Butler State Fishing Lake
Butler State Fishing Lake is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 442 m. Temple Knob stands 503 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Wingate, a ghost town 5.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 98 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 98.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- Moyle Field: 10.5 mi
- Moyle Field: 10.5 mi
- Moyle Field: 18.9 mi
- Robert Shyrock Park: 19.0 mi
- Garvin Park: 19.2 mi
- Augusta Historical Museum: 18.2 mi
- Twisted Oz Motorcycle Museum: 18.6 mi
- Kansas Oil Museum: 20.2 mi
- World War II History Center: 20.4 mi
- Benson Museum: 23.8 mi
- Swimming Beach: 17.4 mi
- El Dorado Swim Beach: 21.1 mi
- El Dorado State Park Beach: 21.7 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.5 mi
- Swim Beach: 22.6 mi
- Temple Knob: 14.5 mi
- Osage Cuestas: 15.2 mi
- Windy Hill: 17.4 mi
- Oil Hill: 22.4 mi
- Historic Frisco Water Tower: 10.9 mi
- old Frisco Augusta Depot: 18.3 mi
- Missouri Pacific El Dorado Depot: 20.6 mi
- Wingate: 5.0 mi
- Meadowlark Farm Picnic Site: 20.1 mi
- Restoring Roots Prairie Artscape: 20.8 mi
- Eye on the Prairie: 20.8 mi
- Stapleton Oil Well Number 1: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butler State Fishing Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Knob | NE 46° | 503 m | 14.5 mi |
| Osage Cuestas | SE 126° | 431 m | 15.2 mi |
| Oil Hill | NNW 331° | 424 m | 22.4 mi |
| Windy Hill | NNE 33° | 422 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 44 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 69 | 56 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Smileyberg 1N, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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