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Lake Hefner Park

Lake Hefner Park from directly overhead

Lake Hefner Park is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 369 m. The nearest named place is Mayview Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
369 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.54643, -97.57407

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mayview Park: 0.2 mi
  • Stars and Stripes Park: 0.5 mi
  • Tinsley Park: 0.5 mi
  • TORKS RC Aircraft Field: 0.9 mi
  • Guilford Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Church Bell: 2.0 mi
  • Silent Messenger: 2.7 mi
  • Seed: 2.7 mi
  • Will Rogers Bust: 2.8 mi
  • Mother and Daughter: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 37
Museums: 30
  • The World Organization of China Painters: 4.7 mi
  • City Arts Center: 5.0 mi
  • Oklahoma Heritage Center: 5.1 mi
  • Overholser Mansion (Oklahoma Historical Society): 5.2 mi
  • Oklahoma History Center: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 21
  • Mayfair Heights Park Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Iris Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Iris Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Charles E. Sparks Color Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Iris Gardens: 2.8 mi
Attractions: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • School Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
  • Devon Picnic Grounds: 6.0 mi
  • Welch Park Trails: 9.2 mi
  • Welch Park Trails: 9.2 mi
  • Welch Park Trails: 9.2 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge: 5.8 mi
  • Crosstimbers Off-Road Vehicle Park: 18.0 mi
Peaks: 1
  • Overlook Hill: 7.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3519:0919:42
June solstice06:1620:1220:50
September equinox07:1918:5519:29
December solstice07:3716:4217:22

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394352607079848374625041
Precip in0.81.02.03.04.34.82.93.53.02.71.51.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oklahoma City Wiley Post AP, 4 mi away.

  • Ring-billed Gull133 obs
  • Mallard100 obs
  • American Coot92 obs
  • American White Pelican76 obs
  • Pond Slider72 obs
  • Great Egret58 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe57 obs
  • Canada Goose52 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/558576490

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