The Outsider's House
The Outsider's House is a museum in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Pine Hill stands 317 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Crutchfield Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.2 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.
This house is a museum and tribute to The Outsiders, and is the actual house from the book and movie The Outsiders.
The story
The Outsiders House Museum is a museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, about Francis Ford Coppola's coming-of-age movie,The Outsiders (1983), and the 1967 novel by the same name it adapts by S. E. Hinton. It aims to preserve the house which served as the primary film set for the Curtis Brothers (the story's lead characters). The museum was created by hip-hop artist Danny Boy O'Connor, who is a long-time fan of The Outsiders. The house, which is estimated to have been built in 1920, served as a private residence prior to becoming a museum, except when Coppola used it for the screen adaptation of Hinton's novel, circa 1982. The film has maintained a following, and is also notable due to its young cast, who all had subsequently major acting careers. In 2009, while on tour, O'Connor had a three-day layover in Tulsa and decided to explore the locations of the film, where he rediscovered the house. Afterwards, he would continue to visit the location on a regular basis, and bought the house in 2016. After extensive renovations to restore and maintain its authenticity from the film, it opened to the public on August 9, 2019. Moving forward, the museum has expanded its cultural and community impact through various projects and recognitions. Two plaques commemorating the collaboration between Coppola and Hinton were installed, and restoration efforts extended to the now non-operational DX gas station featured in the film. With the museum, O'Connor published two photography books: The Outsiders ‘Rare and Unseen’ (2022) with David Burnett, and The Outsiders on Set (2024) with Nancy Moran. By 2022, the museum welcomed approximately 20,000 visitors. In 2023, it was featured as a landmark in the Tulsa edition of the Monopoly board game. The museum, celebrated for its fan-driven design and extensive collection of memorabilia, has received praise from publications, solidifying its status as a significant cultural site.
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Dates from 2017.
Wikidata Q30644095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crutchfield Park: 0.2 mi
- Admiral Park: 0.4 mi
- Bullette Park: 0.5 mi
- Union Square Park: 0.9 mi
- Springdale Park: 1.0 mi
- Games Along the Way: 0.9 mi
- Polar Bear: 1.7 mi
- East Meets West: 2.3 mi
- Glide: 2.4 mi
- Forever Free: 3.7 mi
- Greenwood Rising History Center: 0.9 mi
- Bob Dylan Center: 1.3 mi
- Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame: 1.3 mi
- Woody Guthrie Center: 1.3 mi
- OKPOP: 1.4 mi
- Oklahoma Walk of Fame: 0.8 mi
- Tulsa Firefighter's Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Kendall Bell: 1.6 mi
- Crybaby Hill: 2.3 mi
- Golden Driller: 3.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 2.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Holmes Peak: 5.3 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Shadow Mountain: 7.5 mi
- 21st Street Plaza: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.0 mi
- 41st Street Plaza: 4.3 mi
- Macaw Landing Grille Outdoor Seating: 4.6 mi
- 56th Street Plaza: 5.8 mi
- Forgotten Wall: 6.3 mi
- Stump Wall: 6.3 mi
- Cub Scout Wall: 6.3 mi
- Disease Wall: 6.3 mi
- Troop Wall: 6.3 mi
- Meadow Gold Sign: 1.2 mi
- Center of the Universe: 1.3 mi
- Cain's Ballroom: 1.4 mi
- The Cave House: 2.5 mi
- Hex House: 7.2 mi
- Graves Garden for the Arts: 1.3 mi
- Cottonwood Lawn & Theater: 2.9 mi
- Ramble Sensory Garden: 2.9 mi
- Williams Mist Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Pine Valley: 3.1 mi
- Redbud Valley: 9.9 mi
- TCC Nature Reserve: 10.8 mi
- Ray Harral Nature Park: 16.2 mi
- Willow Beach: 3.0 mi
- Tall Chief Cove Beach: 13.5 mi
- Natural Spring: 15.4 mi
- Weer Spring: 16.9 mi
- Alsuma: 7.7 mi
- Bixhoma Falls: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Outsider's House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hill | WSW 240° | 317 m | 18.2 mi |
| Holmes Peak | WNW 303° | 314 m | 5.3 mi |
| Conjada Mountains | SSE 148° | 295 m | 22.1 mi |
| Concharty Mountain | SSE 157° | 289 m | 24.1 mi |
| Twin Mounds | S 191° | 282 m | 16.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SW 222° | 277 m | 4.5 mi |
| Reservoir Hill | NW 314° | 268 m | 2.4 mi |
| Indian Hills | E 87° | 265 m | 11.5 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 | 07:13 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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