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Bessie Oklahoma Map

Explore Bessie, 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 Bessie, Oklahoma

How to Use This Bessie, Oklahoma Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Bessie, 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 Bessie.

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	Bessie
State	Oklahoma (OK)
County	Washita County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.385885
Longitude	-98.988137
Population	182
Density	135.7 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	73622
Area Code	405
County Seat	New Cordell
School District	Cordell Public Schools

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About Bessie, Oklahoma

Bessie is a locality in Washita County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 182. The population density is 135.7 people per km². Bessie is located at 35.3859°N, 98.9881°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Bessie is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73622.

Bessie emerges from the vast, red-earthed plains like a quiet thought held against the expanse of the Oklahoma sky. It lies 18.5 miles west-southwest of Weatherford, OK (from Weatherford, OK: bearing 239°T), and is situated 9.0 miles south of Clinton. The horizon stretches thin and taut, broken only by the sharp silhouettes of grain elevators that mark the rhythm of the seasons. Moisture gathers in the hollows near Boggy Creek, where the low-slung landscape holds the heat of the afternoon long after the sun has begun its descent. At the edge of the horizon, the faint, hazy suggestion of Ghost Mound anchors the view, while the stillness of Boggy Creek Watershed Site 27 Reservoir reflects the passing of clouds with a mirror-like clarity. The air here carries the dry, metallic scent of iron-rich soil, a sharp reminder of the earth that sustains the quiet labor of the fields.

Bessie retains a character forged in the silence of the high plains, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and the slow turning of the seasons. Farmers navigate the acreage with a steady, practiced patience, often finding respite in the nearby Washita County Wildlife Management Area, where the native grasses ripple under the constant, restless wind. History in these parts is not written in monuments but in the persistent resilience of those who tend the wheat, their lives woven into the sparse, enduring geography of the region. Life in Bessie moves with a deliberate, unadorned grace, defined by the long shadows cast at dusk and the profound solitude of a landscape that demands little but offers an expansive, honest beauty to any traveler who pauses to look.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Washita County Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 5.3 mi, 206° SW
Unknown Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 180° S
Acme Brick Park (Local Park) — 8.0 mi, 358° N
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum (Museum) — 8.3 mi, 000° N
Foss State Park (State Park) — 14.5 mi, 312° NW
Crowder Lake State Park (State Park) — 16.1 mi, 086° E
Vanderwork Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.4 mi, 150° SE
Flix On 6 (Cinema) — 23.6 mi, 271° W
Washita National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 24.7 mi, 317° NW · 26 acres
Lucille's Historic Gas Station (Attraction) — 24.8 mi, 065° NE
National Route 66 and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 274° W
Hydro Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 25.4 mi, 064° NE
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 37.1 mi, 303° NW · 31k acres
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 40.0 mi, 165° S · 118k acres
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 41.5 mi, 292° W
Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit (Wilderness Area) — 42.9 mi, 160° S · 9,786 acres
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (Monument) — 43.1 mi, 292° W
Iron Man (Public Artwork) — 45.7 mi, 046° NE
Prairie Dog Town (Attraction) — 48.4 mi, 159° S
Post Oak Falls (Attraction) — 48.6 mi, 163° S
Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 50.0 mi, 040° NE
City meat market (erick) (Attraction) — 50.9 mi, 257° W
Sandhill Curiosity Shop (Museum) — 51.0 mi, 257° W
Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center (Aquarium) — 53.0 mi, 149° SE
Red Door Gallery (Gallery) — 53.1 mi, 149° SE
The Branded bear (Gallery) — 53.2 mi, 149° SE
Boom Operators Memorial (Monument) — 53.2 mi, 199° S
Studio One (Arts Centre) — 54.4 mi, 200° S

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