Broken Arrow Parks & Recreation Guide

A PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF BROKEN ARROW PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT

Winter/Spring • 2020 - 2021

Facilities

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Adult Programs

Parks Locator

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Adult Pickleball

Reservations

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A.M. Volleyball

Sports Groups

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Basic Break Dancing

Battle Creek Golf Course

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Guided Painting Class

Activities & Classes

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Monday Night Pickleball

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Martial Arts

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Macrame Plant Hanger

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Rec Room

Adult Sport Leagues

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Remote Control Flying

Adult Fitness

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Spring Garden Prep

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Fitness Line Dance

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Terrific Tomatoes

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Zumba Gold

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Zumba

Youth Programs

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Basic Break Dancing

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Tai Chi

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Crafty Tots

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Walking/Fitness

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Guided Painting Class

Rose West Dog Park

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Karate Tots

Parks & Recreation Survey

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Martial Arts

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Nature Journaling

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Nature Tots

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Young Engineers

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Roly Poly’s

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Tumbling Gymnastics

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Tykes Tumbling

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Central Park Community Center Central Park Community Center features 3 full size basketball courts with 18 basketball goals, 6 official size pickleball courts, 6 volleyball courts, small meeting room and a large meeting room with a kitchen for an additional fee.

1500 South Main Street Hours: Mon-Fri 7AM-9PM, Sat 9AM-1PM Closed Sundays and Holidays Phone: 918.259.8437 Click here

Nienhuis Park Community Center Nienhuis Park Community Center features 2 full size basketball courts, with 12 basketball goals, 4 official size pickleball courts, 4 volleyball courts, recreation game room, and a meeting room with a kitchenette.

3201 North 9th Street Hours: Mon-Fri 11AM-9PM, Saturday 1PM-5PM Closed Sundays and Holidays Phone: 918.259.6550 Click here

Ray Harral Nature Center Ray Harral Nature Center features live animal displays, a variety of taxidermy animal displays, a live bee hive, historic artifacts, an observation deck and a small meeting room.

7101 South 3rd Street Hours: Mon-Sat 10AM-7PM (March 1-October 31) Mon-Sat 8AM-5PM (November 1-February 28) Closed Sundays and Holidays Phone: 918.615.6099 Trail Map Click Here

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This online tool, available at www.BrokenArrowOK.gov/Parklocator, allows people to find all relevant information about any City-owned park or recreation facility.

The tool works on both desktop computers and mobile devices.

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Facilities Location

Address

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Central Park Community Center

1500 S. Main Street

80

Central Park Community Center

1500 S. Main Street

30

Nienhuis Park Community Center 3201 N. 9th Street

80

Ray Harral Nature Center

30

7101 S. 3rd Street

Kitchen/Kitchenette

Phone

Fees

Kitchen ($50/$60 Fee) 918.259.8437 BA Residents: $35/hr

Non-Residents: $45/hr None 918-259-8437 BA Residents: $25/hr Non-Residents: $30/hr Kitchenette (Included) 918-259-6550 BA Residents: $35/hr Non-Residents: $45/hr Residents: $25/hr None 918-615-6099 BA Non-Residents: $30/hr

*Depending on location, amenities may include Wi-Fi, tables and chairs.

Shelters Broken Arrow Residents: $15/hr Non-Residents: $25/hr

• BA Events Complex • Central Park

• Country Aire Park

Shelter 2 Shelter 3 Shelter 4 • Haskell Park • Sieling Park

East Shelter West Shelter • Jackson Park North Shelter South Shelter

South Shelter North Shelter Quad Shelters • Nienhuis Park • Leisure Park

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About Battle Creek Golf Cub may be a city-owned golf course but don't let that sway your opinion. Just because the other muni's you've played may have let you down, Battle Creek is managed and maintained by Greenway Golf, an expert golf course maintenance and management company.

The 18-hole course in the Tulsa suburb of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma features 7,237 yards of golf from the longest tees for a par of 72 . The course rating is 75.4 and it has a slope rating of 130 on Bermuda grass fairways and outstanding smooth premier Bent grass greens.

Battle Creek opened in 1997; the bunkers recently went through a half-million dollar renovation under the supervision of acclaimed golf architect David Tripp.

Golf Rates Golf fees including green fee and cart and range from $28-$47 + tax per player depending on season, day of week and time. The best rates can be found on weekday afternoons and through online specials.

Contact Us Address: 3200 N. Battle Creek Drive., Broken Arrow. OK 74012 Phone: 918-355-4859 Hours: Sun.-Tues. & Thurs.-Sat. | 8 a.m. - 7p.m.

Wed. | 9a.m. - 7p.m.

Website: https://www.battlecreekgolf.net/

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Join the fun in making a macrame plant hanger from the comfort of your own home! This virtual event will be on Zoom. Supplies will not be provided. Items needed are a clothesline and a 2” or 3” ring.

Saturday, January 30th

Ages 16+

FREE

Pre-registration is required. Click below: https://zoom.us/.../tJcqdOigrj4iHtFG6dwDVzzzX5K7wCxfEHX Ray Harral Nature Center

Please contact (918) 615-6099

The rec room offers ping pong, foosball, shuffle board, as well as board games for the family to enjoy. Please contact Nienhuis Park Community Center at (918) 259-6550 for hours of operation.

Use this time to fly your RC planes and helicopters in the gym. Participants must provide their own planes.

Tuesday, February 9th

FREE

Pre-registration is required for Zoom https://zoom.us/.../ tJYvdOCqrj0oH9FHn7UwSdMqvlurMK31hQnT

It’s FREE! Nienhuis Park Community Center Mondays

Join the Tulsa Master Gardeners as they cover spring garden preparation techniques virtually. Learn the do's and the don'ts of Oklahoma gardening in the spring. This class will cover soil health, native plants, and proper pesticide use. Presentation will be followed by a Q & A session.

Ray Harral Nature Center 11:00am-2:00pm

Please contact (918) 615-6099

Central Park Community Center Thursdays

9:00am-12:00pm Growing perfect tomatoes in Oklahoma can be tricky.

Do you know the best time to plant? What type of soil is best? Join us along with a Tulsa Master Gardener on Zoom to learn the tricks of the trade in growing tomatoes. Learn about the different varieties of tomatoes, diseases, and pest that affect growing tomatoes. *Limited Space Tuesday, March 23rd

FREE

Pre-registration is required for Zoom Ray Harral Nature Center Please contact (918) 615-6099

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Come and learn the basics of Break Dancing. Participants will learn to perform different types of Break Dance moves and routines. Come check it out.

Mondays

6:30pm-7:30pm

Nienhuis Park Community Center

Ages 10 and Older $40 Per Month

For more information, please call (918) 259-6550

Our goal is to help every student obtain their potential in Tae Kwon Do and all aspects of their life. Through fun and innovative teaching techniques, each child and adult will learn the traditions of Tae Kwon Do and real world applications.

Tuesdays & Thursdays

Age 6-12

Nienhuis Park Community Center

6:00pm-7:00pm $60 Per Month

For more information, please call (918) 259-6550 Your Child will be introduced to different Arts & Crafts to create their own masterpiece. Game playing will be incorporated which will help with hand eye coordination.

Fridays

11:30am-12:15pm

Nienhuis Park Community Center

Age 3-5 $5 Per Month

For more information, please call (918) 259-6550

Let your child use their imagination to create, draw, and write in the nature park! Nature Journaling is a great way to find inspiration in the world around you and better your writing skills. This program will include a journal to complete nature related activities to keep your child focused.

Wednesdays, April 7-21 1:00pm-2:00pm Age 6-10 $10 Per Month Ray Harral Nature Center For more information, please call (918) 615-6099

Ray Harral Nature Center is offering a Step by Step Painting Class. Come out and paint a seasonal picture. All supplies are provided. Please wear your painting clothes!

This class will be held outdoors if the weather is nice. If weather conditions are bad this class will be inside.

Saturdays 4/24 & 5/15

10am or 2pm

Ray Harral Nature Center

Age 10 & Up $15 Per Person

For more information, please call (918) 615-6099

This weekly class will enrich your child's understanding of nature through hikes, games and crafts. Nature Tots is suitable for toddlers and parent(s) involvement is required.

Mondays, April 5th 10:30am-12:00pm

or Age 2-4

Tuesdays, April 6th $10 Per Month

Ray Harral Nature Center For more information, please call (918) 615-6099

Students will warm up and have fun stretching, then teaching simple techniques with games and other activities designed for this age group. We will teach them basic moves getting them ready for advanced karate.

Let your child's inner engineer shine! We'll explore gravity, buoyancy, and many other forces of physics!

Fridays

March 10-31

6:00pm-6:40pm

Nienhuis Park Community Center

Age 2-6 $40 Per Month

For more information, please call (918) 259-6550

Wednesdays

Ray Harral Nature Center

2:30pm-3:30pm

Age 10-12 $15/Child

For more information, please call (918) 615-6099

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This class focuses on basic tumbling and gymnastics skills for the beginner but also progressively gets more challenging. Further development of coordination, balance, strength and flexibility will also be a focus.

This fun gymnastics based class will encourage the development and progression of fundamental motor skills of children. A variety of physically active games, songs with movement, and other sports related skills will be incorporated.

Parent/Caregiver may be asked to assist.

*Space is Limited

*Space is Limited Tuesdays Wednesdays

4:15-5:00pm 11:30am-12:15pm or 5:00pm-5:45pm

$40 Per Month

Tuesdays Wednesdays

5:00pm– 5:45pm 5:45-6:30pm

$40 Per Month

Age 4-6

Age 2.5 to 4

Children will learn the basics like cartwheels as well as progressively work their way to more challenging benchmarks like back handsprings. This program will enhance endurance, strength, flexibility, self awareness, and discipline. While the skills in this class do get progressively more challenging, FUN is still one of the main focuses. Team building is also incorporated through active games. *Space is Limited Mondays Wednesdays $40 Per Month

6:30-7:30pm 6:30-7:30pm Age 6-11

For more information & registration, please call 918-259-6550

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Pickleball is a paddle sport which combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping pong. Equipment is available.

Ray Harral Nature Center is offering a Step by Step Painting Class. Come out and paint a seasonal picture. All supplies are provided. Please wear your painting clothes!

This class will be held outdoors if the weather is nice. If weather conditions are bad this class will be inside.

Central Park Community Center Monday, Wednesday & Friday

10:00am-3:00pm

FREE

10AM or 2PM

Ray Harral Nature Center

Nienhuis Park Community Center Tuesday, Thursday & Friday

Saturdays 4/24 & 5/15

Age 10 & Up $15 Per Person

For more information, please call (918) 615-6099

11:00am-2:00pm (Age 18 & Older)

Join us for CO-ED morning volleyball.

These are participants who enjoy playing recreational volleyball and are here to have fun.

Wednesdays

9:00am-12:00pm

FREE

(Age 16 & Older)

Central Park Community Center

Come learn the game of Pickleball! Those interested in the game can play and learn the game at their own pace. Don’t have a Pickleball paddle? We’ve got you covered!

Mondays

6:00pm-9:00pm

FREE Nienhuis Park Community Center

Come and learn the basics of Break Dancing. Participants will learn to perform different types of Break Dance moves and routines. Come check it out.

Mondays

6:30pm-7:30pm

Nienhuis Park Community Center

Ages 10 & Older $40 Per Month

For more information, please call (918) 259-6550

Our goal is to help every student obtain their potential in Tae Kwon Do and all aspects of their life. Through fun and innovative teaching techniques, you will learn the traditions of Tae Kwon Do and real world applications.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Age 13 & Older

7:00pm-8:00pm $60 Per Month

Nienhuis Park Community Center For more information, please call (918) 259-6550

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Tuesdays & Thursdays 10:00am-11:00am Ages 40 and up Central Park Community Center

Come and learn line dancing at Central Park Community Center for FREE. A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance together in a line or row.

Tai Chi

Walking/Fitness Too cold outside? Too Hot? Raining?

The gyms are open to everyone of any age to walk, run, exercise or stretch.

Tai chi is often described as "meditation in motion," but it might well be called "medication in motion." There is growing evidence that this mind-body practice, which originated in China as a martial art, has value in treating or preventing many health problems.

Central Park Community Center Monday-Friday

7:00am-9:00am

Nienhuis Park Community Center Monday-Friday

11:00am-2:00pm

Central Park Community Center Mon , Wed & Fri 8:00am-9:00am Ages 55 and up

Zumba Gold

Zumba

Zumba Gold is a slower paced Zumba class that is for those who are just beginning or have limited mobility.

Come join the Zumba fun. The Instructor will guide you through the steps of Latin and International music dance moves. Zumba routines incorporate interval training through fast and slow rhythms.

Central Park Community Center Tuesday & Thursdays 4:30pm-5:30pm $5 Per Class or $20 for 8 Visits Ages 16 and Up

Central Park Community Center Tuesday & Thursdays 6pm-7pm $5/Visit or $30 for 8 Visits Ages 16 and Up

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Rose West

DOG PARK Address:

Park Hours:

4751 West New Orleans Street Broken, Ok 74011 Directions

Dawn to Dusk Closed Wednesdays for Maintenance

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