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Hardesty Oklahoma Map

Explore Hardesty, 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 Hardesty, Oklahoma

How to Use This Hardesty, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	36.616416
Longitude	-101.190715
Population	205
Density	351.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	73944
Area Code	580
County Seat	Guymon
School District	Hardesty Public Schools

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About Hardesty, Oklahoma

Hardesty is a locality in Texas County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 205. The population density is 351.8 people per km². Hardesty is located at 36.6164°N, 101.1907°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Hardesty is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 73944.

Hardesty occupies a vast, sun-bleached expanse where the horizon stretches thin and taut, pulling the sky down to touch the red-dusted earth of the Oklahoma panhandle. It lies 16.8 miles east-southeast of Guymon, OK (from Guymon, OK: bearing 106°T), and is situated 33.0 miles south-southwest of Liberal. Dry Creek carves a shallow, intermittent scar through the prairie just a mile away, its banks often brittle and silent under the relentless weight of the afternoon heat. Beyond the immediate flatlands, the elevation shifts toward the distant, hazy silhouette of Lightning Point, rising ten miles out like a jagged tooth against the blue. Optima Lake lies four miles to the east, a quiet basin holding the reflection of high, fleeting clouds, while the nearby Optima Lake recreation area offers a sparse sanctuary of scrub and grass where the wind hums through the stalks. The light here has a peculiar, sharp clarity, bleaching the color from the wooden fences and turning the long shadows of dusk into deep, bruised violet stains across the plains.

Hardesty remains a place defined by the stubborn endurance of those who first broke this soil, their legacy lingering in the quiet rust of old machinery left to surrender to the weeds. The local economy persists in a slow, rhythmic dialogue with the wheat fields and the occasional pulse of oil-derrick activity, a cycle dictated by the temperament of the rain and the global price of grain. History is felt in the memory of the land, once part of a wider territory where the paths of the Comanche and Osage intersected, long before the grid lines and fences organized the landscape into sections. Life in Hardesty moves at the pace of a slow-turning combine, unhurried and pragmatic, where the most notable events are the shift of the seasons and the way the wind, carrying the scent of dry earth and impending storms, dictates the mood of the day. Nine miles away, the basin known as Sand Draw serves as a reminder of the quiet, erosive power that has shaped this region, a subtle testament to a geography that demands patience from anyone who chooses to remain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Old Hardesty 1886-1906 (Monument) — 0.3 mi, 274° W
Optima Lake (Recreation Area) — 1.8 mi, 342° N
Optima Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.2 mi, 038° NE
Schultz Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.7 mi, 166° S
Unknown Ball Fields (Local Recreation) — 16.3 mi, 288° W
Thompson Park (Local Park) — 17.3 mi, 284° W
South Ramp Park (Local Park) — 18.5 mi, 175° S
Balko School (ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 22.6 mi, 090° E
The Oslo Community (Monument) — 22.8 mi, 236° SW
Ochiltree County (Monument) — 25.8 mi, 123° SE
Museum of the Plains (Museum) — 25.8 mi, 123° SE
Stationmasters House Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 181° S
CRIP Depot (Attraction) — 32.8 mi, 027° NE
Cimarron National Grassland (National Grassland) — 37.8 mi, 327° NW · 109k acres
Big Beaver (Public Artwork) — 39.6 mi, 069° E
Arkalon Park (State Recreation Area) — 40.9 mi, 033° NE
Sherman County Depot Museum (Museum) — 52.7 mi, 249° W
Cimarron Grassland and Santa Fe Trail overlook (Viewpoint) — 53.0 mi, 312° NW
Rita Blanca National Grassland (National Grassland) — 56.4 mi, 255° W · 93k acres
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area (National Recreation Area) — 63.7 mi, 198° S · 41k acres
River Valley Pioneer Museum (Museum) — 66.0 mi, 137° SE
Frank J Smith Bird Sanctuary (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 67.6 mi, 190° S
Lesser-Prairie Chicken Habitat Zoological Area (National Conservation Area) — 68.3 mi, 293° NW · 9,303 acres
Meyer's Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze (Theme Park) — 68.7 mi, 237° SW
The Art Center (Gallery) — 69.0 mi, 220° SW
Lake Meredith Aquatic and Wildlife Museum (Museum) — 71.4 mi, 199° S
Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (National Monument) — 75.2 mi, 201° S · 1,080 acres
Amphitheater (Theatre) — 75.4 mi, 170° S
Cast Away Intersection (Attraction) — 79.4 mi, 148° SE

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