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Fort Gibson Waterfowl Refuge Portion

Fort Gibson Waterfowl Refuge Portion from directly overhead

Fort Gibson Waterfowl Refuge Portion is a nature reserve in Oklahoma, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Sellers Mountain stands 338 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson Bay Recreation Area, a park 1.3 miles away. Cherokee Hills Byway passes 19 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates35.91105, -95.31603

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Jackson Bay Recreation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Taylor Ferry South Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Sequoyah Bay State Park: 2.9 mi
  • Long Bay Recreation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Taylor Ferry North Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
Peaks
  • Fourteen Mile Hills: 5.5 mi
  • Brushy Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Bald Knob: 6.3 mi
  • Peckerwood Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Blue Mound: 7.4 mi
Museums: 10
  • War Memorial Museum: 8.1 mi
  • Ataloa Lodge Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Five Civilized Tribes Museum: 11.4 mi
  • Three Rivers Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
  • The Castle of Muskogee: 10.0 mi
  • All American Floats: 21.8 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Fort Gibson Waterfowl Refuge Portion. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sellers MountainSE 127°338 m21.3 mi
Bob Warren MountainESE 111°337 m16.8 mi
Levi MountainESE 123°325 m22.4 mi
Short MountainESE 113°325 m22.6 mi
Sugar MountainE 100°318 m12.5 mi
Morrison MountainE 97°318 m16.1 mi
Hawkins MountainE 94°318 m16.5 mi
Crossland HillSE 129°315 m14.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2619:0019:33
June solstice06:0620:0420:42
September equinox07:1018:4619:20
December solstice07:2916:3217:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394453617078828274625142

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wagoner, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1533244514

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