Carlton Landing Oklahoma Map

About Carlton Landing, Oklahoma

Carlton Landing is a locality in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 94. The population density is 23.3 people per km². Carlton Landing is located at 35.2117°N, 95.5570°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carlton Landing is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74432.

Carlton Landing emerges from the dense, verdant embrace of the Cross Timbers, where the landscape slopes with deliberate grace toward the expansive, glass-still surface of Eufaula Lake. It lies 22.7 miles northeast of McAlester, OK (from McAlester, OK: bearing 34°T), and is situated 6.1 miles south-southeast of Eufaula. Longtown Creek meanders through the periphery of this terrain, its path carving a quiet, persistent rhythm into the red clay earth that characterizes this corner of the state. In the hours before dusk, the light here takes on a distinct, amber quality, catching the edges of the hardwoods and illuminating the dust motes that dance in the humid air above the water. Beyond the immediate tree line, the faint, jagged silhouette of Sandy Ridge marks the horizon, a distant reminder of the geologic ancientness that underpins the rolling, inland prairie.

Carlton Landing occupies a space defined by the deliberate fusion of architectural intention and the raw, unyielding history of the Indian Territory. The local economy finds its footing in the careful stewardship of the land, drawing visitors who seek to engage with the quietude of the woods and the recreational expanse of Eufaula Lake, which serves as a sprawling center for regional activity. Unlike the frantic pace of larger industrial hubs, the life of Carlton Landing moves in accordance with the seasonal shift of the canopy and the irrigation of the surrounding soil. It exists as a modern experiment in design, yet it remains anchored by the same winds that have swept across these plains for generations, carrying the memory of the Cherokee and Choctaw nations that first shaped the cultural identity of this soil.

About This Carlton Landing Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Carlton Landing, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.211734, -95.557049. 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 Carlton Landing includes the ZIP code (74432), telephone area code (918), county seat of Pittsburg County (McAlester), and school district assignment (Canadian Public Schools).

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.