Explore Dickson, 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 Dickson, 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 Dickson.
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 | Dickson |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Carter County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.190224 |
| Longitude | -96.99875 |
| Population | 1,331 |
| Density | 36.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 73401 |
| Area Code | 405 |
| County Seat | Ardmore |
| School District | Dickson Public Schools |
Dickson occupies a space where the heavy, iron-rich earth of Oklahoma meets the thinning fringes of the Cross Timbers, marked by a horizon that stretches wide and expectant under a vast, unblinking sky. It lies 9.1 miles east of Ardmore, OK (from Ardmore, OK: bearing 84°T), and is situated 15.9 miles east of Lone Grove. The landscape around Dickson is defined by the steady, persistent presence of red dirt, which clings to the roots of post oaks and blackjack trees, absorbing the warmth of the sun and releasing it slowly into the cooling air of evening. Two miles to the east, the quiet progress of Wolf Creek carves a narrow, verdant vein through the soil, while the distant, jagged silhouette of White Mound breaks the monotony of the plains to the north. Light here possesses a particular clarity, catching the dust motes in the late afternoon until the fields glow with the muted, bruised colors of a ripening peach.
Economic life in Dickson remains tethered to the rhythms of the land and the industry that once bloomed from the deep, subterranean pockets of this territory. The legacy of the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations permeates the stillness of the surrounding grasslands, reminding the traveler that this ground has supported lives through cycles of prosperity and lean seasons alike. Residents often venture five miles away to seek respite within the expansive borders of Lake Murray State Resort Park, finding a different kind of quietude among its trails and trees than is found in the daily commerce of the local schools. Life in Dickson moves with a deliberate, measured pace, reflective of a place where the wind is a constant, invisible neighbor and the future is built upon the enduring, sun-baked resilience of the Southern plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dickson, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.190224, -96.99875. 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 Dickson includes the ZIP code (73401), telephone area code (405), county seat of Carter County (Ardmore), and school district assignment (Dickson 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. |