Arpelar Oklahoma Map

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.

About This Arpelar Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Arpelar, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.932848, -95.951695. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Arpelar includes the ZIP code (74501), telephone area code (918), county seat of Pittsburg County (McAlester), and school district assignment (Haywood Public School).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.