Tulsa
Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the U.S.

Tulsa is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the 48th-most populous city in the United States. The population was about 419K as of the 2026 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa metropolitan area, a region with 1.06 million residents. The city serves as the county seat of Tulsa County, the most densely populated county in Oklahoma, with urban development extending into Osage, Rogers, and Wagoner counties.
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Worth seeing in and around Tulsa
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa is a private research university in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Originally established as the Presbyterian School for Indian Girls and later as the Henry Kendall College in 1894, it merged with the proposed McFarlin College to become the University of Tulsa in 1920.
2.5 km · university in Oklahoma, United States · Wikipedia - 02Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa
The Diocese of Tulsa also called the Diocese of Tulsa and Eastern Oklahoma is a diocese of the Catholic Church in the eastern part of Oklahoma in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
0 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 03Oral Roberts University
Oral Roberts University is a private Evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, Oral Roberts, a renowned American Charismatic Christian preacher and televangelist.
9.1 km · interdenominational, Christian, comprehensive liberal arts university · Wikipedia - 04BOK Center
BOK Center, or Bank of Oklahoma Center, is a 19,199-seat multi-purpose arena and a primary indoor sports and event venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The two current permanent tenants are the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL and the Tulsa Oilers of the Indoor Football League, both teams owned by Andy Scurto.
5.8 km · multipurpose arena in Tulsa Oklahoma · Wikipedia - 05Philbrook Museum of Art
Philbrook Museum of Art is an art museum with expansive formal gardens located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The museum, which opened in 1939, is located in a former 1920s villa, "Villa Philbrook", the home of Oklahoma oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve.
3.1 km · art museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma · Wikipedia - 06BOK Tower
BOK Tower is a skyscraper in Downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. At 667 feet in height, the 52-story tower was the tallest building in Oklahoma until it was surpassed by Devon Tower in 2011.
5.4 km · skyscraper in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA · Wikipedia - 07Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area
Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness Area is an approximately 738-acre wilderness park in Tulsa in the US state of Oklahoma. It is managed by the Tulsa River Parks Authority and open to the public for hiking, mountain biking, and trail running.
8.3 km · mountain in United States of America · Wikipedia - 08Oneok Field
ONEOK Field is a baseball park in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. Located in the historic Greenwood district adjacent to downtown Tulsa, it is the home of the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League.
5.5 km · baseball park in Tulsa, Oklahoma · Wikipedia - 09Philtower Building
The Philtower Building is a historic building located at 427 South Boston Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
5.1 km · historic building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · Wikipedia - 10Arvest Convention Center
The Arvest Convention Center is a 275,000 square foot convention center located in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Arvest Convention Center was originally named Tulsa Assembly Center.
5.7 km · multi-purpose arena in Tulsa, Oklahoma · Wikipedia
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Getting to Tulsa
- Airports
- Tulsa (TUL), 9 km · OKC Will Rogers World (OKC), 171 km
- Stations
- Tulsa International Airport, 8.7 km · Union Depot, 5.5 km
- Oklahoma City → Tulsa157 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · $14–19
- Kansas City → Tulsa350 km · quickest by road, 6h · $34–46
- Dallas-Fort Worth → Tulsa375 km · quickest by air, 4h · $140–200
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Tulsa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tulsa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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