It is 690 miles according to Google Maps.
With no traffic, you would hit Tulsa in ten hours.
The setting's in the book were Tulsa,Oklahoma ans Windrixville,Oklahoma.
575 miles taking this route:Take I-57 SOUTH from Champaign to I-70 WEST to ST. LOUIS in Effingham.
Tulsa is a city in the US state of Oklahoma. The capital of Oklahoma is Oklahoma City, not Tulsa.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma is East Northeast (at an estimated 35 degree angle) from Oklahoma City.
Chicago is 815 miles from Oklahoma City taking this route:Take I-44 TURNPIKE - EAST, from Chicago, to I-55 NORTH to CHICAGO, via I-270 NORTH to bypass ST. LOUIS, MO (EXIT 276 off I-44 in MISSOURI to get onto I-270 NORTH towards CHICAGO ; EXIT 15B off I-270 in ILLINOIS to get onto I-55 NORTH to CHICAGO). Also, to bypass TULSA, take the CREEK TURNPIKE.Take I-55 NORTH to Chicago.
The setting is Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960's.
It was set in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The driving distance from Tulsa OK to Chicago is 695 road miles.