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Caney Ridge Oklahoma Map

Explore Caney Ridge, 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 Caney Ridge, Oklahoma

How to Use This Caney Ridge, Oklahoma Map

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

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	Caney Ridge
State	Oklahoma (OK)
County	Cherokee County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Central Time (America/Chicago)

Latitude	35.764258
Longitude	-94.880785
Population	120
Density	164.3 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	74471
Area Code	918
County Seat	Tahlequah
School District	Tenkiller Public School

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About Caney Ridge, Oklahoma

Caney Ridge is a locality in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 120. The population density is 164.3 people per km². Caney Ridge is located at 35.7643°N, 94.8808°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74471.

Caney Ridge occupies a high, sun-bleached expanse where the red dirt of Oklahoma meets the encroaching shadows of the Cross Timbers. It lies 11.6 miles south-southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 154°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-southeast of Park Hill. Dry Creek slices through the local topography, its seasonal bed carving a thin, serpentine scar into the earth that draws the eye toward the horizon. To the east, the silhouette of Ballew Ridge rises as a blunt, blue-gray reminder of the tectonic patience required to shape this landscape, while the low, sprawling expanse of Hopper Flat provides a stark, open contrast to the tangled thickets of blackjack oak. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, electric violet, casting long, lean shadows that seem to stretch toward the distant water of Tenkiller Ferry Lake, where the air grows heavy and still with the cooling of the day.

Caney Ridge carries the weight of a frontier history that lingers in the quiet persistence of its inhabitants, many of whom trace their lineage through the intricate, layered legacies of the region’s original tribal nations. Economic life remains tethered to the rhythm of the land and the sporadic pulse of the oil fields, with the industry’s skeletal derricks occasionally punctuating the otherwise unbroken skyline. Visitors often gravitate toward the recreational expanse of Tenkiller Ferry Lake, a vital anchor for the local economy that dictates the pace of summer months when the heat settles thick and glassy over the plains. There is a particular, unforced dignity in the way daily life unfolds here, marked by the steady hum of machinery and the slow, deliberate work of those who labor in the fields, indifferent to the hurried world beyond the ridge.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Tenkiller Ferry Lake (Recreation Area) — 0.2 mi, 357° N
Cherokee Landing State Park (State Park) — 1.3 mi, 260° W
Cookson Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 3.5 mi, 139° SE
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 7.6 mi, 088° E · 8,813 acres
Tenkiller Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.0 mi, 236° SW
Stone Bridge (Viewpoint) — 10.8 mi, 211° SW
Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 334° NW
Spider Gallery (Gallery) — 11.4 mi, 334° NW
Cherokee National History Museum (Museum) — 11.4 mi, 334° NW
Dena's Art Den (Gallery) — 11.5 mi, 334° NW
All American Floats (Attraction) — 11.6 mi, 347° N
Jacob Gallery (Gallery) — 11.7 mi, 335° NW
Lake Tenkiller State Park (State Park) — 12.7 mi, 216° SW
KCS Stilwell Depot (Attraction) — 14.7 mi, 076° E
Cookson Hills Fee (Conservation Area) — 15.0 mi, 005° N
Tahlonteeskee Museum (Museum) — 20.7 mi, 213° SW
Sequoyah's Cabin (Museum) — 21.4 mi, 143° SE
Robert S. Kerr Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 184° S
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 21.7 mi, 091° E · 1.1M acres
The Rink (Attraction) — 22.0 mi, 164° S
Going Home: I-40 Bridge Collapse Memorial (Monument) — 22.2 mi, 219° SW
Fort Davis Historical Marker (Monument) — 25.5 mi, 274° W
Oklahoma Murder Mystery (Theatre) — 28.1 mi, 269° W
Saline Courthouse Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 347° N
Roland Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 31.7 mi, 139° SE
Chautauqua Amphitheater (Theatre) — 34.6 mi, 033° NE
Morton Homesite (Registered Battlefield) — 35.0 mi, 064° NE
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.8 mi, 255° W · 21k acres
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 60.1 mi, 154° SE · 1.8M acres
Poteau Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 62.0 mi, 148° SE · 11k acres

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