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Arpelar Oklahoma Map

Explore Arpelar, Oklahoma, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Arpelar, Oklahoma

How to Use This Arpelar, Oklahoma Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Arpelar, Oklahoma. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Oklahoma or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Arpelar.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Arpelar
State	Oklahoma (OK)
County	Pittsburg County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	34.932848
Longitude	-95.951695
Population	291
Density	50.5 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	74501
Area Code	918
County Seat	McAlester
School District	Haywood Public School

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About Arpelar, Oklahoma

Arpelar is a locality in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 291. The population density is 50.5 people per km². Arpelar is located at 34.9328°N, 95.9517°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74501.

Arpelar sits upon a vast expanse of rust-colored earth where the wind carries the persistent, dry scent of sun-baked prairie grasses. It lies 11.1 miles west of McAlester, OK (from McAlester, OK: bearing 273°T), and is situated 14.2 miles west of Krebs. Big Wildhorse Creek carves a shallow, meandering path through the terrain just a mile from the center, its banks lined with the gnarled, stubborn oaks of the Cross Timbers that hold the soil against the relentless gusts. To the west, the faint, hazy silhouette of Big Prairie Ridge marks the horizon, while the terrain gently dips toward the cool, shadowed depression of Hudlow Hollow six miles away. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the dust motes into suspended gold as the sky deepens into a bruised violet that seems to press closer to the ground than in more crowded lands.

Arpelar serves as a quiet witness to the layered histories of the Osage and Comanche, an inheritance etched into the very grain of the local economy. The legacy of oil exploration remains embedded in the landscape, where the skeletal, rhythmic nodding of pump jacks occasionally breaks the silence of the wheat fields. Residents maintain a steady, unadorned pace of life, often finding their respite at the edge of Reservoir Number Four, a mirror of still water five miles distant that reflects the vast, unobstructed dome of the Oklahoma sky. Beyond the commercial hum of the main road, the proximity to the wilderness of Unknown Park allows the quietude of the plains to persist, grounding the local identity in the endurance of the land and the long, memory-filled stretches of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Unknown Park (Local Park) — 9.8 mi, 094° E
Chadick Park (Local Park) — 10.4 mi, 093° E
Eufaula Lake (Recreation Area) — 14.6 mi, 066° NE
Eufaula Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 18.8 mi, 022° N
James Collins Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 22.6 mi, 078° E
Arrowhead State Park (State Park) — 23.0 mi, 047° NE
Billy Cemetery (Monument) — 30.0 mi, 152° SE
Mountain Station (Monument) — 30.6 mi, 102° E
Robbers Cave State Resort Park (State Park) — 33.2 mi, 087° E
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 38.0 mi, 006° N · 21k acres
Barnyard Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 38.1 mi, 019° N
Woody Guthrie Home (Attraction) — 39.6 mi, 330° NW
Sardis (Viewpoint) — 40.0 mi, 122° SE
Petrified Tree (Attraction) — 41.3 mi, 254° W
Grave Creek Cemetery (Monument) — 42.0 mi, 015° N
The Chickasaw Nation Division of Arts & Humanities (Public Artwork) — 42.6 mi, 255° W
Jasmine Moran Childrens' Museum (Museum) — 47.1 mi, 298° NW
Time Theater (Cinema) — 51.7 mi, 064° NE
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 53.2 mi, 104° E · 1.8M acres
Winding Stair Mountain National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 57.0 mi, 099° E · 27k acres
Indian Nations National Scenic And Wildlife Area (National Conservation Area) — 57.6 mi, 101° E · 45k acres
Pottawatomie County Museum (Museum) — 61.0 mi, 297° NW
Waterfowl Refuge (Nature Reserve) — 61.5 mi, 152° SE
Hugo Wildlife Management Area (Nature Reserve) — 62.6 mi, 150° SE
Chickasaw National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 63.3 mi, 242° SW · 15k acres
Tahlonteeskee Museum (Museum) — 63.4 mi, 051° NE
Washita Valley Winery & Vineyard (Attraction) — 63.6 mi, 250° W
Muskogee Art Guild (Gallery) — 65.2 mi, 030° NE
Oklahoma Murder Mystery (Theatre) — 65.5 mi, 029° NE
Oklahoma Awesome Adventures (Attraction) — 69.1 mi, 157° SE

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