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Chickasaw National Recreation Area

Chickasaw National Recreation Area from directly overhead

Chickasaw National Recreation Area is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 312 m. Arbuckle Mountains High Point stands 433 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Aaholiitobli' Honor Garden, a park 1.7 miles away. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
312 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.46736, -96.99909
Around it

69 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 22
  • Aaholiitobli' Honor Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Chickasaw National Recreational Area: 2.6 mi
  • Flower Park: 3.1 mi
  • Fullerton Park: 7.2 mi
  • Turner Falls Park: 8.9 mi
Museums: 11
Peaks: 11
  • Robbers Roost: 2.1 mi
  • Bromide Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Airy: 3.1 mi
  • Burning Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • White Mound: 6.6 mi
Springs: 7
  • Hillside Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Pavilion Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Black Sulphur Springs: 3.0 mi
  • Vendome Well: 3.0 mi
  • Antelope Spring: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Sycamore Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Little Niagara Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Price’s Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Turner Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Little Niagara Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Lost Cave Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Travertine Island: 3.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • 777 Zip: 8.8 mi
  • Turner Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Washita Valley Winery & Vineyard: 10.1 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Tishomingo Those Who Served Memorial: 24.1 mi
  • US Navy Blue Angel Memorial: 24.1 mi
  • Johnston County Howitzer Memorial: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Centennial Prayer Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Prayer Garden: 7.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chickasaw National Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Arbuckle Mountains High PointW 267°433.31 m14.5 mi
Chimney HillNE 43°409 m20.2 mi
Lookout MountainESE 105°333 m19.1 mi
Bromide HillNNE 27°327 m2.2 mi
Robbers RoostNNE 26°323 m2.1 mi
Mount AiryNE 44°316 m3.1 mi
Jones HillSW 234°295 m15.8 mi
White MoundS 184°293 m6.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0719:40
June solstice06:1720:0720:44
September equinox07:1718:5319:26
December solstice07:3216:4417:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404453616978828274635142
Precip in2.01.93.63.75.64.43.73.04.44.02.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chickasaw NRA, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pond Slider20 obs
  • lace hedgehog cactus18 obs
  • Leavenworth's eryngo17 obs
  • Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo16 obs
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • Common Spotted Whiptail14 obs
  • buttonbush13 obs
  • Texas Brown Tarantula13 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 11000628OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/446169947

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