Golden Driller
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Golden Driller is a historic site in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Pine Hill stands 317 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Expo Square, a park 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Golden Driller is a 76-foot-tall (23 m), 43,500-pound (19,700 kg) statue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, depicting an oil worker. The structure is a steel frame covered with concrete and plaster. It is the seventh-tallest statue in the United States and has been located in front of the Tulsa Expo Center since 1966.
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Wikidata Q5579338, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Expo Square: 0.3 mi
- Florence Park: 0.7 mi
- Gary Park: 1.0 mi
- Braden Park: 1.4 mi
- Highland Park: 1.5 mi
- OU Penguin: 2.3 mi
- OU Buffalo: 2.3 mi
- Games Along the Way: 2.8 mi
- Forever Free: 3.3 mi
- Crossing the Prairie: 3.4 mi
- Philbrook Museum of Art: 2.3 mi
- Tulsa Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- The Outsider's House: 3.1 mi
- Cabinet of Wonder by Mark Dion: 3.1 mi
- Discovery Lab: 3.2 mi
- Kendall Bell: 1.5 mi
- Oklahoma Walk of Fame: 2.3 mi
- Tulsa Firefighter's Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Crybaby Hill: 4.0 mi
- Oklahoma Game Warden Charles W. Estes: 4.9 mi
- Shadow Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 5.4 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Twin Hills: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
- 21st Street Plaza: 3.0 mi
- 41st Street Plaza: 3.6 mi
- 56th Street Plaza: 4.7 mi
- 61st Street Plaza: 5.0 mi
- Forgotten Wall: 8.0 mi
- Stump Wall: 8.1 mi
- Cub Scout Wall: 8.1 mi
- Disease Wall: 8.1 mi
- Troop Wall: 8.1 mi
- Meadow Gold Sign: 2.6 mi
- Center of the Universe: 3.7 mi
- Cain's Ballroom: 4.0 mi
- The Cave House: 4.6 mi
- Hex House: 7.4 mi
- Cottonwood Lawn & Theater: 3.0 mi
- Ramble Sensory Garden: 3.0 mi
- Williams Mist Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Pine Valley: 3.1 mi
- Four Seasons Garden: 3.2 mi
- TCC Nature Reserve: 7.8 mi
- Redbud Valley: 9.1 mi
- Ray Harral Nature Park: 13.2 mi
- Willow Beach: 3.1 mi
- Tall Chief Cove Beach: 16.5 mi
- Natural Spring: 12.3 mi
- Weer Spring: 13.8 mi
- Alsuma: 4.6 mi
- Bixhoma Falls: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Golden Driller. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | WSW 249° | 317 m | 19.2 mi |
| Holmes Peak | NW 308° | 314 m | 8.3 mi |
| Conjada Mountains | SSE 150° | 295 m | 19.1 mi |
| Concharty Mountain | SSE 160° | 289 m | 21.3 mi |
| Spanish Peak | S 181° | 285 m | 23.8 mi |
| Twin Mounds | SSW 200° | 282 m | 15.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 257° | 277 m | 5.3 mi |
| Reservoir Hill | NW 314° | 268 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:07 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:34 | 17:14 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 83 | 82 | 74 | 62 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tulsa Intl AP, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/853236835
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