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Events & Attractions
 Five area lakes offer various activities. Water-skiing, boating, sailing, fishing and camping are some of the most popular sports on OSU’s Lake Carl Blackwell, located seven miles west of town. Opportunities at Boomer Lake Park include boat and dock fishing, picnic shelters, playgrounds, a jogging trail, frisbee golf, tennis, and a roller hockey rink. Lake McMurtry, one of the top ten best trophy bass lakes in Oklahoma, offers fishing, boating, hiking, mountain biking and camping. Sanborn and Whittenberg lakes also provide recreational fishing opportunities.
 Sports enthusiasts can enjoy intercollegiate football, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball, tennis, golf, soccer, cross-country, track & field, and other sports. Oklahoma State University athletic teams have won 45 national championships – only USC, UCLA and Stanford have claimed more team titles.
 Stillwater also holds many annual events that the local population looks forward to year after year and attracts people from all over the region. Some of those include the Stillwater Home Builders Association Home & Garden Show, Celebrate Stillwater - Run for the Arts Fine Art and Music Festival, Tumbleweed Calf Fry, Oklahoma Special Olympics State Games, Boomer Blast 4th of July Celebration including a fireworks display, Eskimo Joe’s Birthday Bash, "Krazy Daze" sidewalk sale, and the Payne County Free Fair. Other events are Taylorsville Country Fair, Fall Arts & Crafts Festival, Bikes N’ Blues Fest in downtown Stillwater, Christmas Parade of Lights, Orange Peel (that has featured nationally-known entertainers such as Randy Travis, Jeff Foxworthy, and Bill Cosby), and OSU Homecoming (the largest traditional homecoming in the nation).
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