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Whizbang

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Whizbang is a ghost town in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. Phinney Hill stands 327 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Washunga, a ghost town 7.3 miles away. Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway passes 5.4 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

petroleum boom town in Osage County, Oklahoma, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates36.76760, -96.70760

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Pioneer Park: 8.2 mi
  • Kaw Lake Scenic Outlook Park: 13.5 mi
  • Prairie Dog Town: 13.6 mi
  • Cronan Park: 16.4 mi
  • Lake Ponca North Park: 17.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
Museums: 9
  • Pioneer Woman Museum: 20.2 mi
  • Marland's Grand Home: 20.6 mi
  • Newkirk Community Historical: 20.8 mi
  • Standing Bear Museum: 21.2 mi
  • Osage Nation Museum: 21.5 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Osage Mural: 21.4 mi
  • Chief James Bigheart Statue: 21.6 mi
  • Train Car: 22.0 mi
  • Boy Scouts Camping: 22.0 mi
  • Old Tank: 22.1 mi
Peaks: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Attractions: 2
  • Drummond Lodge: 9.3 mi
  • Cann Memorial Gardens: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Bluestem Lake Public Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Lake Ponca Beach: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Falls: 18.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Gardens: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phinney HillSE 135°327 m20.4 mi
Wooster MoundESE 118°320 m24.4 mi
Round MoundS 187°311 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:0920:1120:50
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3716:3517:15

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353949586776807971604837

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newkirk 8E Mesonet, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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