If you live in Sendera Lakes, you already know the drive. South Broadway, past the ballfields, over toward the water tower. What you might not have clocked is how much of Moore's August calendar quietly lands at the same address. Almost every worthwhile Friday, Saturday, and Sunday plan this month starts, ends, or passes through the 51-acre block at 700 S. Broadway.
One park is running most of the show
Moore Central Park is the gravity well. The city describes it as a 51-acre park with a walking trail that runs the full length of the recreational area, plus a Multipurpose Pavilion and an amphitheater that host community events all year. In practice, that means when Parks and Rec plans something free, it usually plans it here.
Look at what's on the calendar for a single Friday, August 14:
- Party in Central Park, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., at the south pavilion. Music, lawn games, inflatables, food trucks, and dollar snow cones. Free, all ages.
- Movie in the Park, 8:30 to 10:00 p.m., same address. This month's showing is Zootopia 2.
Two events, back to back, same lawn. Bring a blanket at six, stay through the movie, drive home fifteen minutes later. That's the kind of night you can pull off with a stroller or a couple of tweens without a plan B.
Two weeks later, on Saturday, August 29, the Moore War Run starts at Moore High School at 300 N. Eastern and finishes in Old Town Moore. The race is a Lions-vs-Jaguars tradition dating to 1988 that brings alums from Moore, Westmoore, and Southmoore together to raise money for current students. Packet pickup is Friday, August 22, from 5 to 8 p.m. at Westmoore High School on South Western. Every finisher gets a medal, groups of fifteen or more get a discount, and you can register at moorewarrun.com.
If you want the whole month on one calendar, the City of Moore's events page is the source of record.
Saturday mornings belong to the Farm Market
The Moore Farm Market runs Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon at the Central Park Multipurpose Pavilion through September 19. More than twenty farmers and ranchers make up the backbone of the market, and it's a partnership between the City of Moore and Cleveland County that brought back a beloved pre-pandemic tradition. Cleveland County confirms the same schedule and location on its Farm Market page.
Two things worth knowing if you haven't been recently:
The market skews to actual producers rather than resellers, so if you show up at 11:45 hoping for tomatoes, you may be shopping the leftovers. Anecdotally, the good stone fruit and okra move by 10 a.m. If you have a standing 9 a.m. soccer commitment, plan on being there by 8:15 the weeks you want to cook from it.
The pavilion is covered, which matters in an Oklahoma August. The Party in the Park and the Farm Market both use the same structure. If you're on the fence about Saturday morning, the shade is genuinely the difference between a pleasant browse and a sweat-through.
When the heat wins, the splash pads buy you an afternoon
Central Park is walkable enough for a stroller loop, but by 2 p.m. in mid-August nobody wants a walking trail. The city's splash pads stay open through Sunday, September 13, and they're spread around town so you rarely have to fight for parking at the closest one. Here's the quick geography from Sendera Lakes:
| Splash pad park | General location | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Little River South Park | 801 SW 10th St | Same park hosted a Party in the Park earlier in the summer |
| Fairmoore Park | Central Moore | Neighborhood-scale, quieter mid-afternoon |
| Parmele Park | East Moore | Good afternoon shade around the pad |
| Westmoore Park | West side of I-35 | Nearest to the Westmoore High School side of town |
| Apple Valley Park | Northwest Moore | Pairs well with a north-side lunch stop |
All five are free. All five close for the season on September 13, so if you've been meaning to take the grandkids or your out-of-town cousin's kids, you have about four weekends left.
Old Town Moore is where the day ends
Old Town Moore is the original 1889 downtown, tucked between Main Street and Broadway. It has been quietly working on itself for a few years. The city has completed reconstruction on Northwest First and Second Streets from I-35 to Broadway, and a project along Southwest Fourth Street will build an underpass below the railroad. Work has also begun on Turner Avenue from Southeast Fourth Street to Main Street, adding dedicated bike lanes, sidewalks, and on-street parking, per the Norman Transcript.
Translation for a resident: the walk between the finish line of the Moore War Run and a table for pancakes is going to keep getting easier.
If you've driven Main Street lately, you probably noticed the community mural got a full restoration. Triple Diamond Construction and its Serve More project funded the touch-up. It's worth a five-minute detour on foot, especially with kids who like a photo.
For anyone who wants a Halloween warm-up on the calendar, Haunt Old Town Moore returns in October with trick-or-treating, food trucks, inflatables, games, music, and candy, and the Moore Community Center at 301 S. Howard Avenue hosts Haunting on Howard Street with trick-or-treating and a haunted room. Put it on the family calendar now so you don't miss the sign-ups.
Where neighbors are actually eating this month
Moore's restaurant scene has more depth than the outside world credits, and downtown Moore, affectionately renamed Old Town Moore, has picked up a wave of newer places worth a first visit. A quick shortlist from the current Yelp round-ups for Moore and 73160:
- Beltigo Italian Kitchen for a proper sit-down Italian night
- Mr. Kimchi Korean Bistro if you want something you can't get in most suburbs
- Kalakas Rosa Mexicano for a weekend margarita
- Chino's Cantina as the easy Tex-Mex fallback
- Slice Sweet Shop for a bakery case detour with kids
- Cajun Corner if the humidity has already put you in a New Orleans mood
- Okie Tonk Cafe for live music nights, including their Lip Service series
If you're feeding a Little League team on the way home, The Garage on SW 19th Street just east of I-35 is still the reliable burger stop, and the kids' meals come with a Bomb Pop. Their site has the full menu and pickup ordering if you want to call ahead.
One neighborhood note worth passing on: Old Town's charm is that it's small. If you show up at 6:30 on a Friday and try three places, you'll get seated somewhere. If you show up at 7:15 with a party of eight and no reservation, you won't.
Your August weekend, roughed out
The pattern most Sendera Lakes families I talk to are landing on this month looks something like this:
Friday, August 14: Grab dinner from a food truck at Party in the Park at 6, spread a blanket for Zootopia 2 at 8:30, home by 10:15.
Saturday, August 22: Farm Market by 8:30 for peaches, splash pad at Little River South from 11 to 1, an early dinner in Old Town.
Saturday, August 29: Moore War Run in the morning if you're a runner, or park along Broadway around 9 to cheer the finish, then breakfast in Old Town while the crowd is there.
Any Sunday: Central Park walking trail before it gets hot, farmers' market leftovers for lunch, splash pad in the afternoon if the kids veto naps.
Nothing on that list requires a highway drive. Nothing on it costs more than a dinner tab. And most of it is happening within about a mile of Broadway.
That's really the argument for living where you live. The weekends here don't require a lot of planning because the town has quietly built the plans for you.
If you're new to Sendera Lakes and still figuring out the neighborhood rhythm, or you have friends and family asking what living in Moore actually looks like day to day, Sendera Lakes has its own guide on our site, and there's a broader OKC-metro overview if they're comparing sides of town.
When you're ready to talk, Cosby Property Group is right here in Oklahoma. Whether you want a coffee to talk through a future move, a walk-through on a home you're eyeing, or just a neighbor's read on Moore, let's connect.
