Explore Vian, 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 Vian, 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 Vian.
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 | Vian |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Sequoyah County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 35.498428 |
| Longitude | -94.969675 |
| Population | 1,374 |
| Density | 396.5 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 74962 |
| Area Code | 918 |
| County Seat | Sallisaw |
| School District | Vian Public Schools |
Vian emerges from the red-tinted earth of eastern Oklahoma as a quiet confluence of woodland and prairie, defined by the persistent flow of Vian Creek just a mile from its center. It lies 28.3 miles southeast of Muskogee, OK (from Muskogee, OK: bearing 127°T), and is situated 10.6 miles west-northwest of Sallisaw. The horizon here is anchored by the modest, rounded prominence of Potato Knob, which watches over the surrounding landscape as the light fades into a bruised, violet haze each evening. Beyond the immediate terrain, the land dips into the quiet shadows of Boggy Hollow, where the air grows heavy and cool under the canopy of the Cross Timbers. Moisture from the nearby Robert S Kerr Reservoir brings a subtle, humid weight to the afternoons, softening the sharp edges of the summer grass and drawing a thin, silver mist across the lower pastures when the sun begins to retreat.
Vian maintains a steady, deliberate pace that reflects its long-standing connection to the heritage of the Cherokee Nation, with the rhythm of daily life echoing a history of resilience in these inland reaches. The local economy remains tethered to the land and the surrounding agricultural tracts, though the presence of the Robert S. Kerr Lake provides a focal point for those seeking the stillness of the water or the quiet paths that wind through the protected acreage. There is a particular clarity to the mornings in Vian, when the smoke from early woodstoves drifts thin and gray against the wide, unencumbered sky. It is a place where the modern pulse of the state is felt only as a distant hum, leaving the residents to measure their time by the changing colors of the turning leaves and the seasonal shifts in the wind that moves across the plains.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Vian, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.498428, -94.969675. 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 Vian includes the ZIP code (74962), telephone area code (918), county seat of Sequoyah County (Sallisaw), and school district assignment (Vian 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. |