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Canton Oklahoma Map

Explore Canton, 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 Canton, Oklahoma

How to Use This Canton, Oklahoma Map

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

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.

CityCanton
StateOklahoma (OK)
CountyBlaine County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude36.053651
Longitude-98.588416
Population468
Density345.5 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code73724
Area Code405
County SeatWatonga
School DistrictCanton Public Schools

About Canton, Oklahoma

Canton is a locality in Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 468. The population density is 345.5 people per km². Canton is located at 36.0537°N, 98.5884°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Canton is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73724.

Canton emerges from the flat, red-earth expanse of the plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under an enormous, unblinking sky. It lies 37.1 miles north of Weatherford, OK (from Weatherford, OK: bearing 10°T), and is situated 16.1 miles south-southwest of Fairview. Minnehaha Creek meanders through the periphery of the landscape, its banks carved into the soil like a slow, deliberate scar that feeds the thirsty brush and cottonwoods. To the west, the distant, shimmering silhouettes of the Glass Mountains haunt the skyline, appearing as faint, jagged teeth against the bruised purple of a setting sun. The light here acts as a physical weight, bleaching the color from the dry grasses until they reach a pale, brittle gold, while the wind carries the restless, earthy scent of dust and dormant seeds. Just a short distance away, the quiet stillness of Canton Lake holds the reflection of the clouds, providing a cool, static contrast to the restless movement of the wind-swept prairie.

Canton sustains itself on the rhythms of the land, a place where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of harvest and the quiet industry of the fields. The nearby Canton Wildlife Management Area & Waterfowl Refuge Portion serves as a sanctuary for migratory life, marking the intersection of human stewardship and the wild, seasonal pulse of the plains. History resides here in the memory of the soil, a legacy of the deep, complicated intersections of those who walked these lands long before the fences were drawn. Residents move through the day with a deliberate, tempered pace, mindful of the heat that radiates off the asphalt and the sudden, sharp temperature shifts that arrive with the changing seasons. Even the drive toward the rugged terrain of Ruby Mill Canyon feels like a journey through a persistent, quiet solitude, where the character of the people is forged by the same endurance required of the prairie itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Canton Wildlife Management Area & Waterfowl Refuge Portion (State Conservation Area) — 1.3 mi, 000° N
  • Canton Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.1 mi, 337° NW
  • Roman Nose State Resort Park (State Park) — 11.5 mi, 136° SE
  • Watonga Public Fishing Area (State Conservation Area) — 11.5 mi, 130° SE
  • Inspiration Point (Viewpoint) — 12.2 mi, 129° SE
  • Huff-Lorang Park (Local Recreation) — 16.5 mi, 143° SE
  • City Park (Local Park) — 17.8 mi, 145° SE
  • Iron Man (Public Artwork) — 18.1 mi, 144° SE
  • Glass Mountains State Park (State Park) — 21.3 mi, 000° N
  • Hydro Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 35.1 mi, 179° S
  • Lucille's Historic Gas Station (Attraction) — 35.7 mi, 180° S
  • 37mm Gun (Attraction) — 38.7 mi, 084° E
  • Jesse Chisholm (Monument) — 43.6 mi, 061° NE
  • Oklahoma Route 66 Museum (Museum) — 43.9 mi, 211° SW
  • Southwestern Livestock And Forage Research Station (Recreation Easement) — 43.9 mi, 138° SE
  • Jane Champlin Art Gallery (Gallery) — 46.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Ballroom Theatre (Theatre) — 46.0 mi, 059° NE
  • Tri-State Statue (Monument) — 46.1 mi, 059° NE
  • Little Sisters of Liberty (Monument) — 46.1 mi, 059° NE
  • Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center (Museum) — 46.2 mi, 059° NE
  • Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.5 mi, 022° N · 42k acres
  • Washita National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 48.2 mi, 235° SW · 26 acres
  • Great Salt Plains Lake (Recreation Area) — 48.8 mi, 025° NE
  • Piedmont High School Football Stadium (Stadium) — 54.7 mi, 120° SE
  • Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 59.1 mi, 245° SW · 31k acres
  • Flix On 6 (Cinema) — 64.8 mi, 225° SW
  • National Route 66 and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 65.0 mi, 227° SW
  • Blue Zoo Aquarium (Aquarium) — 65.3 mi, 118° SE
  • Mural de Edmond (Attraction) — 67.9 mi, 114° SE
  • Icon Cinema (Cinema) — 68.4 mi, 113° SE

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About This Canton Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Canton, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.053651, -98.588416. 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 Canton includes the ZIP code (73724), telephone area code (405), county seat of Blaine County (Watonga), and school district assignment (Canton 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.