Explore Walters, 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 Walters, 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 Walters.
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 | Walters |
| State | Oklahoma (OK) |
| County | Cotton County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| Latitude | 34.358433 |
| Longitude | -98.356883 |
| Population | 2,412 |
| Density | 115.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 73572 |
| Area Code | 405 |
| County Seat | Walters |
| School District | Walters Public Schools |
Walters occupies a low, expansive stretch of plains where the red earth holds the heat long after the sun has retreated behind the western horizon. It lies 17.8 miles south-southeast of Lawton, OK (from Lawton, OK: bearing 165°T), and is situated 32.6 miles north-northeast of Wichita Falls. The land here is defined by a vast, open flatness that forces the eye to track the slow movement of clouds across an immense sky, interrupted only by the distant, jagged silhouette of Pumpkin Ridge rising against the haze. A mile from the center of the grid, East Cache Creek cuts a shallow, meandering path through the brush, its waters carrying the silt of the plains toward the broader systems of the south. Walters Lake waits two miles out, a quiet pool reflecting the shifting colors of the prairie, while Youth Park offers a patch of green relief where the stillness of the afternoon is broken only by the thin, sharp call of meadowlarks.
History in Walters remains anchored to the legacy of the Comanche lands, a memory of a time when the territory was defined by the movement of people rather than the lines of a map. The economy persists through the stubborn, enduring rhythms of agriculture and the extraction of resources from the subterranean dark, a tradition that shapes the local character into something hardened and pragmatic. The wind acts as a constant presence, scouring the wheat fields and rattling the metal siding of structures that have stood through cycles of boom and quiet recovery. Life in Walters moves with a deliberate, unadorned pace, where the people recognize the value of a steady hand and the quiet dignity found in a landscape that demands little but constant, honest labor.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Walters, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 34.358433, -98.356883. 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 Walters includes the ZIP code (73572), telephone area code (405), county seat of Cotton County (Walters), and school district assignment (Walters 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. |