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Skull Creek Public Access

Skull Creek Public Access from directly overhead

Skull Creek Public Access is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 241 m. Berry Hill stands 314 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Creek Point Public Use Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway passes 14 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
241 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.96423, -96.09610

83 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 11
Museums: 11
  • Dewey Hotel Museum: 14.3 mi
  • Tom Mix Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Phillips 66 Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Bartlesville Area History Museum: 16.3 mi
  • Frank Phillips Home: 16.7 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Buffalo: 16.1 mi
  • Blind Man at the Pool of Siloam: 18.7 mi
  • Flying Eagle: 18.7 mi
  • Chief James Bigheart Statue: 24.4 mi
  • Train Car: 24.4 mi
Historic sites: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Caney Valley Speedway: 9.3 mi
  • AT&SF NO.940: 16.0 mi
  • Bartlesville Gravity Hill: 21.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Gardens: 2
  • The Rose Garden: 18.7 mi
  • The South Garden: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bluestem Lake Falls: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skull Creek Public Access. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berry HillNE 46°314 m16.8 mi
Artillery MountainW 275°310 m7.8 mi
Twin MoundsSW 214°309 m15.0 mi
Round MoundNE 50°306 m14.6 mi
Blue MoundSE 124°305 m18.2 mi
Bald MoundNE 34°296 m22.6 mi
Walker MoundNE 45°291 m24.0 mi
Sundown HillSSE 148°286 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0620:0920:48
September equinox07:1318:4919:23
December solstice07:3516:3117:12

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343847576675807971594737
Precip in1.31.72.84.36.15.63.83.53.53.82.21.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sedan, 13 mi away.

  • Eastern Collared Lizard3 obs
  • Spotted Chorus Frog2 obs
  • Flat-headed Snake2 obs
  • buttonbush2 obs
  • Lined Snake1 obs
  • Timber Rattlesnake1 obs
  • Pond Slider1 obs
  • Virginia Opossum1 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 node/357404882

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