OTHER PARKS & FACILITIES
The City of Bartlesville offers a variety of smaller parks, green spaces and recreation facilities conveniently located throughout the city.
CIVITAN PARK (aka “the Dinosaur Park”)
Civitan Park is Bartlesville’s first fully accessible playground. Built in 2006 with a Land and Water Conservation Grant from the State of Oklahoma with matching funds donated by the Bartlesville Uptown Civitan Club, this small but powerful community park packs a big punch. Also known as the “dinosaur park,” this playground also has public restrooms, and an adjacent shelter and picnic facilities.
For shelter reservation details, visit the shelter reservation page.
LYON PARK
Lyon Park is a small neighborhood park. Completely funded and donated to the City of Bartlesville by Ted and Melody Lyon in 1999, this 1.72 acre park has picnic tables, a barbeque grill, and playground equipment for younger children as well as plenty of open areas to play a pick-up game or fly a kite!
COLONIAL ESTATES PARK
Colonial Estates Park is a small neighborhood park with playground equipment that serves the Colonial Estates neighborhood.
ARUTUNOFF SOFTBALL COMPLEX
Arutunoff Softball Complex is comprised of three lighted fields with bleacher seating, restrooms, a concession stand and plenty of parking. Dedicated in July of 1979, improvements were provided by Armais Arutunoff, Bartlesville Softball Association, and Lyons Foundation.
The City contracts with Arrowhead LLC to manage and oversee programming and maintenance at Arutunoff Fields. If you are interested in youth baseball or softball, please contact Arrowhead LLC at Arrowheadsg918@gmail.com.
EDDIE MASON PARK (Panther Playground)
Eddie Mason Park is named in honor of Eddie Mason who served on the Bartlesville police force from November 1975 until he retired in December 2000, and then was elected to the City Council’s Ward 4 seat in 2005, serving from 2005 to 2009 and again from 2012 to 2014. Eddie Mason passed away in 2014.
This park, located on the site of the former Oak Park Elementary School, is central to the Oak Park neighborhood and contains the Panther Playground, one basketball court, picnic tables and grills.
CENTENNIAL PLAZA
SE corner of Frank Phillips Boulevard and Dewey Avenue
The City dedicated Centennial Plaza in 2001 as a new park in the downtown district. The green space includes benches and two Bartlesville Buffalo Stampede sculptures.
BARTLESVILLE KIDDIE PARK
Located on the grounds of Johnstone Park, the Bartlesville Kiddie Park is operated by the Bartlesville Playground Association. The outdoor children’s amusement park offers wallet-friendly ticket prices (just $.75 each) and each ride takes one ticket. (Admission is free). The park offers a train, carousel, roller coaster, ferris wheel, mini golf and much more. For hours and more information, visit www.kiddiepark.net.
The City also owns and maintains William R. Smith Park, 312 NE Wilshire Ave.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS
For more places to see and things to do in Bartlesville, check out Visit Bartlesville.