Abandoned Record
About Reck
Reck is an historical unincorporated community located in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. It is about 24 miles west-southwest of Ardmore off US Highway 70 on Reck Rd.
This is a site record: what public sources say about Reck, gathered in one place. We haven't written a full guide yet, so history, current access and photos are still to come. Treat the status as unknown until a guide confirms it.
Map
Where Reck is
Historic maps
6 historic USGS maps cover Reck
Topographic sheets from the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain), oldest first. Older sheets often show the camp, mines and roads while the place was alive. The downloads are large map scans; USGS topoView shows them in the browser.
- 1901 Ardmore sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1918 Ardmore sheet, 1:125,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1957 Ardmore sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1963 Ardmore sheet, 1:250,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1969 Healdton SW sheet, 1:24,000 · GeoTIFF download
- 1986 Ardmore sheet, 1:100,000 · GeoTIFF download
Directions
Getting there
Before you go
- Many ghost town sites are on private land, active mining claims or tribal land. Check land status and ask permission.
- Roads to old townsites are often unmaintained dirt. Map apps may route over closed or impassable tracks.
- Removing artifacts from public land is illegal under federal and most state laws.
Nearby
Other sites near Reck
Straight-line distance to other mapped sites in our Oklahoma index.
Sources
Sources
- ghosttowns.com, "Reck": county, roads, climate, best time to visit, remains.
- Wikipedia, "Reck, Oklahoma": coordinates and summary.
- Wikidata Q18393730.
- USGS GNIS 2582268.
- USGS 3D Elevation Program, elevation at the coordinates.
- USGS The National Map and Historical Topographic Map Collection (public domain).