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Jim Thorpe Park

Jim Thorpe Park from directly overhead

Jim Thorpe Park is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Pine Hill stands 317 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Jim Thorpe House, a museum 0.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 23 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
287 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.11744, -96.68596

74 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 53
  • Washington Park: 9.8 mi
  • Way Park: 10.0 mi
  • Whitlock Park: 10.3 mi
  • Odum Park: 10.7 mi
  • Skate Park: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Triangle Area Veterans Memorial: 17.7 mi
  • Optimus Prime: 19.3 mi
  • Clock: 20.9 mi
  • Spirit Rider: 21.1 mi
  • Oklahoma Territorial Plaza: 21.5 mi
Museums: 5
Peaks: 4
  • Twin Mounds: 5.1 mi
  • Monitor Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Reservoir Hill: 15.7 mi
  • Pine Hill: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Connie Stephens Diamond Pavillion: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Pawnee Bill Ranch: 16.5 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Student Union Memorial Gardens: 21.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Nancy Randolph Davis: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jim Thorpe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine HillESE 103°317 m24.9 mi
Twin MoundsW 269°311 m5.1 mi
Reservoir HillNE 39°305 m15.7 mi
Monitor HillESE 114°281 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0519:39
June solstice06:1120:1020:48
September equinox07:1518:5119:25
December solstice07:3516:3717:17

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384251606877828274625040
Precip in1.41.32.53.66.14.83.33.23.93.42.22.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cushing, 11 mi away.

  • Eastern Hercules Beetle3 obs
  • Enaphalodes hispicornis3 obs
  • Smooth Stag Beetle2 obs
  • Resh Cicada2 obs
  • Black Vulture1 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
  • Pond Slider1 obs
  • Persian silk tree1 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/775074858

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