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Watova Oklahoma Map

Explore Watova, 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 Watova, Oklahoma

How to Use This Watova, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	36.617313
Longitude	-95.655813
Population	32
Density	21.6 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Code	74048
Area Code	918
County Seat	Nowata
School District	Nowata Public Schools

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About Watova, Oklahoma

Watova is a locality in Nowata County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 32. The population density is 21.6 people per km². Watova is located at 36.6173°N, 95.6558°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 74048.

Watova holds the horizon in a wide, unblinking stare, defined by the red-earth prairie that stretches until the sky bends to meet the tall grasses. It lies 20.1 miles east-southeast of Bartlesville, OK (from Bartlesville, OK: bearing 116°T), and is situated 5.8 miles south of Nowata. The landscape here is a quiet architecture of light and shadow, where the low, swaying plains are broken only by the thin, winding ribbon of North Fork Talala Creek. To the west, the distant silhouettes of the Coker Hills provide a jagged anchor to the vastness, while the air carries the dry, persistent scent of sun-baked silt. When the sun retreats, the shadows lengthen across the flat expanse, turning the fields into a deep, bruised violet that feels as ancient as the land itself.

Watova exists as a quiet punctuation mark on the map of the former Indian Territory, a place where the memory of the past lingers in the rusted skeletons of old derricks and the steady pulse of agrarian life. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the soil and the legacy of the oil fields that once pulsed through these plains. Residents look toward the nearby expanse of Oologah Lake for recreation, finding a stillness in the water that contrasts with the relentless, sweeping wind. Life here proceeds without fanfare, governed by the seasonal turn of the crops and the slow, deliberate work of those who remain to cultivate this stubborn, beautiful ground.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Winganon Space Capsule (Public Artwork) — 2.4 mi, 174° S
Oologah Lake (Recreation Area) — 3.1 mi, 150° SE
Oologah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 4.5 mi, 050° NE
Jack Gordon Park (Local Park) — 5.3 mi, 013° N
John Morgan Park (Local Park) — 6.1 mi, 013° N
Dog Iron Ranch & Will Rogers Birthplace (State Park) — 9.3 mi, 181° S
Chelsea Motel Ghost Sign (Attraction) — 13.9 mi, 113° SE
Lee Lake (Local Recreation) — 18.2 mi, 298° NW
Bartlesville Gravity Hill (Attraction) — 18.8 mi, 281° W
66 Sculpture (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 297° NW
Bartlesville Art Assocations (Arts Centre) — 20.0 mi, 298° NW
At&sf No.940 (Attraction) — 20.2 mi, 298° NW
Will Rodgers Home Town Marker (Attraction) — 20.7 mi, 173° S
Copan Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 25.5 mi, 332° NW
Robert S. Kerr Lake (Recreation Area) — 26.3 mi, 190° S
Spencer/Rounds Performing Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 28.8 mi, 004° N
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 29.0 mi, 005° N
Osage Hills State Park (State Park) — 29.6 mi, 286° W
Civilian Conservtion Corps and Osage Hills State Park Pawhuska - Bartlesville, Oklahoma (Monument) — 30.5 mi, 286° W
Tulsa Zoo (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 31.2 mi, 206° SW
Oklahoma Walk of Fame (Monument) — 35.8 mi, 208° SW
Love Note (Gallery) — 36.7 mi, 209° SW
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame (Museum) — 36.9 mi, 210° SW
Osage County Historical Society Museum (Museum) — 37.6 mi, 275° W
Jackalope Theater (Theatre) — 37.8 mi, 203° SW
Boathouse Overlook (Viewpoint) — 38.8 mi, 208° SW
Cabinet of Wonder by Mark Dion (Museum) — 38.8 mi, 208° SW
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 50.8 mi, 111° E · 8,813 acres
Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 67.8 mi, 196° S · 21k acres
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 73.7 mi, 115° SE · 1.1M acres

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