Maple Park

Running is my mantra - I am absolutely at the best peace in my running shoes.I happened upon this path when I was getting food. It was meant to be!!! I saw someone in running gear from behind the restaurant area on about 13th / 14th Street and Peoria. Peaked my interest. I decided to see where it lead - what a journey!!!This park is located on the path of that trail (Midland Valley Trail). Nice, cozy, quaint park. Perfect place for me to catch a second wind :)This park has plenty of space to play / run around. Felt like a good place to take your shoes / socks off and walk around in the grass.This park is connected to Midland Valley Trail - which runs through The Gathering Place - ultimately reaching Riverside Parks. What a great walk!

Feast your eyes on downtown while swinging on a star (swing set)!With enough room to throw a frisbee or play a game of wiffle ball, this place has it all. (I have carried around a wiffle ball bat and ball in my trunk since high school for when I find places like this... really. Please still like me.)This park is hardly every crowded when I'm there and Olof enjoys the fact he can freely use the facilities since there are doggie pickup bags available to cleanup after himself.The Midland Valley Trails will provide a good walk and spit you out there if you choose to head towards downtown.Let's start a wiffle ball league of Maple Park!

Tulsa surprisingly has a lot of great parks. If you are trying to compare Maple Park to The Gathering Place or Woodward Park, it is obviously going to come up short. That being said, I have had a lot of great experiences at this park. It has a beautiful view of downtown, and the Mid-Land Valley trail runs right through it. For any avid hammockers out there, there are some great trees opposite the playground for some peaceful hammocking.

Nice place to get away from the noise of the city and see some trees and sky. You have to park on the street. The south end of the park looks contained, but the Midland Valley walking path goes through the park, keep you eye on your kids. There are a lot of people walking dogs.