![]() ![]() The museum features a vast collection of tools that were used in early farm and ranch life. The Farm and Ranch Museum, sponsored by the Western Oklahoma Historical Society, celebrates western Oklahoma’s agricultural heritage. It’s a history lesson filled with interactive, hands-on activities. Enjoy a trip to the drive-in theater and take a seat in the back of a red 1959 Impala to watch clips from old movie greats such as The Blob – complete with drive-in speakers attached. Kids and adults will love taking in the short film on transportation history shown in the Rex Theatre. ![]() As you’re traveling, you can listen to recorded histories and personal accounts of the road from overhead audio kiosks.Įnjoy an interactive look at the history of transportation. ![]() The National Route 66 Museum focuses on the people who lived, worked and traveled the “Mother Road” and offers visitors a classic walk through all eight states, highlighted by realistic murals and vignettes depicting the eras of the road and the interesting places that made Route 66 so famous. Its path crosses eight states from Chicago to Los Angeles. Route 66 is the most popular highway in the United States. Visitors can also enjoy a relaxing stroll around Cowtown watering hole. The Beutler Rodeo Hall is a treat in itself featuring rodeo memorabilia from a long line of the nation’s top rodeo stock producers – the Beutlers. The complex is the steward for the present generation in preserving those moments of life experienced in settings like the interior of the Rock Bluff School, the Pioneer Chapel and an early-day pioneer doctor’s office. Nostalgia abounds in a visit to the Old Town Museum where Oklahoma pioneer life is recreated. The country club also offers a snack bar/club, pro shop, driving range and panoramic views of Elk Lake. Golfers will enjoy Elk City Golf and Country Club’s 18 holes of challenging yet scenic golf. There is no charge for camping at the lake, but there is a three-night maximum stay policy to allow other campers the opportunity to enjoy the facilities. Elk Lake features five camper parking spaces with water and electrical hookups. Residents enjoy fishing (sauger, large mouth bass, channel catfish, hybrid striper), boating and lakeside picnic areas with barbecue grills. The City of Elk City runs two fish hatcheries to keep Elk Lake & Ackley Park well-stocked with fish. LAKEĮlk City Lake is just south of town and includes a 750-acre park along with the 250-acre lake. Other amenities such as tennis courts, a sand volleyball court, a walking and jogging trail, Thunder basketball court, a new splash pad, playground and pavilion picnic areas are scattered around Ackley for visitors to enjoy. The aquatic center, rodeo arena, Red Rock Stadium, skate park and the Centennial Lighthouse provide hours of amusement. The parks department also encourages residents to enjoy the outdoors by maintaining six smaller parks (Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions, Jaycee, Peeler and Lincoln parks) throughout the community, five sports facilities (Red Rock Stadium, Burson Field, Trissell Field, Girls’ Five Plex and Boys’ Five Plex) and Elk City Lake. It is home to the Centennial Carousel with its 36 hand-carved wooden horses, Old Town Miniature Golf and the Choctaw Express Miniature Train. ![]() Ackley Park is one of Elk City’s featured attractions. The Elk City Parks Department work year-round maintaining and enhancing Elk City’s parks and Elk City Lake. ![]()
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