Picher
Picher is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 249 m. Blue Mound stands 291 m to the north-northeast, 1.5 miles off. The nearest named place is 1A Football State Champs 1984, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.1 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, northeastern Oklahoma, United States
What the record says
- Founded
- 1918
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Historic Route 66 - MO
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
117 named places within 25 miles
- Picher-Cardin Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Quapaw Tribe Roadside Park: 3.1 mi
- Football Field and Track: 5.7 mi
- Liberty Park: 5.9 mi
- Torbert Park: 6.5 mi
- Antique Auto Museum: 3.3 mi
- Baxter Springs Heritage Museum: 6.2 mi
- Dobson Museum & Home: 8.1 mi
- Route 66 Vintage Iron: 8.1 mi
- Galena Mining & Historical Museum: 12.2 mi
- Conoco Hole In The Wall: 4.3 mi
- Marsh arc bridge: 8.0 mi
- Rainbow Bridge: 8.0 mi
- Route 66 Arch: 8.1 mi
- Tristate Marker: 11.8 mi
- Treece, Kansas Historical Marker: 1.1 mi
- Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial: 12.9 mi
- "t-lane memorial': 13.0 mi
- Wyandot Tribe: 13.3 mi
- Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cross: 18.0 mi
- Cardin: 1.3 mi
- Zincville: 1.3 mi
- Treece: 1.4 mi
- Douthat: 1.7 mi
- Hockerville: 2.9 mi
- Blue Mound: 1.5 mi
- Potato Hill: 10.6 mi
- Timber Hill: 20.8 mi
- Goat Hill: 22.0 mi
- Bell Mound: 22.5 mi
- 1A Football State Champs 1984: 0.1 mi
- Old Tristate Marker: 11.8 mi
- Butterfly Mural: 17.5 mi
- Route 66 Mural Park: 18.9 mi
- Belonging to All the Hands Who Build: 19.4 mi
- Mother Nature's Crack: 17.3 mi
- Big Hill: 17.8 mi
- Owens Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 13.7 mi
- Grand Falls: 16.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden and Overlook: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picher. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mound | NNE 15° | 291 m | 1.5 mi |
| Timber Hill | SW 231° | 291 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bell Mound | NNW 343° | 281 m | 22.5 mi |
| Indian Hills | S 190° | 264 m | 22.9 mi |
| Potato Hill | SW 227° | 263 m | 10.6 mi |
| Goat Hill | SSW 208° | 253 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:04 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 40 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 76 | 80 | 80 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Miami, 8 mi away.
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