Bixby

Understand

Bixby is Tulsa County's agricultural breadbasket. Much of the area's local produce (the most famous being Bixby corn) is grown here. Other crops include beans, greens, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes. There are also farms that grow specialty crops such as fruit, berries and button mushrooms. Since the mid-1990s (when flood-control was first implemented), Bixby has developed into a nice bedroom community of 35,000 people.

Get in

The main road to get to Bixby is Memorial Drive, You can take other backroads to get there, but they're not as reliable. US-75 Connects Bixby and The Okmulgee Beeline to Haskell and Okmulgee

Get around

There are two options in Bixby right now, going by foot or by car. Walking works best in the older downtown areas whereas cars are the route to go most everywhere else. Mass transit isn't readily available yet, but Tulsa Transit is beginning to branch out to Bixby due to the construction of the SpiritBank Event Center.

Stay safe

Much of Bixby is low-lying. As a result, flooding does occur here on some occasions when the rains are heavy. (This, among other reasons, is why the Keystone Dam was built upstream on the Arkansas River.) Flood-control is being implemented in many parts of Bixby to solve this problem.

Traffic is an issue in some parts (specifically Memorial Drive and around SpiritBank Event Center), Tulsa Transit plans to expand into Bixby more in the coming years.

Oklahoma weather is very harsh on road conditions and road repairs are needed on an almost yearly basis here. Please be prepared to slow down or stop for road workers as fines double for accidents in work zones as specified by Oklahoma state law.

Go next

• The Allen Ranch is in the town of Liberty, 3 miles outside of Bixby.
• Haskell is home to nearby Stone Bluff and its acclaimed winery.
• Okmulgee is the tribal headquarters of the Muscogee Creek Nation and the original Creek Nation Council House still stands in city center.