Explore Okemah, 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 Okemah, 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 Okemah.
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 | Okemah |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Okfuskee County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.432585 |
| Longitude | -96.305006 |
| Population | 3,074 |
| Density | 382.6 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 74859 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| County Seat | Okemah |
| School District | Okemah Public Schools |
Okemah occupies a stretch of red-earthed prairie where the wind carries the dry, persistent scent of sun-baked grasses and the quiet memory of the Cross Timbers. It lies 23.4 miles southwest of Okmulgee, OK (from Okmulgee, OK: bearing 236°T), and is situated 18.2 miles west of Henryetta. Battle Creek carves a shallow, rhythmic path through the terrain just a mile away, its banks lined with the gnarled silhouettes of post oak and blackjack trees that define the character of this inland landscape. Beyond the immediate fields, the horizon remains vast and unobstructed, save for the distant, hazy suggestion of the High Spring Mountains rising thirty-two miles away like a soft bruise against the sky. At the center of the local geography, City Park serves as a green anchor for the residents, providing a place where the light at dusk turns the dust into a fine, shimmering gold that clings to the skin long after the sun has slipped below the wheat-colored edge of the plains.
History defines Okemah as a place forged in the intersection of Indian Territory heritage and the boom-and-bust pulse of oil-derrick country. The economy has shifted over the decades from the promise of mineral wealth to the steadier, slower persistence of agriculture, leaving behind a quietude that feels both heavy and resilient. A few miles distant, Oknoname 107009 Reservoir holds the stillness of the afternoon, reflecting the wide, unblinking Oklahoma sky with a clarity that renders the water almost invisible. Life here moves with the deliberate pace of those who understand that the land dictates the schedule, whether one is navigating the remnants of the oil industry or tending to the modest commerce of the streets. It is a place where the architecture of the past—simple, sturdy, and unadorned—stands against the relentless sweep of the wind, maintaining a dignity born from the simple act of enduring.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Okemah, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.432585, -96.305006. 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 Okemah includes the ZIP code (74859), telephone area code (918), county seat of Okfuskee County (Okemah), and school district assignment (Okemah 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. |