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Checotah Oklahoma Map

Explore Checotah, 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 Checotah, Oklahoma

How to Use This Checotah, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	35.482436
Longitude	-95.522818
Population	3,018
Density	130.0 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	74426
Area Code	918
County Seat	Eufaula
School District	Checotah Public Schools

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About Checotah, Oklahoma

Checotah is a locality in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,018. The population density is 130.0 people per km². Checotah is located at 35.4824°N, 95.5228°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Checotah is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74426.

Checotah anchors itself in the red-stained earth of the Oklahoma plains, a place where the horizon stretches wide and the light at dusk bruises the sky into deep shades of violet and ochre. It lies 21.0 miles south-southwest of Muskogee, OK (from Muskogee, OK: bearing 204°T), and is situated 9.8 miles north-northwest of Texanna. The land here is defined by the subtle persistence of the Cross Timbers, where blackjack oaks and post oaks break the flatness of the prairie in a slow, rugged rhythm. Nearby, the water of Oknoname 121004 Reservoir mirrors the passing clouds, while the persistent flow of Elk Creek carves a quiet path through the thicket. Residents often spend their afternoons walking the grounds of Tracy Scroggins Park, where the grass grows thick and the air carries the dry, honest scent of sun-baked soil and distant grasses. To the west, the silhouettes of the Rattlesnake Mountains rise against the firmament, providing a jagged, distant boundary to a landscape that feels both expansive and deeply rooted.

Checotah carries the weight of a frontier history, having emerged from the intersection of old rail lines and the complex legacies of the tribal nations that have inhabited these plains for generations. The economy remains tethered to the land and the transit of goods, with the local pace dictated by the seasonal labor of agriculture and the steady, hummed mechanical pulse of small-scale industry. There is a distinct character here born of the wind, which pulls at the storefronts and whispers through the heavy timber, reminding those who stay that the town is merely a guest upon this ancient, enduring geography. Life moves with the deliberate gravity of a place that values what is earned, and in the quiet of the morning, one can hear the faint, metallic rattle of distant freight trains echoing across the open expanse, a sound that has defined the movement of people and commerce through these lands for more than a century.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Checotah Sports Complex (Local Recreation) — 0.0 mi, 090° E
Tracy Scroggins Park (Local Park) — 0.8 mi, 163° S
Bessie Tabor Park (Local Park) — 0.9 mi, 201° S
Eufaula Lake (Recreation Area) — 4.5 mi, 228° SW
Lake Eufula State Park (State Park) — 6.0 mi, 217° SW
Eufaula Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 7.2 mi, 143° SE
Barnyard Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 11.7 mi, 260° W
Grave Creek Cemetery (Monument) — 13.8 mi, 281° W
McClellan Kerr Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 053° NE
Robert S. Kerr Lake (Recreation Area) — 16.5 mi, 060° NE
Former Home of D.B. & O. Institute 1909-1961 (Monument) — 19.3 mi, 357° N
Muskogee Art Guild (Gallery) — 20.2 mi, 025° NE
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.3 mi, 270° W · 21k acres
Webbers Falls Lock & Dam Overlook (Viewpoint) — 20.4 mi, 077° E
Oklahoma Murder Mystery (Theatre) — 20.7 mi, 023° NE
Arrowhead State Park (State Park) — 22.1 mi, 192° S
Going Home: I-40 Bridge Collapse Memorial (Monument) — 22.3 mi, 084° E
Tahlonteeskee Museum (Museum) — 24.9 mi, 085° E
Time Theater (Cinema) — 27.4 mi, 125° SE
Wagoner Arts Alliance (Gallery) — 33.9 mi, 014° N
Geaux | Jack Of All Shows (Cinema) — 39.9 mi, 337° NW
Tulsa Tech Logo (Public Artwork) — 40.1 mi, 334° NW
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 41.1 mi, 074° E · 8,813 acres
The Rink (Attraction) — 42.2 mi, 092° E
Spider Gallery (Gallery) — 42.9 mi, 046° NE
Cherokee National Supreme Court Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 046° NE
Cherokee National History Museum (Museum) — 42.9 mi, 046° NE
Woody Guthrie Home (Attraction) — 44.0 mi, 265° W
Flycatcher Trail (Attraction) — 45.2 mi, 327° NW
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 53.8 mi, 140° SE · 1.8M acres

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