Explore Little Ponderosa, 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 Little Ponderosa, 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 Little Ponderosa.
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 | Little Ponderosa |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Beaver County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.95697 |
| Longitude | -100.876275 |
| Population | 438 |
| Density | 226.1 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 73950 |
| Area Code | 580 |
| County Seat | Beaver |
| School District | Turpin Public Schools |
Little Ponderosa emerges from the red-dusted expanse of the plains, a silhouette carved by the persistent, dry breath of the wind. It lies 6.4 miles south-southeast of Liberal, KS (from Liberal, KS: bearing 157°T), and is situated 30.1 miles east-southeast of Hugoton. Sunlight settles heavy and thick over the undulating earth here, gilding the tall, stiff grasses of the Cross Timbers that hold the soil against the sky's vast, uncompromising blue. To the west, the faint, hazy outline of Table Mesa marks the horizon, a silent sentinel watching over the arid stretches where the clouds cast long, shifting shadows. Five miles away, the quiet, rhythmic pulse of Short Creek carves its path through the loam, providing a narrow vein of moisture that sustains the stubborn scrub oak and wild sage clinging to the periphery of the landscape.
Little Ponderosa carries the weight of a long history, its roots reaching deep into the memory of Indian Territory and the slow, deliberate transition of these lands into a center for regional agriculture and modest industry. The local economy relies on the quiet persistence of the plains, where the labor of the day follows the arc of the sun, and the occasional distant hum of a pump jack reminds the traveler of the oil-rich strata buried far beneath the surface. Residents often find their respite at Leete Park, a modest stretch of green that offers a reprieve from the heat, while those seeking the stillness of deeper waters look toward the Oknoname 007001 Reservoir, situated eighteen miles to the distant, shimmering edge of the plains. Life moves with an unforced cadence here, defined by the seasonal wheat harvest and the enduring, quiet strength of those who have made this stretch of open country their own.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Little Ponderosa, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.95697, -100.876275. 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 Little Ponderosa includes the ZIP code (73950), telephone area code (580), county seat of Beaver County (Beaver), and school district assignment (Turpin 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. |