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OKC Underground

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Very interesting tunnels that run under the city with beautiful and interesting art work. Also has hangings telling the history of the city. Very interesting and FREE. You take the stairs down or there is a handicap accessible entrance. Once you're downstairs there are free maps to guide you. People often mention city, history, photos, interesting, tunnels,


Address

300 N Broadway Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73102

Website

downtownokc.com

Contact

(405) 235-3500

Rating on Google Maps

4.00 (106 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Thursday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Friday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Saturday: Closed
  • Sunday: (Easter), Closed, Hours might differ
  • Monday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Tuesday: 6 AM to 8 PM
  • Wednesday: 6 AM to 8 PM

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Frequently mentioned in reviews: city (15) history (11) photos (7) interesting (6) tunnels (6)
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  • 5/5 Dawn K. 2 years ago on Google
    Very interesting tunnels that run under the city with beautiful and interesting art work. Also has hangings telling the history of the city. Very interesting and FREE. You take the stairs down or there is a handicap accessible entrance. Once you're downstairs there are free maps to guide you.
    6 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Malachi S. 1 year ago on Google
    There's not much to do down here due to COVID closing everything down in 2020. However, it's still a nice vibe, and has some very interesting history & art in the tunnels. I wish it was open on the weekends, but well worth the trip to the city during the week to check it out.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 HYPHAE G. 2 years ago on Google
    Really neat experience but wish there were more things to do down there! Also maybe could work on easier ways to get in and out
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ken S. 1 year ago on Google
    We enjoyed exploring these tunnels for at least a couple of hours. I learned more about OKC in that time than perhaps any city I've been to (except London - I read the book - but I digress). It was also nice to be out of the heat. There were two photos that, taken together, don't seem believable as described. According to the captions, one was taken of OKC April 22, 1889, and the next on May 13, 1889 - just 3 weeks later. Not only has an entire city appeared in 3 weeks, but additional rail lines, and an outhouse added in the foreground. What really seems implausible, though, is a massive pile of dirt in the first photo has disappeared 3 weeks later, with no sign it was ever there - even the grass has grown back perfectly. In three weeks. I'd love to know how the dates were authenticated. We can learn a lot from our elders, so I really enjoyed the quotes and photos of people who had made it to be 100 years old. We entered through a door in a parking garage, but there's an escalator right up front in the BancFirst building that's probably easier to find. I'm attaching photos.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Ivan R. 8 months ago on Google
    This is truly a hidden gem! The instructions on Google were sending me to a parking garage. Look for BancFirst Tower and enter through the glass pyramid stairwell (see my photo). It’s got A/C so you can avoid the flesh searing heat of summer. When you get to signs mentioning SkyWalk, go for it! I thought those would be closed to the public since they are inside buildings but it’s open. I will leave a few photos. Was trying to leave a video taken on GoPro but Google only allows 30 sec vids. Might post on my YouTube.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 강승엽 1 year ago on Google
    this place is featured on atlas obscura as one of the niche trips in okc. my opinion is that there isnt much to see down here. the lighting creates a surreal ambiance in some parts as you can see in the photos i provide. there are some photographs on walls and what looks to be spaces for businesses that have gone out of business. it is an oddity within okc i will say that much. the only elements of value worthy of a trip down below is the surreal lighting that creates a certain effect. the underground connects to various different buildings all throughout downtown. in my opinion its a good walk but there isnt much to see.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 brady k. 2 years ago on Google
    Tons to see tons of art pictures stories and tons of paintings and art and lights . Took us about 45 mons to a hr to cover it all but if stop to look at everything and read it prolly more like a hr and half .
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Brandi B. 2 years ago on Google
    Very interesting place. I wish there were more shops located here or that are open later
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Catherine N. 2 years ago on Google
    What an excellent place to feel like you're in another dimension...
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Marta (Twitter: y. 2 years ago on Google
    Take a history filled, temperature controled, underground stroll to the national memorial. There was an interesting exhibit on centenarians when we walked through it.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Stephanie C. 4 years ago on Google
    Very cool place! Took us an hour to find an entrance. Google kept sending us to a closet in an appartment complex 🤔 and then when we looked at posted photos, they were pics of a sidewalk 🤷 so don't give up! The search is worth it! There are several entrances throughout the city.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Omar A. 2 years ago on Google
    Oklahoma understand history gallery for anyone interested in Oklahoma history but that’s not including the native Indian American history if you want that history you should go to fam museum ( first American museum)
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 T D W. 4 months ago on Google
    Pretty cool to explore and read up on some local Oklahoma City art and history. The glass pyramid by the BancFirst Building was the first entrance I was able to find. Once inside directions were easy to follow. Recommend this place if you are into art and local history.

  • 4/5 Lisa H. 8 months ago on Google
    Long inner debate about 2 stars or 4. The mile of hallways are vacant (what shops there were are all out of business - COVID-close maybe) with occasional strips of framed photos with descriptions. It felt safe (not sure how they keep homeless out as it has good AC). Strange and unique. There are maps available once you figure out how to get down there (I googled and went through Sheraton). I probably wouldn't do it again or recommend it but it is different + free and you get a couple miles of walking out of the heat.

  • 5/5 Robert R. 8 months ago on Google
    It was a neat adventure seeing how far we could connect underground. We entered via escalator in the Leadership Biilding (Business District Streetcar stop) and exited at yhe Sheraton near Bricktown. Interesting mix of paintings and photographs. Still more to see.

  • 2/5 Joann V. 7 months ago on Google
    I was so excited as I love funky and immersive art experiences but this just wasn't either. It seemed like a rushed project from the city. Yall can do better. I do not recommend.

  • 3/5 Ruth C. 7 months ago on Google
    There’s nothing down there. It’s a little spooky. The place that used to be a cafe(i think) gives me extra spookies. Also! The entrance in 4th in the parking garage is not available. They don’t say that in the website. Other than that. Bring a costume and a camera!

  • 5/5 Vikas P. 10 months ago on Google
    Surprised to see this on my first visit something so clean and well maintained and lit. No smell and so safe 👍

  • 5/5 MaryAnn C. 1 year ago on Google
    OKC best kept secret. Many entry points throughout the city and a fun way to experience downtown and avoid the elements. Check it out. Can get from the convention centers to many of the parking garages. Daytime offers eateries, boutiques, hair salon and coffee shops.

  • 3/5 M C. 1 year ago on Google
    Atlas Obscura recommendation so we checked it out. Neat but nothing that makes this extraordinary. Good for getting steps in, but if you're pressed for time, check out Bricktown instead.

  • 2/5 Alex L. 1 year ago on Google
    Came here on the reccomendation of atlas obscura, excited to see the art and shops it had. I was kind of disappointed to see very little art. There were very sparse photo installations that detailed the history of the city, but even that was few and far between. At one point we walked past what was at one point a cafe, though it was dark and empty with a for lease sign plastered on the window. There was one beautiful mural and a nice portrait gallery about some elderly residents of the state, but otherwise there was really not much to see. Which was very disappointing. This had so much promise for a hidden art gallery, showing off some of the local artists in the city, a hidden gem to draw people to the city. But it seems to have been relegated to a walkway for people to get between business when they don't want to walk above ground. Over all I was pretty disappointed.

  • 1/5 Letreo N. 1 year ago on Google
    In no way is it or should it be categorized as a tourist spot. The “art” severely lacks. Some old pics of the city and some older people giving a quote of how to enjoy life. This is solely for those that work downtown and need safe transit from weather and vehicles. It has great potential, but that’s all it’ll probably be for the city. I mean, it didn’t even have “art” explaining the history of the underground.

  • 5/5 Kathryn O. 1 year ago on Google
    Love doing the tunnels with my daughter! We spent a full 5 hrs exploring the tunnels and the buildings attached one day. Really neat place to check out if you haven’t been.

  • 4/5 Amanda G. 1 year ago on Google
    It was hard to find an entrance but enjoyed it once we got in. The website and Google map is hard to read to see where the stairs to get in are placed.

  • 5/5 Kenneth B. 1 year ago on Google
    Very cool and creative underground system. Every hall way has a different theme/art/subject matter/color. Just one great part of a beautiful city.

  • 4/5 Marek L. 1 year ago on Google
    Interesting way to walk the city. As it's not as hot as outside, it's easy to do some miles more. Some parts are great to look at closely (the pictures and quote from old people), some other parts are just tunnels with colored lights.

  • 5/5 Michael T. 2 years ago on Google
    Love the art. I still know the hidden trails that been covered up and lost stories about it. I hope first national opens up there was hidden adventures through there. Plus i use to be the security supervisor years ago.


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