Hanging Rock
Hanging Rock is a cliff in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 251 m. Gittin Down Mountain stands 459 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Peavine Hollow Public Access Area, a park 0.2 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 251 m
How to reach it
- On the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Peavine Hollow Public Access Area: 0.2 mi
- Round Hollow Public Access Area: 3.4 mi
- Rocky Ford State Park: 5.9 mi
- No Head Hollow Public Use Area: 7.2 mi
- Echota Public Use Area: 8.7 mi
- Sparrow Hawk Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Proctor Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Eldon Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Ogles Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Thompson Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Eagles Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Pine Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Hogshooter Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Boy Scout Bluff: 14.7 mi
- Alum Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Cherokee National History Museum: 11.7 mi
- Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum: 11.8 mi
- Cherokee National Prison Museum: 11.9 mi
- Saline Courthouse Museum: 12.0 mi
- Hunter's Home: 15.2 mi
- All American Floats: 9.9 mi
- KCS Stilwell Depot: 22.6 mi
- Stump Prairie: 23.7 mi
- Chesney Prairie Natural Area: 24.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.1 mi
- Grand Army of the Republic Memorial: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Hanging Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gittin Down Mountain | SSE 159° | 459 m | 22.3 mi |
| West Mountain | ESE 110° | 455 m | 21.5 mi |
| West Mountain | SE 144° | 450 m | 21.2 mi |
| Sanders Mountain | SSE 164° | 448 m | 22.6 mi |
| Bell Mountain | ESE 102° | 445 m | 21.7 mi |
| Hungry Mountain | SSE 162° | 436 m | 20.3 mi |
| Snake Mountain | ESE 116° | 436 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sugartree Mountain | ESE 112° | 434 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:30 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 77 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tahlequah, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357393974
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