Fort Hays Historic Site
Fort Hays Historic Site is a historic site in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 616 m. Round House Rock stands 715 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Monarch of the Plains, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Smoky Valley Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.
The story
Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1929, it is operated by the Kansas Historical Society as the Fort Hays State Historic Site.
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Dates from 1867.
Wikidata Q5471315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1865
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Smoky Valley Scenic Byway
85 named places within 25 miles
- Frontier Historical Park: 0.4 mi
- Municipal Park: 0.5 mi
- Lark's Park: 0.6 mi
- Pratt Optimist Soccer Fields: 0.7 mi
- Treat Playground: 0.7 mi
- Monarch of the Plains: 0.1 mi
- Hereford Bull: 0.5 mi
- Children Reading: 0.5 mi
- Birth of a Physicist: 0.7 mi
- Contemplation: 0.7 mi
- Ellis County Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Kansas Merci Boxcar: 2.4 mi
- Sternberg Museum of Natural History: 3.0 mi
- Chrysler Boyhood Home and Museum: 12.8 mi
- Ellis Railroad Museum: 12.8 mi
- Fort Hays Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Geneva Dies Memorial Garden: 2.4 mi
- Round House Rock: 18.9 mi
- King Hill: 21.7 mi
- Cedar Bluff State Park: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Hays Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round House Rock | WSW 242° | 715 m | 18.9 mi |
| King Hill | NNE 29° | 587 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:14 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:27 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 07:53 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 43 | 53 | 64 | 75 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 55 | 42 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hays 1 S, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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