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Moving to Lawton
The Lawton & Fort Sill area guide
10 school districts and 46 schools with their contact details, who provides utilities in each town, the city and county offices you'll need, health care, parks, and the gates and offices on Fort Sill. Start with the map to check an address, or pick a topic.
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This guide is kept as a convenience and compiled from public sources: the districts' and providers' own sites, the National Center for Education Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, the City of Lawton, Comanche County and Fort Sill. Details change; confirm anything you're relying on with the office named. Listing a school, business or office here isn't an endorsement, and school information is provided without comment on quality, in keeping with the Fair Housing Act.
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Fort Sill
Getting on post, and what's there
The gates you'll use, the offices you'll visit in your first week, and the places that make daily life easier. Gate hours change with the mission, so this page links to the post's current list instead of copying it.
Gates
- Visitors
Fort Sill's main entrance, straight off I-44 onto the main post. Open around the clock, and one of the gates that accepts visitors without a DoD ID.
I-44 at Fort Sill, main post exit
- Visitors
The second I-44 gate, into the Basic Combat Training side of post. Weekday daytime hours, mostly used by families visiting trainees. Accepts visitors.
I-44 at Fort Sill, Basic Combat Training exit
- Visitors
The Sheridan Road gate on the Lawton side of post, beside the Visitor Welcome Center where passes are issued. Daytime hours; accepts visitors.
NW Sheridan Rd at Fort Sill
The Fort Sill Boulevard gate, the most direct route from downtown Lawton and the airport. Open around the clock, but for registered vehicles with a DoD ID only; visitors use Key Gate or Bentley Gate.
Fort Sill Blvd at Fort Sill
- Visitors
The north gate, used to reach Lake Elmer Thomas Recreation Area and Medicine Creek RV Park, and the designated gate for delivery trucks. Limited hours and closed Sundays.
Apache Gate Rd, north side of post