Mount Scott
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Mount Scott rises to 750 m in Oklahoma. Tarbone Mountain stands 731 m to the west-northwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Scotts Boy, a peak 0.7 miles away. Wichita Mountains Byway passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Mount Scott (Comanche: Pisaroya, "Big Mountain") is a prominent mountain just to the northwest of Lawton, Oklahoma rising to a height of 2,464 feet (751 m) and is located in the Wichita Mountains near Fort Sill Military Reservation and lies in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge (WMWR). The US Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for the maintenance of the area. Visitors can reach the summit by car or bicycle via a three-mile paved road. Hiking is allowed, although there are no formal trails and the paved road is open to pedestrians and bicycles from 6am to 9:30 am only. Mount Scott is also popular for its numerous rock climbing areas. The peak was named in honor of General Winfield Scott.
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Wikidata Q6923527, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 750 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Wichita Mountains Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Quetone Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Scotts Boy: 0.7 mi
- Hunting Horse Hill: 0.7 mi
- Quetone Point: 1.3 mi
- Thomas Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Wall: 1.6 mi
- Bath Lake Swimming Area: 2.0 mi
- Medicine Creek Park: 2.1 mi
- Hitchin Post Park: 2.2 mi
- Jack Laughter Park: 2.6 mi
- James Arthur Manning State Fish Hatchery: 2.8 mi
- United States Army Air Defense Artillery Museum: 8.3 mi
- Fort Sill: 9.6 mi
- U.S. Army Artillery Museum: 9.7 mi
- Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center: 11.5 mi
- Museum of the Great Plains: 11.6 mi
- Running Deer Girl Scout Camp: 3.6 mi
- The Forgotten War: 11.7 mi
- Cremains Scattering Garden: 10.7 mi
- Fine Arts Courtyard: 11.1 mi
- Echo Dome: 11.6 mi
- Crab Eyes: 12.3 mi
- Prairie Dog Town: 9.0 mi
- Post Oak Falls: 11.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.9 miles of Mount Scott. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarbone Mountain | WNW 284° | 731 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Lauramac | W 279° | 731 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Sheridan | WNW 292° | 727 m | 3.5 mi |
| Mount Roosevelt | W 278° | 679 m | 3.2 mi |
| Poko Mountain | WNW 284° | 675 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Sherman | SW 217° | 668 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Wall | WNW 295° | 654 m | 1.6 mi |
| Cross Mountain | SW 224° | 652 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:13 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 06:22 | 20:14 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:49 | 17:28 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 83 | 83 | 75 | 64 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Medicine PK 3W Mesonet, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1102047 — Mount Scott, Comanche County, Oklahoma.
OpenStreetMap element node/357411691
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