According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Hinton has a total area of 3.1 square miles (8.1 km2), all land.

[4] Hinton Municipal Airport (FAA ID: 2O8) is about 2 miles northeast, and features a 4001 x 60 ft. (1220 x 18 m) paved runway.

Red Rock Canyon Adventure Park is located 1 mile (1.6 km) south of downtown Hinton.

It also boasts beautiful trees, especially in the fall when the color of the leaves begin to turn.

Hinton is also the site of the Great Plains Correctional Institution, opened in 1991 as the state's first private prison, and holding non-U.S. citizen federal inmates as of 2016.

Casino Oklahoma is located just off I-40 on the east side of U.S. 281 and Hinton Boulevard, and is an enterprise of the Delaware Nation.