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Lawton is the fifth-largest city in Oklahoma. The city has a total area of 75.1 sq mi (195 km 2), all land. [30] Lawton is located about 84 mi (135 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. Other surrounding cities include Wichita Falls about 47 mi (76 km) to the south, Duncan about 33 mi (53 km) to the east, and Altus about 56 mi (90 km) to the west. [31]
Robinsons Landing Marina is located in Comanche County, Oklahoma within the continental United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Lake Lawtonka provides the fresh water source for the waterfront marina . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The watercraft landing basin is situated on the north shoreline boundaries of the Lawtonka reservoir .
Leased to the City of Hinton, Oklahoma in 2018. Snowdale State Park: Mayes: 15: 1959: Lake Hudson (Oklahoma) Snowdale became the Snowdale Area at Grand Lake State Park. [6] [7] The Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation chose not to renew its lease from the Grand River Dam Authority in 2019, shutting down the park. [8] Walnut Creek State ...
The Wichita Forest Reserve was established by the United States General Land Office in Oklahoma on July 4, 1901, with 57,120 acres (231.2 km 2).After the transfer of federal forests to the U.S. Forest Service in 1905, it became a National Forest on March 4, 1907, as Wichita National Forest.
On April 25, 2022, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation cancelled its contract with Swadley’s Foggy Bottom Kitchen, a restaurant owned by Brent Swadley, after Oklahoma Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency found the department had paid Swadley's nearly $17 million for "financial losses, management fees and capital improvements."
Location: Comanche / Caddo counties, Oklahoma, United States: Coordinates: 1]: Type: reservoir: Primary inflows: East Cache Creek: Primary outflows: East Cache Creek: Catchment area: 251 sq mi (650 km 2): Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: City of Lawton: Built: 1962: Surface area: 5,600 acres (23 km 2): Average depth: 15.8 ft (4.8 m): Max. depth: 54.2 ft (16.5 m): Water volume ...
The Wichita Mountains are located in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. [1] It is the principal relief system in the Southern Oklahoma Aulacogen, being the result of a failed continental rift. The mountains are a northwest-southeast trending series of rocky promontories, many capped by 500 million-year old granite.
Medicine Park is a town in Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States, situated in the Wichita Mountains near the entrance to the 60,000-acre (240 km 2) Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge. Medicine Park has a long history as a vintage cobblestone resort town. Medicine Park is located near the city of Lawton and Fort Sill.