Nature reserve · Kansas

Cheney Wildlife Area Refuge

Cheney Wildlife Area Refuge from directly overhead

Cheney Wildlife Area Refuge is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. The nearest named place is Cheney State Park East Shore Area, a park 2.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.76950, -97.82495

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Cheney State Park East Shore Area: 2.5 mi
Cheney State Park West Shore Area: 2.5 mi
Blue River Wildlife Area: 4.6 mi
Andale City Park: 10.9 mi
Lake Afton Park: 15.3 mi

Artworks20

Bison Trail: 20.0 mi
Ad Astra: 20.3 mi
Ad Astra 2: 20.3 mi
Community Mural: 20.3 mi
Rainbow Lion: 20.4 mi

Museums7

Kingman County Historical Museum: 17.9 mi
Strataca: 19.1 mi
Reno County Museum: 20.3 mi
Hutchinson Art Center: 20.8 mi
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center: 21.1 mi

Attractions5

Tanganyika Wildlife Park: 16.1 mi
The Downing Gorilla Forest: 22.9 mi
Cessna Penguin Cove: 22.9 mi
Slawson Family Asian Big Cat Trek: 23.0 mi
Reticulated Giraffe: 23.0 mi

Beaches3

Spring Creek Swim Beach: 2.9 mi
Swim Beach: 3.2 mi
Giefer Swim Beach: 3.2 mi

Historic sites2

Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial: 20.4 mi

Ghost towns1

Sego: 18.6 mi

Picnic sites1

Textron TAPD Outdoor Break Area: 23.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:36	19:09	19:43
June solstice	06:10	20:18	20:57
September equinox	07:20	18:55	19:30
December solstice	07:44	16:35	17:17

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	34	44	54	64	75	80	78	69	57	43	33
Precip in	0.7	1.1	2.2	2.5	4.7	4.6	3.7	3.6	2.5	2.4	1.3	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hutchinson 10 SW, 16 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43328255

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