Ponca City Main Street brings the holiday spirit downtown with Ice on the Plaza, a synthetic ice rink located at the Veterans Plaza on Grand Avenue. Fun for all ages, the rink will feature fun weekly events like visits from Santa and Elsa, live penguins, kids free skate day and much more. Opportunities for business, non-profit and school organizations are also available! 

For more information please visit Ice on the Plaza!

Ranked as the 6th best disc golf destination in Oklahoma is Ponca City. Currently, we have four disc golf courses. Founded in 2012, the Ponca City Disc Golf Club (PCDGC) is a non-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting the sport of disc golf. For more information, please visit their Facebook group @Ponca City Disc Golf Club.

Now operated by the Parks and Recreation Department, this 24-million-dollar, 79,000 square foot facility is a valuable resource for the Ponca City community that is unmatched.  Features include numerous indoor and outdoor recreation opportunities for everyone such as: a family pool, Racquetball courts, 40-foot rock climbing wall, multi-use fields and more!

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For More Information: parkandrec@poncacityok.gov or call 580-767-0430

Visit Ponca City’s Wentz Camp & Pool for your next big event. Hosting class reunions, community events, family reunions, camps and wedding receptions, Wentz Camp offers cabins, a dining hall with working kitchen, tables and chairs, manicured grounds and a seasonal swimming pool. If you’re just looking for a great way to cool off in the summer heat, Wentz Pool opens for the season on Memorial Day and offers plenty of shaded poolside seating.

Pricing:

Dining hall: $175/day
Set up/Rental fee: $25/hour
Camp rental (includes cabins, dining hall, & grounds only/no pool): $225/day for 30 or less campers. 31 or more campers are an additional $8 per person per day.
Public event (grounds only, no pool): $500

"Widely known as the Pioneer Woman Statue, the bronze sculpture's true name is "Confident".  It is a heroic statue of a young, sun-bonneted pioneer mother, protectively leading her son by the hand, striding confidently, head held high—a young woman of sturdy beauty and dignity whose eyes are fixed on the far southwestern horizon. Courage, determination, and humility in her face and a bible in her hand.

The Pioneer Woman Statue is seventeen feet tall and weighs twelve thousand pounds. Standing atop a quarry-stone pyramid base, the entire presentation rises to thirty-three feet. It was erected at a cost of $300,000 in 1930, an amount equal to $4,529,568.86 today.

The monument was conceived, directed, and financed by Ernest Whitworth Marland, a millionaire oilman and philanthropist who later became a US Congressman and the tenth governor of Oklahoma. He wanted to create something to pay tribute to his own pioneering mother and grandmother and the other women pioneers who helped settle the new land. In 1926, he launched a design competition for the tribute. He invited 12 sculptors to submit small models and in 1927, these were exhibited in Ponca City and 13 major cities across the nation. With around 750,000 people voting for their preference, artist Bryant Baker's model was the most popular by a large margin.

The sculpture was unveiled at its permanent location in Ponca City, Oklahoma on April 22, 1930, on the 41st anniversary of the first land run in Oklahoma. President Herbert Hoover gave a nationwide radio address from the White House to mark the occasion, as did Colonel Patrick J. Hurley, a native Oklahoman and Secretary of War. Oklahoma’s favorite son and comedian, Will Rogers, was the closing speaker. The ceremony was attended by roughly 44,000 people.

Standing as a monument to the women who made significant contributions to the Oklahoma that we know today, the statue is inscribed with the words, “In appreciation of the heroic character of the women who braved the dangers and endured the hardships incident to daily life of the pioneer and homesteader in this country."

-Information collected from Learn More - PIONEER WOMAN MUSEUM

"A committee of tribal and community leaders was formed in Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1993 with a shared vision for the education of all people to the historical and cultural importance of the Native American culture. In 1994, the Standing Bear Native American Foundation was chartered. Today, we honor the legacy of Ponca Chief Standing Bear, America's first Native American civil rights leader. Standing Bear was a Ponca chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are "persons within the meaning of the law" and have the right of habeas corpus, thus becoming the first Native American judicially granted civil rights under American law. "

-Information obtained from Standing Bear - Home (standingbearpark.com)

Location: 516 S Franklin St

Bring the dogs out for some exercise.  The Park is for non-aggressive dogs.  There are two areas, one for smaller dogs and a area for larger dogs. Water is available at the park.  Please clean up after your dog and enjoy the park.  

Lake Ponca is a great place for a fun weekend adventure. Lots of activities from boating, wakeboarding, tubing, fishing, a swim beach, camping, play structure, sand volleyball courts, hiking trails, shelter houses, disc golf, indoor fishing dock or just picnicking with the family! If you want to be active or just relax there is something for everyone!

Location:1688 L.A. Cann Drive 

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