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Wellston Oklahoma Map

Explore Wellston, 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 Wellston, Oklahoma

How to Use This Wellston, Oklahoma Map

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

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.

CityWellston
StateOklahoma (OK)
CountyLincoln County
CountryUnited States of America
TimezoneCentral Time (America/Chicago)
Latitude35.694228
Longitude-97.063363
Population679
Density196.1 /km²
IncorporatedYes
ZIP Code74881
Area Code918
County SeatChandler
School DistrictWellston Public Schools

About Wellston, Oklahoma

Wellston is a locality in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. It is a small community with a population of 679. The population density is 196.1 people per km². Wellston is located at 35.6942°N, 97.0634°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Wellston is an incorporated locality. ZIP code: 74881.

Wellston sits upon a landscape defined by the slow, persistent passage of the Deep Fork, which carves a quiet path through the red earth and scrubby thickets of the Cross Timbers. It lies 17.8 miles northeast of Choctaw, OK (from Choctaw, OK: bearing 40°T), and is situated 15.2 miles north-northeast of Harrah. Beyond the riverbed, the land rises into the subtle, amber-grassed slopes that lead toward the distant silhouette of Jenny Hill, marking the horizon with a steady, earthen weight. The air here holds the dry, metallic scent of iron-rich soil, catching the light at dusk in a way that turns the wide, open sky into a bruised palette of violet and gold. It is a place of long, cooling shadows and the low, rhythmic hum of insects that seem to pulse in time with the shifting Oklahoma heat, grounding the spirit in the quiet endurance of the plains.

History lingers in the soil of Wellston, echoing the era of land runs and the complex, layered heritage of a region that once served as a crossroads for those moving through Indian Territory. The local economy maintains a steady connection to the land, rooted in agriculture and the legacy of oil exploration that once punctuated these fields with the skeletal silhouettes of derricks. Residents find a respite from the day’s labor in the nearby woodlands, often gathering at Bell Cow Lake Campground to watch the sun dip behind the treeline, or looking toward the horizon where the promise of rain often gathers over the distance toward Meeker Lake. Life here moves with the measured pace of the seasons, characterized by a persistent, unassuming resilience that values the stillness of the landscape as much as the toil required to sustain it.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Bell Cow Lake Campground (Local Recreation) — 7.0 mi, 070° E
  • Lagere Park (Local Recreation) — 9.2 mi, 086° E
  • Tighlman Park (Local Park) — 9.6 mi, 087° E
  • Lincoln County Museum of Pioneer History (Museum) — 10.3 mi, 087° E
  • St. Cloud Classics (Chandler) (Attraction) — 10.3 mi, 089° E
  • John Hargrove's Place (Attraction) — 13.1 mi, 260° W
  • A Grave - Unknown (Monument) — 14.9 mi, 129° SE
  • Edmond 66 Park Softball Complex (Local Park) — 16.0 mi, 262° W
  • Murals (Attraction) — 16.8 mi, 086° E
  • Arcadia Lake (Recreation Area) — 17.1 mi, 259° W
  • Oklahoma Territorial Plaza (Monument) — 19.9 mi, 005° N
  • Auntie B's Mural (Public Artwork) — 20.7 mi, 210° SW
  • W.E. Anderson Stadium (Stadium) — 20.7 mi, 328° NW
  • Open Space - K (Local Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 238° SW
  • River Tract 9 (Local Conservation Area) — 21.8 mi, 237° SW
  • Icon Cinema (Cinema) — 22.5 mi, 266° W
  • Campus Commerative Garden (Monument) — 23.3 mi, 256° W
  • Mural de Edmond (Attraction) — 23.6 mi, 263° W
  • World of Wings Museum (Museum) — 25.3 mi, 245° SW
  • Love's Planetarium (Museum) — 25.9 mi, 243° SW
  • By His Hands Mini Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 26.0 mi, 236° SW
  • Deep Fork Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 26.1 mi, 096° E
  • Oklahoma Railway Museum (Museum) — 26.2 mi, 240° SW
  • Pottawatomie County Museum (Museum) — 26.6 mi, 162° S
  • Lake Thunderbird State Park (State Park) — 28.0 mi, 202° S
  • Blue Zoo Aquarium (Aquarium) — 28.3 mi, 259° W
  • Stillwater Pipe Band Practice Hall (Arts Centre) — 29.1 mi, 000° N
  • Keystone Wildlife Management Area (State Conservation Area) — 33.9 mi, 046° NE
  • Griffin Memorial (State Park) — 37.4 mi, 213° SW
  • Deep Fork National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 58.2 mi, 096° E · 21k acres

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About This Wellston Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Wellston, Oklahoma. Coordinates: 35.694228, -97.063363. 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 Wellston includes the ZIP code (74881), telephone area code (918), county seat of Lincoln County (Chandler), and school district assignment (Wellston 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 generatedSeptember 2026
Location dataSimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data
Map layersGoogle Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API.