Tahlonteeskee
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
- On the Cherokee Hills Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stone Bridge · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Round Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Sausbee Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Gritts Hill: 5.0 mi
- Potato Knob: 6.0 mi
- Linder Mountain: 6.2 mi
- 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
- Rock Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Runyan Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Beetle Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Padgett Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Turkey Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Going Home: I-40 Bridge Collapse Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Fort Gibson State Historic Site: 22.4 mi
- Fort Davis Historical Marker: 23.7 mi
- The Rink: 17.8 mi
- Honey Springs Battlefield: 22.4 mi
- Lake Eufala Dam ORV Area: 21.2 mi
- Civitan Park Community Garden: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Tahlonteeskee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Springs Mountain | NE 51° | 446 m | 16.3 mi |
| Blaylock Mountain | NE 53° | 444 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jackson Mountain | NE 55° | 428 m | 15.3 mi |
| Quarry Mountain | ENE 64° | 423 m | 15.0 mi |
| Pack Mountain | NE 47° | 421 m | 12.8 mi |
| Ussery Mountain | ENE 62° | 395 m | 13.7 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | NE 37° | 378 m | 12.8 mi |
| Cowhead Mountain | ENE 68° | 369 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:02 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 38 | 43 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 62 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Webbers Falls 5 WSW, 7 mi away.
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