Ghost town · Oklahoma
Doaksville
Doaksville is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Signal Mountain stands 446 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Slim, a ghost town 3.8 miles away. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
former settlement in Choctaw County, Oklahoma
How to reach it
Coordinates34.03583, -95.07167
56 named places within 25 miles
Peaks: 24
- Pilot Knob: 6.4 mi
- Bull Mountain: 11.6 mi
- Bear Mountain: 11.8 mi
- Chinquapin Mountain: 12.1 mi
- Caney Mountain: 12.7 mi
Parks: 17
- Whitegrass Flats Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Raymond Gary State Park: 10.9 mi
- Lake Raymond Gary: 10.9 mi
- The Jurischs place of getting down.: 11.1 mi
- Fort Towson Volunteer Fire Department: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 4
- Jesse B. Bowman: 8.7 mi
- Arnold E. A. Roitsch Archeological Site: 9.4 mi
- Old Fort Towson State Historic Site: 10.7 mi
- New Haven Cemetery: 22.2 mi
Museums: 3
- Fort Towson City Hall: 11.2 mi
- McCurtain County Veterans Memorial Museum: 16.0 mi
- Museum of the Red River: 18.0 mi
Attractions: 3
- Train Engine: 19.1 mi
- Jet Boat Joe's: 20.2 mi
- Oklahoma Awesome Adventures: 23.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
- Hugo Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
- Waterfowl Refuge: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Slim: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Eagle Drive Day Use Area: 23.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
- Rattlesnake Bluff: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Doaksville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signal Mountain | N 5° | 446 m | 20.5 mi |
| East Signal Peak | N 5° | 446 m | 20.5 mi |
| Big Horseshoe Mountain | NNE 14° | 409 m | 22.7 mi |
| East High Peak | NE 53° | 405 m | 22.8 mi |
| Carter Mountain | NE 49° | 403 m | 22.5 mi |
| Little Horseshoe Mountain | NNE 11° | 398 m | 21.5 mi |
| West High Peak | NE 48° | 392 m | 20.1 mi |
| East Government Mountain | ENE 61° | 324 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 19:59 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:37 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 6.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idabel, 16 mi away.
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