ENID, OK - Enid, Oklahoma has many great places to visit and sites to see. Below we've listed ten of the best choices for this year. If you live in Enid be sure and spend the next few months seeing all of the places suggested. Visitors to Enid should try to squeeze as many of these places into their schedule as possible. You won't be disappointed.
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1. Leonardo's Children's Museum/Adventure Quest
200 E. Maple
Completely renovated in 2015-2016, Leonardo’s Children's Museum is a hands-on art and science museum, dedicated to enriching and inspiring children of all ages by creating fun learning opportunities. Named after the famous fifteenth century artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci, the museum celebrated its grand opening in September of 1995. Since then, approximately 70,000 to 80,000 guests have visited every year, making it one of Northwest Oklahoma's most popular destinations.
Adventure Quest is a three-story wooden castle features bridges, slides, swings, mazes, a water table, dinosaur dig, and tot lot designed to spark the imagination of the young and young at heart. Today, it remains the world’s largest community built outdoor playground.
2. Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
507 S 4th Street
The Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center tells the history and development of the Cherokee Outlet. Discover what it was like to be in the saddle astride a galloping horse racing to stake a claim. See what it was like to live in a sod house, and see the importance of agriculture, oil and transportation to the region. On the grounds of the Heritage Center is Humphrey Heritage Village, a collection of four historically-significant buildings, including the only remaining 1893 U.S. Land office, a 1902 church, a 1905 Victorian home and an 1895 one-room school house. The Village provides educational programs and is available for rental for special events and weddings.
3. David Allen Memorial Ballpark
301 S Grand Ave.
The best time to see the ballpark is during spring or summer baseball. But even if you happen to hit a day when there are no games you still should make a trip to see this world class stadium.
David Allen Memorial Ballpark is located in downtown Enid, Oklahoma. From the brick arches at the entrance of the stadium to the large video display board in the outfield, this is truly a magnificent facility. The stadium has a large concession stand as well as a local baseball museum. There is also an artificial turf practice infield and indoor batting cages. The stands include 359 chair-back seats that were imported from the old Baltimore Memorial Stadium as well as seating upstairs in the balcony area.
4. Woodring Wall of Honor & Memorial Park
One mile south of Highway 412 and 66th Street at the Woodring Airport
The Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, Inc. honora all Oklahoma members of the Armed Forces who served honorably or who are serving their country. They pay tribute to those who gave their lives, were prisoners of war or missing in action throughout the year. They serve as an educational tool for the general public by preserving the history of veterans and events of war through programs, projects and static displays. The Wall of Honor is dedicated to the veterans who preserve the freedoms that we cherish.
Enid is now the home of an 80 percent scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. This replica Wall traveled the country with the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Mission and has now been retired, finding its permanent home here in Oklahoma thanks to the tireless efforts and donations of many people. Over 990 Oklahoma names are on this wall.
5. Enid Symphony Center
301 W. Broadway
Concerts from Oklahoma's longest-running professional symphony radiate inside this visually stunning symphony hall designed to put you in the middle of 18th-century Paris. It is one of four halls inside the former Masonic Temple decorated in their own unique period style. You may even see Enid native and internationally-celebrated opera star Leona Mitchell in the ESO spotlight. Call ahead to set up a tour of this magnificent jewel.
Eighteenth Century Paris is the theme for Enid Symphony Hall. The al fresco stage mural of Government Springs Park creates the illusion that you are seated in a palatial grand room that was always a part of Enid. The faux stone stage floor is a replication of many floors found in the Palace of Versailles. The floor is complemented by wall finishes which recreate an elegant eighteenth century Damask fabric.
6. Railroad Museum of Oklahoma
702 N. Washington
One of the largest collections of railroad material in the United States. Exhibits include over 1000 pieces of dining car china and silver service from passenger trains of the past, maps depicting various railroad lines, railroad paintings, depot clocks, steam engine bells, locks, keys, and a functioning telegraph system. A giant O-scale layout featuring circus trains and related equipment is a popular attraction for young and old alike. The model railroad room includes HO-gauge and N-gauge layouts.
Nine authentic cabooses are on display from various railroads that have served Enid, along with motor cars, five different kinds of box cars, a three dome tank car, a Frisco 1519 Steam Engine, an former Amtrak lounge car that is now used as a dinner car, traveling post office car, car krane, and a 50 ton G.E. switcher locomotive that is still being used to move the rolling stock around on the museum tracks. Two types of flatcars round out our collection of vintage freight cars. Contact railroadmuseumofoklahoma@
7. Simpson's Old Time Museum
228 E. Randolph
Visit Simpson's Old Time Museum and Skeleton Creek Productions Movie Studio and step back into the old west. You'll find wide variety of collections and artifacts. Hop-a-long Cassidy memorabilia, baseball collectibles, train sets and wide range of military items from the cavalry days through WWII are just a few of the many displays found in the museum. Bring your camera and come join in on the fun! Located in downtown Enid.
8. Meadowlake Park - Train, Ferris Wheel & Carousel
Meadowlake Park at Van Buren and Rupe (Open May - Sept)
Although not open year round, the Meadowlake Train, Ferris Wheel and Carousel should be seen. The carousel has long been a signature piece of the park’s charm but was shut down for renovation and while the City of Enid built a new structure for it. Now the carousel stands next to the Train – both are operated by the Kiwanis Club of Enid – and near the miniature golf course and sno-cone shack.
Kiwanis volunteers run the carousel Thursday through Sunday during the months between May and September.
9. Planetarium/Observatory
Randolph & Michael Hedges (North of Briggs Auditorium)
The NOC observatory and Mackie planetarium provide a unique environment worth visiting. The observatory has a modern 14" telescope on a remote controlled mount that can automatically lock on to any viewable celestial object. Outdoor mounts are available for additional telescopes. The planetarium can seat sixty (60) people for a normal show and can also be configured for an amazing dining experience. Numerous professionally-produced shows are available for viewing in the planetarium.
10. Midgley Museum
1001 Sequoyah Dr. (across from Champlin Park) (Closed Nov 1 - March 31)
Enid's Midgley Museum (a.k.a. The Rock House) is operated by Enid Masonic Lodge # 80 and the Eastern Star Chapter of Enid. The Midgley family collected rocks, fossils, and petrified wood that make up the exterior walls and interior fireplaces of the museum. There are thirty four different kinds of stones used in the building. The enormous stump at the front of the house near the street is fossilized redwood it was found near Woodward Oklahoma.
The museum contains display cases containing toys, gems, fossils, early tools and memorabilia. A bedroom and parlor are furnished as in the early years of the last century. There are also collections of stamps, coins, sharks teeth, and arrowheads. A trophy room includes buffalo, a Royal Canadian elk, moose, javelinas and other trophies. Another room is a closet filled with florescent rocks that only reveal their brilliance and beauty in black light.
Marshall Hall on the NOC campus.
Thanks Roy! Great addition!
I was born in Enid! I love Enid !
I lived in Enid for 16 years…from 1965 until 1981, when I graduated from Enid High School. I attended Hayes Elementary, Waller Junior High, and Enid High Schools. I live in San José, California now. Meadowlake Park is a special place for me. We lived just off Rupe Avenue, so Meadowlake was a short drive (nobody walked in the 70s). On special days, we would have pizza at Shakey’s and then head over to miniature golf at Meadowlake.
The Railroad Museum of Oklahoma thanks you for including us in your “must see” list. We’re working hard to add new things to see and do at the museum, including the addition of the HO-scale model railroad that used to be at Oakwood Mall. It now occupies the round top building just west of the main museum and has been expanded and upgraded. Come by and see all the trains, from the tiniest models to the real thing!
I have been to Simpson’s Old Time Museum. It is Huge. The amount of things to look at is never ending. I go to the museum everytime I am in town. And the museum is a “must stop there or else”, and my family is in agreement. You won’t get bored and there are sets to the old western movies that the Simpsons have made. If you are in Enid and you don’t stop in, well, sad to say you will be missing out.