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Charleston

Charleston from directly overhead

Charleston is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 561 m. Sugarloaf stands 610 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cimarron Hills Wildlife Management Area, a park 6.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 96 miles off. 13 named places lie within 25 miles.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates36.85580, -99.43860

13 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 6
  • Cimarron Hills Wildlife Management Area: 6.2 mi
  • Rhodes Park: 18.6 mi
  • Doby Springs Park: 18.7 mi
  • Southern Plains Experimental Range: 19.0 mi
  • Alabaster Caverns State Park: 19.4 mi
Museums: 2
  • Buffalo Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Freedom Museum: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
Picnic sites: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Sugarloaf: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafNNW 340°610 m23.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1619:50
June solstice06:2020:2221:01
September equinox07:2619:0219:36
December solstice07:4816:4517:26

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363949576879838173604636

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo 1SW Mesonet, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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