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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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.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is East Northeast (at an estimated 35 degree angle) from Oklahoma City.
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.