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Carter Oklahoma Map

Explore Carter, 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 Carter, Oklahoma

How to Use This Carter, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	35.218941
Longitude	-99.505646
Population	183
Density	132.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	73627
Area Code	405
County Seat	Sayre
School District	Merritt Public Schools

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About Carter, Oklahoma

Carter is a locality in Beckham County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 183. The population density is 132.8 people per km². Carter is located at 35.2189°N, 99.5056°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Carter is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73627.

Carter exists as a quiet confluence of red earth and expansive sky, where the horizon stretches thin and taut over the plains of western Oklahoma. It lies 14.5 miles south-southwest of Elk City, OK (from Elk City, OK: bearing 203°T), and is situated 9.1 miles east-southeast of Sayre. Flat Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path just a mile from the center of the settlement, its banks tracing the slow transition of the land into the rugged, wind-swept terrain of the surrounding countryside. In the distance, Haystack Mountain rises like a jagged tooth against the bruising colors of a summer sunset, while the stillness of the air is punctuated only by the dry rustle of prairie grass. The quality of light here possesses a singular, amber clarity, casting long, lean shadows that seem to stretch toward the faint, hazy outline of the land’s own ancient memory.

Carter persists through the cultivation of the surrounding expanse, where the economy remains tethered to the cycles of wheat and the patient, mechanical nodding of oil pumps dotting the fields. History lingers in the soil, a deep layer of dust that remembers the movement of people across these vast, open stretches long before the grid of roads was laid down. Residents often venture toward the quiet waters of Whitledge Number 2 Reservoir to find a reprieve from the heat, or drive the short distance to Sayre City Park to observe the slow, deliberate pace of the region. The rhythm of daily life here is governed by the persistent, dry breath of the wind, a constant presence that shapes the character of the inhabitants as much as it shapes the shifting contours of the land itself.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Sayre City Park (Local Park) — 8.5 mi, 297° NW
Flix On 6 (Cinema) — 13.1 mi, 025° NE
Ackley Park West (Local Park) — 13.9 mi, 015° N
National Route 66 and Transportation Museum (Museum) — 13.9 mi, 016° N
Altus - Lugert Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 16.2 mi, 144° SE
Sandy Sanders Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.3 mi, 230° SW
Windmill Garden (Public Artwork) — 19.4 mi, 269° W
Quartz Mountain State Resort Park (State Park) — 19.4 mi, 151° SE
City meat market (erick) (Attraction) — 20.3 mi, 269° W
Sandhill Curiosity Shop (Museum) — 20.4 mi, 269° W
Black Kettle National Grassland (National Grassland) — 26.7 mi, 350° N · 31k acres
Foss State Park (State Park) — 26.9 mi, 031° NE
Will Rogers Highway Memorial (Monument) — 27.8 mi, 271° W
Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 28.8 mi, 341° N
Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (Monument) — 29.6 mi, 338° N
Oklahoma Route 66 Museum (Museum) — 35.3 mi, 056° NE
Douglas C-47B Skytrain (Attraction) — 40.6 mi, 162° S
Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 162° S
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker (Attraction) — 40.9 mi, 162° S
Studio One (Arts Centre) — 41.0 mi, 165° S
Pioneer West Museum (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 270° W
U-Drop Inn (Museum) — 41.9 mi, 271° W
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 47.9 mi, 124° SE · 118k acres
Wichita Mountains Wilderness North Mountain Unit (Wilderness Area) — 52.7 mi, 128° SE · 9,786 acres
Hydro Rodeo Arena (Stadium) — 56.7 mi, 066° NE
Quetone Overlook (Viewpoint) — 62.9 mi, 122° SE
Ramona Theatre (Theatre) — 63.7 mi, 154° SE
Buffalo Lake National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 64.7 mi, 222° SW · 15k acres

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