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Hail Ridge

Hail Ridge from directly overhead

Hail Ridge is a ghost town in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 318 m. Guthrie Mountain stands 309 m to the south, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Moneka, a ghost town 5.5 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 11 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

human settlement in United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates38.11000, -94.91500

58 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 31
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 10.6 mi
  • Mine Creek Battlefield Park: 10.7 mi
  • Stegge Lake Park: 10.9 mi
  • Dunlap Park: 11.9 mi
  • Faber Park: 12.5 mi
Peaks: 8
  • Guthrie Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Graveyard Mound: 13.5 mi
  • Rocky Mound: 18.3 mi
  • Spy Mound: 20.4 mi
  • Peine Mound: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Historic sites: 4
  • World War 2 Memorial: 18.4 mi
  • Linn Valley Lakes Veterans Memorial: 21.6 mi
  • Ware Monument: 23.3 mi
  • Pottawatomie Massacre Memorial: 24.5 mi
Museums: 2
  • Linn County Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heros: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1
  • ATSF Caboose: 21.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bourbon Falls: 23.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hail Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Guthrie MountainS 171°309 m8.3 mi
Peine MoundNW 325°308 m22.3 mi
Spy MoundNE 56°296 m20.4 mi
Graveyard MoundNE 37°288 m13.5 mi
Hickman HillESE 121°276 m22.5 mi
Graves MoundENE 59°275 m24.1 mi
Rocky MoundE 90°273 m18.3 mi
Summers MoundNE 50°271 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5719:32
June solstice05:5820:0720:47
September equinox07:0818:4419:18
December solstice07:3316:2317:04

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545556474797768574434
Precip in1.31.92.64.45.35.34.63.64.03.62.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mound City, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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