Museum of the Great Plains
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Museum of the Great Plains is a museum in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 354 m. Carlton Mountain stands 537 m to the west-northwest, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Wichita Mountains Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
The Museum of the Great Plains is a history museum located in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States. The museum’s major exhibits reveal the diverse cultures inhabiting the Great Plains region beginning with the arrival of the Paleo-Indians known as the Clovis culture at approximately 11,500 BCE. A variety of educational programs are offered year around. The museum is one of five partner museums in the Oklahoma Museum Network.
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Wikidata Q6941084, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Wichita Mountains Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Quetone Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elmer Thomas Park: 0.2 mi
- Thirty-Fifth Division Park: 0.3 mi
- Shepler Square Park: 0.7 mi
- Harmon Park: 0.8 mi
- O H Arnold Park: 0.8 mi
- Quarry Hill: 3.0 mi
- Feigel Point: 3.1 mi
- Grierson Hill: 3.3 mi
- Adams Hill: 3.5 mi
- Gunnery Hill: 3.5 mi
- Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
- Historic Mattie Beal Home: 1.5 mi
- U.S. Army Artillery Museum: 3.6 mi
- Fort Sill: 3.7 mi
- United States Army Air Defense Artillery Museum: 4.0 mi
- The Forgotten War: 0.4 mi
- Running Deer Girl Scout Camp: 11.6 mi
- Fine Arts Courtyard: 2.1 mi
- Cremains Scattering Garden: 10.6 mi
- Echo Dome: 20.5 mi
- Crab Eyes: 21.1 mi
- Prairie Dog Town: 18.3 mi
- Post Oak Falls: 20.1 mi
- Acme: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Museum of the Great Plains. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton Mountain | WNW 302° | 537 m | 8.1 mi |
| Signal Mountain | NW 307° | 530 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mountain Cumming | NNW 330° | 522 m | 9.2 mi |
| Koehler Hill | WNW 288° | 504 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NNW 336° | 497 m | 7.7 mi |
| Davidson Hill | NW 319° | 494 m | 9.6 mi |
| Browne Hill | WNW 294° | 483 m | 10.0 mi |
| Gruber Hill | WNW 290° | 481 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:38 | 19:12 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:13 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:22 | 18:59 | 19:32 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:49 | 17:27 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 84 | 84 | 75 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawton, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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