Dripping Springs Oklahoma Map

About Dripping Springs, Oklahoma

Dripping Springs is a locality in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 54. The population density is 14.9 people per km². Dripping Springs is located at 36.1709°N, 94.6852°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP codes: 73401, 74338.

Dripping Springs anchors itself firmly within the sun-bleached expanse of the Oklahoma plains, where the horizon stretches thin and taut under an expansive, high-altitude sky. It lies 6.1 miles east of Ardmore, OK (from Ardmore, OK: bearing 82°T), and is situated 12.9 miles east of Lone Grove. The Sand Branch carves a modest, winding path through the local topography, its presence marked by the deepening of the soil color and the thicker, stubborn growth of wild grasses that cling to the banks. Beyond the immediate reach of the water, the terrain transitions into the scrubby, resilient brush of the Cross Timbers, where the light at dusk turns the dusty ground into a bruised, copper glow. White Mound looms thirteen miles distant, a silent, jagged sentinel that breaks the flat monotony of the landscape and catches the first gray fingers of dawn before the rest of the prairie stirs.

Dripping Springs maintains a quiet, deliberate pace that reflects a long-standing inheritance from the surrounding tribal lands and the subsequent settlement of these plains. The local economy persists through the rhythm of agriculture and the sporadic, rhythmic nodding of oil pumps that punctuate the fields, serving as a reminder of the wealth drawn from the deep, stubborn bedrock. Residents often seek the quiet margins of Cardinal Park four miles out for a moment of respite, or venture slightly further to City Lake to watch the water hold the stillness of the afternoon. Life in Dripping Springs remains tied to the cycles of the wind and the soil, a place where the memory of earlier frontiers informs the steady, unadorned labor of those who call the high plains home.

About This Dripping Springs Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Dripping Springs, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.170876, -94.685167. 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 Dripping Springs includes the ZIP code (73401, 74338), telephone area code (405, 918), county seat of Carter County (Ardmore), and school district assignment (Moseley Public School).

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.