Biking Oklahoma City's River Trail

The trail runs on both sides of the river -- for 6+ miles on the northern bank and 7+ miles on the southern bank -- and we biked the entire 15 miles on the southern side. All roads and train tracks have underpasses for the bike trail, allowing hazard-free pedaling. A number of parks provide parking for riders, and crossover routes are well marked to get from one side of the river to the other. You can get info and download a map here.


The Oklahoma River is always just a few feet away and the views are unobstructed. We passed a skate park which was empty, so we biked a few of the obstacles, and the trail also passes the heavily fenced Dell Computer complex as well as 2 dams. Here's a view of the river...



The downtown and Bricktown are both on the north bank just blocks from the trail, so you could bike to them, too, including the Oklahoma City National Memorial.



This is Oklahoma, so it isn't surprising that the trail corridor has signs indicating you are alongside pipelines for gas, crude oil, and petroleum, and we even passed three rigs pumping oil just off the trail...


This paved 12' wide trail traverses nice scenery and is almost completely level, making it a fine ride for beginner bikers, but even hard core bikers could have good ride here by doing both sides round-trip, all without a road crossing.