite flying.

TOMBSTONE TALES

Take a wagon ride through the Enid Cemetery on a moonlit Oklahoma evening and enjoy re-enactment characters portraying historic personalities who once lived in the Enid area.

CHEROKEE STRIP CELEBRATION

Cherokee Strip Celebration is Enid’s birthday party. This two-day festival includes an Indian taco lunch, games and a petting zoo on the square, and a parade featuring longhorn steers.

CORVETTE EXPO

Oklahoma’s largest indoor Corvette Expo the first Saturday in April at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center gives you a chance to get up close to these iconic American sports cars.

HOLIDAYS ON ICE

Enid’s holiday forecast is icy, thanks to a real-ice, open-air ice rink in downtown Enid. Skate rental available, or bring your own skates and glide on the ice like you’re in a Christmas movie.

RED BIRD FARM HARVEST MARKET

Red Bird Farm Harvest Market signals the arrival of fall. Find pumpkins, squash, flower bulbs, sweet potatoes, corn stalks and hay bales, vendors and a farm animal petting zoo.

VAN BUREN CRUISERS

Relive the good ol’ days and cruise VB on Father’s Day weekend. Proudly show off your vehicle, or bring a lawn chair and watch all the vehicles cruise by. And don’t miss the car show Saturday night.

ENID COMIC CON

Enid Comic Con is a family-friendly festival for fans of pop culture, superheroes, sci-fi, anime, cosplay and more. Meet celebrity guests, enter the costume contest, and shop vendors from across the country selling all things geek.

Plan your visit around one or more of Enid’s special events

Outdoor Rec Outdoor Rec

SOCCER

The Advance Soccer Complex is Enid’s newest sports venue, catering to players from PeeWee to adults. It features a turf championship field, six natural grass fields and an indoor fieldhouse for Futsal.

DISC GOLF

Enid hosts two championship-ready disc golf courses. Meadowlake DGC is endorsed by three-time world champion Ron Convers Jr. and features elevation, mature trees and forces shot shaping. The NWOSU-NOC-Enid DGC is ready for both tournaments and family outings.

CYCLING

Get off the beaten path and see another side of Enid. 5 Eighty Trails is Enid’s single-track mountain bike trail featuring 7 miles of bike trails suitable for all skill levels. The Enid Recreational Trails provide safe and convenient facilities for cyclists as well as walkers, joggers, in-line skaters and wheelchair users. And there are paved trails throughout both Crosslin and Meadowlake parks.

GOLF

Enid’s two public golf courses provide two distinct types of play. Meadowlake Golf Course is an 18hole tree-lined municipal course that measures 6,472 yards from the tips. Pheasant Run Golf Course is an 18-hole, championship links-style course measuring 7,201 yards.

TENNIS

PICKLEBALL

Play Pickleball anytime day or night at Government Springs Park South on eight outdoor resurfaced courts with lights.

SKATEBOARD

Grab your board and get some air in Enid! Enid’s beginner friendly skate park featuring an open-ended bowl, flat bar and grind ledge. It’s also home to the 180-foot long “Shred City” mural.

Have a “love” for tennis? Enid has you covered with 20 public tennis courts throughout the city. Get

HORSESHOES

Enid has the most horseshoe courts in any one location in Oklahoma. The 16 pits are also ADA-compliant.

Shopping

Shopping

DOWNTOWN ENID

Two block square framed by Independence, Maine, Randolph and Grand- Find locally-owned boutiques like Boho Teepee. Satisfy your food cravings with local restaurants like Enid Brewing Company and Eatery and Napoli’s. Enid’s newest boutique hotel, The GLo Downtown Enid, anchors the south side of the square.

HERITAGE HILLS

A quaint, hometown shopping village featuring locally owned specialty stores, including Razzmatazz (women’s clothing) and The Modern Thread (women’s and men’s clothing).

ANTIQUE & CONSIGNMENT SHOPS

You don’t know what you’ll find but you’ll love what you walk out with when you shop Enid’s antique and consignment stores.

SUNSET PLAZA

Large strip mall with national chains Hobby Lobby, Ross & Hibbett Sports, and the locally-owned Putnam Six Bookstore and Whiskey Girlz Boutique.

LAND RUN TOWN CENTER

Strip mall location for chain stores Academy Sports and Outdoors, Ulta Beauty, The Buckle, Maurices, Bath & Body Works, Famous Footwear and more.

NEILSON SQUARE

Old Navy and Staples are joined by local merchants Mead Jewelers and Ruth’s Christian Bookstore.

STONEBRIDGE PLAZA

Home to Wal-Mart neighborhood grocery store and a local meat market, T&C Meats.

Lodging

HWY 412 / OWEN K GARRIOTT RD

RV PARKS

ASHLEY LANE RV PARK

2730 N Van Buren I 580.234.1246

CHISHOLM TRAIL EXPO CENTER

111 W Purdue I 580.237.0238

ENID RV PARK 1002 E Maine I 580.540.8875

FAIRHAVEN RV PARK 4420 N 4th St. I 580.234.4415

HIGH POINT MOBILE HOME & RV 2700 N Van Buren I 580.234.1726

ROSE RV 1418 S Van Buren I 580.237.9405

SHADY LANE RV PARK 4112 Shady Lane I 580.603.2870

TRAILS WEST 902 Overland Trail I 580.237.7094

Complimentary hot breakfast, exercise room, business center, indoor pool, meeting room 710 Mill Run Rd. 580.540.4351