Bethany is a city in the Greater Oklahoma City region of Oklahoma. It is home to Southwestern Christian University and Southern Nazarene University.

Get in

By car

Drive in on Route 66. Bethany is surrounded by Oklahoma City, halfway between the John Kilpatrick Turnpike and Interstate 44 (which is Highway 74 north of Route 66).

By plane

The nearest airport with scheduled passenger service is the Will Rogers World Airport (OKC ^IATA) in Oklahoma City, approximately 8 miles to the south-southeast of Bethany.

Wiley Post Airport (PWA ^IATA), for general aviation, is immediately on the northwest border of Bethany's city limits.

Get around

You will need a car. Bus service is limited, bicycles are rare, and very little is within convenient walking distance.

Do

You can attend the Bethany 66 Festival in May with its car shows, live entertainment, and Princess and Action Hero Parade. It's supposedly a charity-driven festival.

Buy

• Rink Gallery, 3200 N Rockwell Ave, ☏ +1 405 787-7465. Daily 10AM-7PM. One of those antique stores that stretch on and on with a snack bar. (updated Dec 2021)

Eat

• Birrieria Diaz, 6700 NW 39th Expy, ☏ +1 405 603-1304. Daily 8AM-9:30PM. An unpretentious but popular taqueria. One cool thing about it is the mural outside. $. (updated Dec 2021)

Sleep

• Holiday Inn Express & Suites Oklahoma City - Bethany, 7840 NW 39th Expy, ☏ +1 405 787-6262. The indoor pool and hot tub can be pretty inviting when the weather is below zero outside. $73 (Dec 2021). (updated Dec 2021)

Go next

Routes through Bethany

Amarillo ← Yukon ←

W  E

→ Oklahoma City → Tulsa