Explore Canadian Shores, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Canadian Shores, 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 Canadian Shores.
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 | Canadian Shores |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Pittsburg County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.17482 |
| Longitude | -95.74027 |
| Population | 233 |
| Density | 85.3 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 74501 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| County Seat | McAlester |
| School District | Indianola Public Schools |
Canadian Shores sits upon the red-dusted plains where the earth holds the deep, heavy warmth of the sun long after the light has retreated. It lies 16.8 miles north of McAlester, OK (from McAlester, OK: bearing 6°T), and is situated 11.8 miles southwest of Eufaula. The landscape around Canadian Shores is defined by the expansive, quiet presence of Eufaula Lake, which creates a stillness that reaches into the surrounding woodlands and open fields. To the north, the Canadian River moves with a slow, deliberate persistence, carving a path through the soil that has fed this region for generations. On the distant horizon, the faint, jagged silhouette of Sandy Ridge offers a reminder of the rising elevation far beyond the flat expanse of the prairie, grounding the view in a steady, geologic patience.
History in this part of the country is written in the layers of the soil and the legacy of the people who moved across these plains, leaving behind the memory of territories that shaped the modern state. The economy remains tethered to the land, influenced by the rhythms of the Eufaula Wildlife Management Area, where the scrub and oak of the Cross Timbers provide sanctuary for wildlife that outlives the changing trends of industry. Life here moves at the pace of the wind sweeping across the grasses, a slow, unadorned existence where the value of a day is measured by the clarity of the sky and the health of the earth. It is a place that demands little, yet offers the traveler a stark, honest connection to the fundamental texture of the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Canadian Shores, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.17482, -95.74027. 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 Canadian Shores includes the ZIP code (74501), telephone area code (918), county seat of Pittsburg County (McAlester), and school district assignment (Indianola Public Schools).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |