NW Optimist Baseball & Soccer Flds Dolese Park

Dolese Park is awesome. Walking/​walking dogs is basically our favorite family activity. We discovered Dolese Park a couple of months ago and, with its two mile paved trail, it fits the bill of a great place to walk. There is a mix of woodsiness (?) and urban exposure. It’s not as windy as Lake Hefner, but there’s still the visual appeal of a large pond with geese and ducks. In my opinion, Dolese and the Oklahoma River Trails are the best places to walk in OKC, especially with the furkids.

I normally hang out at Will Rogers park for my nirvana walks, but I recently started to incorporate running in my daily routine. The total distance of the path that runs along the whole entire park is 2 miles. There are plenty of runners who speed race through like it’s no big deal. Me on the other hand… I run one mile and walk the final mile. I’m slowly working up to running a mile and a half: D
There is a lake with quite a few fishermen, outdoor soccer and baseball field and a disc golf course. If you’re with the kids, there is a small plastic playground set located in the main part of the park.
The only downside is that a good portion of the running/​walking course is situated off the major streets and I don’t really like being exposed to cars and wandering eyes while I’m running. Otherwise, I highly recommend this place!