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Tahlonteeskee

Tahlonteeskee from directly overhead

Tahlonteeskee is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 154 m. Red Springs Mountain stands 446 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tahlonteeskee Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Cherokee Hills Byway runs past it.

first capital city of the early western Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates35.51300, -95.08200

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Round Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Round Mountain: 2.5 mi
  • Sausbee Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Gritts Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Potato Knob: 6.0 mi
Parks
  • Rock Dike Park: 6.1 mi
  • Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge: 6.1 mi
  • Vian Anna Farmer Gazebo Park: 6.4 mi
  • Pine Creek Cove State Park: 6.6 mi
  • Brewer Bend Public Use Area: 7.1 mi
Museums: 8
  • Tahlonteeskee Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Three Rivers Museum: 22.9 mi
  • Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame: 23.0 mi
  • Ataloa Lodge Museum: 23.2 mi
  • War Memorial Museum: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Historic sites: 3
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Lake Eufala Dam ORV Area: 21.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Tahlonteeskee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red Springs MountainNE 51°446 m16.3 mi
Blaylock MountainNE 53°444 m17.1 mi
Jackson MountainNE 55°428 m15.3 mi
Quarry MountainENE 64°423 m15.0 mi
Pack MountainNE 47°421 m12.8 mi
Ussery MountainENE 62°395 m13.7 mi
Buckhorn MountainNE 37°378 m12.8 mi
Cowhead MountainENE 68°369 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5919:32
June solstice06:0620:0220:40
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:2716:3217:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384351596877828174625041
Precip in2.92.34.14.75.94.73.33.14.44.54.23.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webbers Falls 5 WSW, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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