Explore Cowlington, 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cowlington, 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 Cowlington.
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 | Cowlington |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Le Flore County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.309628 |
| Longitude | -94.783967 |
| Population | 109 |
| Density | 46.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Codes | 74959, 74941 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| County Seat | Poteau |
| School District | Keota Public Schools |
Cowlington sits upon the red-stained earth of a landscape defined by the slow, deliberate movement of the wind across open plains. It lies 46.3 miles south-southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 163°T), and is situated 6.6 miles west-northwest of Spiro. The horizon here is punctuated by the distant, hazy silhouette of Nubbin Ridge, a constant presence that anchors the view against the vast Oklahoma sky. Below the ridge, the land descends into the quiet, fertile expanse of Cache Bottom, where the soil holds a deep, rusted hue and the vegetation clings to the moisture provided by the nearby Cache Creek. At dusk, the light stretches thin and amber across the fields, turning the tall grasses into a sea of muted copper that seems to hold the heat of the day long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise.
Cowlington remains a place where the echoes of Indian Territory still inform the rhythm of daily life, reflecting a history shaped by the convergence of diverse cultural threads. The local economy persists as a quiet extension of the land, rooted in agriculture and the enduring work of those who have long managed these fields. Residents often look toward the Robert S Kerr Reservoir for respite, or find solitude in the expansive grounds of the Robert S. Kerr Lake, a wildlife area that preserves the natural character of the region. Life in Cowlington moves with a measured, unhurried cadence, governed more by the changing seasons and the requirements of the soil than by the frantic pace of the wider world.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cowlington, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.309628, -94.783967. 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 Cowlington includes the ZIP code (74959, 74941), telephone area code (918), county seat of Le Flore County (Poteau), and school district assignment (Keota 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 generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |