Lookout Mountain is located in

West Tulsa West Tulsa is a local name given to an area situated in the west section of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States which includes various communities to the west and south of the Arkansas River. As development between Sand Springs and Tulsa co ...

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

. Although named Lookout Mountain, the "mountain" is actually a large

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

. The east end of the hill overlooks the

BNSF BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide ...

trainyard.

KTUL KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) i ...

, a local

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is on Lookout Mountain. To the north of Lookout Mountain are several industrial businesses, including the trash-to-energy plant. To the south stretches the community of

Red Fork Red Fork is a community in Southwest Tulsa. It was founded in 1883 as a railhead on the Arkansas River. It is famous for being the location of the first oil well in Tulsa County, the Sue A. Bland #1. Naming of the town The town is sometimes sai ...

. The west end of Lookout Mountain connects to other hills in West Tulsa, including Cowbell Hill and Anderson Hill. It is from Sierra Grande, its

line parent A peak's line parent is the closest higher peak on the highest ridge leading away from the peak's "key col". A col is the lowest point on the ridge between two summits and is roughly synonymous with pass, gap, saddle and notch. The highest col ...

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Landforms of Tulsa County, Oklahoma Hills of Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-geo-stub