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World's Only Main Street Oil Well

World's Only Main Street Oil Well from directly overhead

World's Only Main Street Oil Well is a historic site in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 234 m. Phinney Hill stands 327 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve, a nature reserve 7.5 miles away. Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway passes 12 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

The story

architectural structure

Dates from 1914.

Wikidata Q808515, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates36.56177, -96.16615

85 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
  • Bull Creek Peninsula: 10.6 mi
  • WahZhaZhe Heritage Park: 11.3 mi
  • Ben Johnson Memorial Park: 11.6 mi
  • Osage Hills State Park: 11.9 mi
  • Osage Park: 12.6 mi
Museums: 11
  • Woolaroc Museum: 7.7 mi
  • Osage Nation: 11.5 mi
  • Osage County Historical Society Museum: 11.6 mi
  • Ben Johnson Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Osage Nation Museum: 12.1 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Old Tank: 11.5 mi
  • Boy Scouts Camping: 11.6 mi
  • Train Car: 11.6 mi
  • Chief James Bigheart Statue: 12.1 mi
  • Osage Mural: 12.1 mi
Historic sites: 7
Peaks: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Bartlesville Gravity Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Healing Rock: 14.9 mi
  • AT&SF NO.940: 16.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • The South Garden: 15.7 mi
  • The Rose Garden: 15.8 mi
Beaches: 2
  • Tall Chief Cove Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Bluestem Lake Public Beach: 16.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Falls: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of World's Only Main Street Oil Well. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Phinney HillW 270°327 m15.6 mi
Wooster MoundWNW 289°320 m8.8 mi
Twin MoundsNNW 343°309 m16.1 mi
Sundown HillNNE 16°286 m24.3 mi
The MoundNE 34°263 m16.2 mi
Twin MoundsE 87°252 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0319:37
June solstice06:0720:0920:47
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3416:3317:13

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374151606977828172614939

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnsdall, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/706258514

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