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Nowata Oklahoma Map

Explore Nowata, 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 Nowata, Oklahoma

How to Use This Nowata, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	36.700645
Longitude	-95.638034
Population	3,517
Density	398.8 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	74048
Area Code	918
County Seat	Nowata
School District	Nowata Public Schools

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About Nowata, Oklahoma

Nowata is a locality in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,517. The population density is 398.8 people per km². Nowata is located at 36.7006°N, 95.6380°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Nowata is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74048.

Nowata claims a quiet expanse of the Oklahoma plains, defined by the winding passage of the Western Branch Verdigris River as it carves through the red earth. It lies 19.3 miles east of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 100°T), and is situated 17.7 miles east-southeast of Dewey. Beyond the town’s edge, the land shifts toward the low, timbered rise of the Coker Hills, while the moisture-heavy air of the Overcup Bottoms fosters a dense, verdant growth that contrasts with the open prairie. At John Morgan Park, the grass holds the cool dampness of the morning long after the sun has climbed, reflecting a landscape that favors the slow, deliberate work of the wind over the restlessness of modern life.

Energy and extraction have long dictated the pace of life in Nowata, where the legacy of oil discovery remains etched into the rusted skeletons of old derricks standing guard over the fields. The economy here has transitioned from the boom-and-bust cycles of the early petroleum era into a steady, quiet reliance on agriculture and local commerce, maintaining a rhythm set by the seasons rather than the clock. Oologah Lake sits only three miles away, acting as a vast, reflective mirror for the wide, unchanging sky that settles over the region at dusk. Life in Nowata moves with a gravity born of long-standing roots, where the heritage of the Indian Territory is still felt in the way the shadows stretch across the fields as night begins to pull the color from the soil.

Nearby Outdoor Places

John Morgan Park (Local Park) — 0.4 mi, 066° NE
Jack Gordon Park (Local Park) — 0.5 mi, 152° SE
Oologah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 2.4 mi, 046° NE
Oologah Lake (Recreation Area) — 2.7 mi, 164° S
Winganon Space Capsule (Public Artwork) — 8.2 mi, 185° S
Dog Iron Ranch & Will Rogers Birthplace (State Park) — 15.1 mi, 184° S
Chelsea Motel Ghost Sign (Attraction) — 16.3 mi, 134° SE
Bartlesville Art Assocations (Arts Centre) — 18.9 mi, 281° W
66 Sculpture (Monument) — 19.0 mi, 280° W
At&sf No.940 (Attraction) — 19.2 mi, 281° W
Bartlesville Gravity Hill (Attraction) — 19.6 mi, 264° W
Copan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.2 mi, 323° NW
Copan Lake (Recreation Area) — 21.6 mi, 307° NW
Spencer/Rounds Performing Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 23.0 mi, 002° N
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 23.2 mi, 003° N
Republic F-86 "Thunderstreak" (Attraction) — 25.2 mi, 360° N
Osage Hills State Park (State Park) — 29.5 mi, 275° W
Civilian Conservtion Corps and Osage Hills State Park Pawhuska - Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Monument) — 30.4 mi, 275° W
Montgomery State Fishing Lake (State Recreation Area) — 31.8 mi, 355° N
Tulsa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 36.8 mi, 204° SW
Osage County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 38.5 mi, 266° W
Pawhuska Veteran Memorial (Monument) — 38.5 mi, 266° W
Le Hunt Cement Plant (Historic Ruins) — 40.1 mi, 350° N
Love Note (Gallery) — 42.3 mi, 206° SW
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame (Museum) — 42.4 mi, 208° SW
Jackalope Theater (Theatre) — 43.5 mi, 201° S
Route 66 Vintage Iron (Museum) — 43.7 mi, 074° E
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 49.1 mi, 091° E · 8,813 acres
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 73.6 mi, 196° S · 21k acres
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 75.5 mi, 120° SE · 1.1M acres

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