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Short Oklahoma Map

Explore Short, 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 Short, Oklahoma

How to Use This Short, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	35.571476
Longitude	-94.491327
Population	290
Density	10.4 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	74948
Area Code	918
County Seat	Sallisaw
School District	Muldrow Public Schools

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About Short, Oklahoma

Short is a locality in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 290. The population density is 10.4 people per km². Short is located at 35.5715°N, 94.4913°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74948.

Short claims a quiet corner of the landscape where the Short Branch carves a persistent, silver thread through the red-tinted earth. It lies 35.8 miles southeast of Tahlequah, OK (from Tahlequah, OK: bearing 131°T), and is situated 13.8 miles north-northwest of Fort Smith. The horizon here is defined by the heavy, wooded presence of the Ozark National Forest, which looms only three miles away, casting long, cooling shadows over the low-lying fields. To the west, the land dips into the shadowed basin of Dead Man Hollow, a place where the air hangs heavy with the scent of damp loam and decaying leaves. Beyond the immediate thickets, the silhouette of Hay Ridge rises against the bruised purple of the evening sky, a silent, stony sentinel that anchors the view for miles. The light at dusk here possesses a particular, honeyed thickness, catching the dust motes stirred up by the wind and turning the entire valley into a brief, shimmering study of copper and gold.

Short retains the echo of a frontier legacy, shaped by the confluence of cultures that defined these plains long before the first fence lines were drawn. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil, with a resilience born from generations who learned to work the stubborn, iron-rich ground. While the daily pace is dictated by the slow turning of the seasons and the demands of nearby agricultural plots, the proximity of Webber Creek Reservoir offers a rare stillness, a place where the water mirrors the clouds in perfect, glassy silence. Life in Short moves with the unforced cadence of a place that has seen the rise and fall of industry but chooses to measure its success in the steady growth of timber and the endurance of its people. It is a quiet pocket of the world, where the history of Indian Territory is not a textbook abstraction, but something felt in the cool, deep shade of the trees and the vast, unhurried expanse of the Oklahoma sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 3.4 mi, 044° NE · 1.1M acres
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 8.5 mi, 312° NW · 8,813 acres
J.P. Hammerschmidt Recreation Area (Recreation Area) — 9.0 mi, 143° SE
Ozark Plateau Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 9.1 mi, 347° N
Sequoyah's Cabin (Museum) — 9.7 mi, 247° SW
Lee Creek Park (Local Recreation) — 10.3 mi, 144° SE
Roland Veterans Memorial (Monument) — 10.9 mi, 187° S
Spirit of the American Doughboy (Monument) — 12.1 mi, 148° SE
Arts on Main (Gallery) — 12.1 mi, 141° SE
Van Buren Confederate Monument (Monument) — 12.2 mi, 141° SE
Crawford County Art Center (Arts Centre) — 12.4 mi, 139° SE
Robert S. Kerr Lake (Recreation Area) — 12.9 mi, 166° S
Cistern (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 165° S
Initial Point Marker (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 165° S
Barracks-Courthouse-Jail (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 165° S
Visitor Center (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 165° S
NUMA Bronze Statue (Public Artwork) — 14.7 mi, 153° SE
Cookson Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 17.5 mi, 299° NW
Devil's Den State Park (State Park) — 18.4 mi, 040° NE
Spiro Mounds (Historic Ruins) — 18.5 mi, 193° S
Vista Point Overlook (Viewpoint) — 18.7 mi, 047° NE
CCC Fireplace (Historic Ruins) — 19.6 mi, 043° NE
Park Stage (Stadium) — 26.9 mi, 171° S
Mulberry River, Arkansas Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 27.0 mi, 087° E · 5,579 acres
Black Mountain National Game Refuge (National Conservation Area) — 29.1 mi, 078° E · 19k acres
Morton Homesite (Registered Battlefield) — 30.2 mi, 018° N
Ada Post Office Site (Registered Battlefield) — 30.5 mi, 020° N
Tahlonteeskee Museum (Museum) — 33.5 mi, 263° W
Ouachita National Forest (National Forest) — 40.5 mi, 172° S · 1.8M acres
Poteau Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 40.8 mi, 165° S · 11k acres

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