Explore Mehan, 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 Mehan, 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 Mehan.
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 | Mehan |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Payne County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 36.045057 |
| Longitude | -96.94253 |
| Population | 34 |
| Density | 93.8 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Code | 74074 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| County Seat | Stillwater |
| School District | Ripley Public Schools |
Mehan endures as a quiet convergence of red clay and horizon, where the land stretches out in wide, rhythmic swells of prairie grass and stubborn scrub oak. It lies 8.1 miles southeast of Stillwater, OK (from Stillwater, OK: bearing 127°T), and is situated 7.1 miles northeast of Perkins. Little Stillwater Creek carves a winding, serpentine path through the terrain, its banks lined with dense thickets that offer a cool reprieve from the relentless Oklahoma sun. To the north, the ground dips into the low, shadowed silence of Ghost Hollow, while the waters of Stillwater Creek Site 2 Reservoir hold the sky in a mirror of still, dark glass. When the wind picks up, it carries the scent of dry earth and ancient dust, sweeping across the open plains with an intensity that seems to reshape the very color of the light as it fades toward evening.
Mehan exists as a lingering echo of the frontier, a place where the memory of Indian Territory remains pressed into the soil like a fossil. The local economy maintains a steady, modest pulse, tethered to the surrounding farmland and the lingering legacy of energy exploration that once defined the regional industry. Residents often look toward the distant silhouettes of Twin Mounds on the horizon, a reminder of the vast, unhurried distance that separates the quiet solitude of the plains from the more active life found near Couch Park & Sports Complex. Life in Mehan unfolds with a deliberate, singular patience, defined by the seasonal shifting of wheat fields and the long, golden shadows that stretch across the landscape long after the day’s work has ceased.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mehan, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 36.045057, -96.94253. 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 Mehan includes the ZIP code (74074), telephone area code (918), county seat of Payne County (Stillwater), and school district assignment (Ripley 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. |