Runestone State Park
Runestone State Park is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 306 m. Rich Mountain stands 817 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Mountain Gateway Scenic Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Mountain Gateway Scenic Byway
- 11.5 mi off the Mountain Pass Scenic Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Talimena Scenic Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mountain Top Vista · 14 mi
- Holson Valley Vista · 15 mi
- Deadman Gap Overlook · 19 mi
- Lover's Leap · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Lost Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Standpipe Hill: 3.6 mi
- Oklahoma High Top: 5.2 mi
- Heavener Blues Park: 2.4 mi
- Wister State Park: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Lake Recreation Site: 10.0 mi
- Twyman Park: 10.0 mi
- Wister Lake State Park: 11.0 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Old Reservoir: 18.9 mi
- Three Sticks Monument: 20.4 mi
- Old Military Road Historic Site: 22.0 mi
- City of Bonanza Monument: 24.9 mi
- Slate Falls: 18.3 mi
- Belle Star Cave Falls: 19.6 mi
- Upper Whiskey Falls: 22.7 mi
- Lower Whiskey Falls: 23.2 mi
- Cedar Lake North Shore: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Lake Sandy Beach: 10.9 mi
- Pipe Spring: 14.5 mi
- Red Spring: 15.5 mi
- Leflore County Museum: 10.8 mi
- Goats Bluff: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Runestone State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Mountain | SE 138° | 817 m | 21.1 mi |
| Black Fork Mountain | SE 137° | 808 m | 17.6 mi |
| Sugar Loaf Mountain | NE 35° | 781 m | 10.7 mi |
| Poteau Mountain | ENE 70° | 775 m | 12.6 mi |
| Wilton Mountain | S 178° | 775 m | 15.3 mi |
| Lynn Mountain | S 177° | 752 m | 21.0 mi |
| Oklahoma High Top | ENE 71° | 727 m | 5.2 mi |
| Quentin Peak | S 187° | 664 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:59 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:32 | 17:11 |
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 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 82 | 81 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 42 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wister 3S, 8 mi away.
- bird's foot violet15 obs
- American beautyberry14 obs
- Black Vulture7 obs
- blunt woodsia6 obs
- Redpurple Beebalm4 obs
- saw greenbrier4 obs
- white poplar3 obs
- eastern redbud3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357457957
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