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Welch Oklahoma Map

Explore Welch, 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 Welch, Oklahoma

How to Use This Welch, Oklahoma Map

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

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

Latitude	36.873685
Longitude	-95.095797
Population	622
Density	468.1 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Code	74369
Area Code	918
County Seat	Vinita
School District	Welch Public Schools

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About Welch, Oklahoma

Welch is a locality in Craig County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 622. The population density is 468.1 people per km². Welch is located at 36.8737°N, 95.0958°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Welch is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74369.

Welch marks the intersection of flat, expansive prairie and the quiet, persistent flow of Little Cabin Creek, which carves a narrow, verdant path through the surrounding fields. It lies 12.1 miles west of Miami, OK (from Miami, OK: bearing 270°T), and is situated 16.6 miles north of Vinita. The land here holds the distinctive hue of red dirt, a pigment that clings to the horizon as the sun descends, casting an amber glow over the open plains that stretch toward the distant, hazy silhouette of the Coker Hills. Wind moves across this terrain with a steady, rhythmic pressure, bending the tall grasses and stirring the dust in a way that feels ancient, indifferent to the passage of seasons. While the Dick Melendy Reservoir lies only seven miles away, the immediate character of the earth is defined by the dry, sun-baked resilience of the plains and the way the light sharpens the edges of every fence line and silo as twilight takes hold.

Welch maintains a quiet economy tethered to the cycles of agriculture and the deep-seated memory of Indian Territory, where the legacies of the Cherokee and Osage peoples remain woven into the daily conduct of the residents. The rhythm of life here is dictated by the turning of the soil and the slow, heavy passage of grain trucks, mirroring a history rooted in the hard-won prosperity of the frontier. Beyond the local fields, the proximity to Kiwanis Park provides a modest reprieve, a space where the stillness of the Oklahoma landscape can be observed in its most unadorned state. Life in Welch operates with a deliberate, unadorned sincerity, where the modern world feels like a distant hum against the persistent, quiet endurance of a landscape that has seen generations come and go without altering the fundamental integrity of the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Baseball Complex (Local Recreation) — 11.6 mi, 095° E
Riverview Park (Local Park) — 12.0 mi, 093° E
Coleman Theatre (Theatre) — 12.0 mi, 089° E
Route 66 Vintage Iron (Museum) — 12.1 mi, 090° E
Route 66 Arch (Attraction) — 12.1 mi, 091° E
Conoco Hole In The Wall (Attraction) — 12.7 mi, 071° E
Cherokee Lowlands Fee (Conservation Area) — 14.0 mi, 010° N
1a Football State Champs 1984 (Public Artwork) — 16.5 mi, 062° NE
Treece, Kansas Historical Marker (Monument) — 17.0 mi, 059° NE
Henry C. Holderman (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 105° E
Wyandot Tribe (Monument) — 19.5 mi, 105° E
Bernice State Park (State Park) — 20.1 mi, 149° SE
Mined Land Wildlife Area (State Conservation Area) — 21.9 mi, 004° N
Baxter Springs Heritage Museum (Museum) — 22.7 mi, 062° NE
Ozark Plateau National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 23.1 mi, 124° SE · 8,813 acres
Marsh arc bridge (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 055° NE
Rainbow Bridge (Attraction) — 24.0 mi, 055° NE
Brush Creek Bridge (Viewpoint) — 24.0 mi, 055° NE
Oologah Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 24.5 mi, 250° W
Oologah Lake (Recreation Area) — 26.6 mi, 239° SW
Honey Creek State Park (State Park) — 26.8 mi, 140° SE
Cinema 6 of Grove (Cinema) — 26.9 mi, 135° SE
Galena Mining & Historical Museum (Museum) — 28.7 mi, 061° NE
Dalton Defenders Museum (Museum) — 30.8 mi, 292° W
Spencer/Rounds Performing Arts Theatre (Theatre) — 31.0 mi, 291° W
Parsons Historical Museum (Museum) — 33.3 mi, 344° N
National Historical Cookie Cutter Exhibit (Gallery) — 33.5 mi, 064° NE
George Washington Carver National Monument (National Monument) — 41.3 mi, 079° E · 241 acres
Ozark National Forest (National Forest) — 60.2 mi, 143° SE · 1.1M acres
Mark Twain National Forest (National Forest) — 70.5 mi, 109° E · 1.5M acres

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