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Chahta Tamaha

Chahta Tamaha from directly overhead

Chahta Tamaha is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Buffalo Head stands 245 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Territory Museum, a museum 6.3 miles away. Texas Lakes Trail passes 20 miles off. 45 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Oklahoma, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates34.05028, -96.19972

45 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 20
  • Slaton Park: 10.3 mi
  • Keithley Park: 10.5 mi
  • Schuler Park: 10.7 mi
  • Leonard Morgan Park: 10.8 mi
  • Durant Dixon Park: 11.0 mi
Historic sites: 9
Peaks: 7
  • Buffalo Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Tenmile Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 10.5 mi
  • Timber Hill: 14.4 mi
  • Buffalo Head: 15.3 mi
Museums: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Atoka Truck Stop: 22.2 mi
  • Choctaw Travel Plaza: 22.6 mi
  • Choctaw Welcome Center: 22.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chahta Tamaha. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buffalo HeadNW 321°245 m15.3 mi
Sugarloaf MountainENE 66°233 m10.5 mi
Timber HillE 79°225 m14.4 mi
Buffalo HillNE 35°220 m6.7 mi
Scratch HillNNE 12°214 m22.6 mi
Tenmile HillNE 55°205 m7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0419:37
June solstice06:1520:0320:40
September equinox07:1418:5019:23
December solstice07:2716:4217:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424655627079838375645344
Precip in2.52.64.03.95.45.13.32.43.84.43.53.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Durant, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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