Walnut Creek Peninsula Recreation Area
Walnut Creek Peninsula Recreation Area is a park in Oklahoma, at a recorded elevation of 236 m. Phinney Hill stands 327 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Creek Peninsula Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 16 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 236 m
How to reach it
- 16.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.2 mi off the Osage Nation Heritage Trail Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Walnut Creek Peninsula Park: 0.6 mi
- Washington Irving Cove Recreation Area: 2.6 mi
- Washington Irving South Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
- Cowskin Bay Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Keystone Ancient Forest: 5.2 mi
- Sand Springs Cultural & Historical Museum: 11.9 mi
- Fire Station Number 13: 15.2 mi
- Gilcrease Museum: 15.3 mi
- Helmerich Center for American Research: 15.3 mi
- OKPOP: 17.0 mi
- Statue of Charles Page: 12.0 mi
- Glide: 16.6 mi
- East Meets West: 17.0 mi
- Polar Bear: 17.3 mi
- Games Along the Way: 18.2 mi
- Triangle Area Veterans Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Sandy Springs: 12.5 mi
- Crybaby Hill: 17.1 mi
- Tulsa Firefighter's Memorial: 17.2 mi
- The Meteor Monument: 17.5 mi
- Connie Stephens Diamond Pavillion: 17.2 mi
- 21st Street Plaza: 18.2 mi
- Picnic Grove: 18.6 mi
- 41st Street Plaza: 19.2 mi
- 56th Street Plaza: 20.0 mi
- John's Wall: 13.1 mi
- Pepsi Wall: 13.8 mi
- Super Mantle Boulder: 13.8 mi
- Little to Nothing Wall: 13.8 mi
- Troop Wall: 13.8 mi
- Healing Rock: 12.5 mi
- The Cave House: 16.4 mi
- Cain's Ballroom: 17.0 mi
- Hex House: 17.1 mi
- Center of the Universe: 17.3 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 13.0 mi
- Holmes Peak: 13.3 mi
- Pine Hill: 14.5 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 16.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 16.8 mi
- Tulsa Botanic Garden: 12.5 mi
- Graves Garden for the Arts: 17.2 mi
- Williams Mist Mountain: 18.5 mi
- Ramble Sensory Garden: 18.5 mi
- Pine Valley: 18.6 mi
- Tall Chief Cove Beach: 11.1 mi
- Willow Beach: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walnut Creek Peninsula Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phinney Hill | NNW 338° | 327 m | 23.8 mi |
| Pine Hill | S 173° | 317 m | 14.5 mi |
| Holmes Peak | E 100° | 314 m | 13.3 mi |
| Reservoir Hill | WNW 286° | 305 m | 13.0 mi |
| Monitor Hill | SW 234° | 281 m | 19.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 121° | 277 m | 16.8 mi |
| Reservoir Hill | ESE 103° | 268 m | 16.2 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | SE 126° | 245 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:35 | 17:15 |
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 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 77 | 82 | 81 | 73 | 62 | 51 | 41 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mannford 6 NW, 10 mi away.
- Tan Jumping Spider10 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider5 obs
- Habronattus coecatus5 obs
- Texas Brown Tarantula4 obs
- Bronze Jumping Spider4 obs
- Pelegrina pervaga4 obs
- Little Brown Skink3 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357407456
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