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Cherokee Lowlands Wildlife Area Mitchelson Tract

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Cherokee Lowlands Wildlife Area Mitchelson Tract is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 287 m. Tackett Mound stands 301 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Lowlands Wildlife Area Chesnutt Tract, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway passes 16 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
287 m

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.05491, -95.02238

94 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • City Park: 3.3 mi
  • Elmore Park: 3.4 mi
  • Elmore Park: 3.4 mi
  • Riverside Park: 3.5 mi
  • Mathews Park: 8.9 mi
Museums: 10
  • Chetopa Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
  • Antique Auto Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Dobson Museum & Home: 14.9 mi
  • Route 66 Vintage Iron: 14.9 mi
  • Big Brutus Museum: 15.8 mi
Peaks: 10
  • Blue Mound: 11.5 mi
  • Potato Hill: 12.5 mi
  • Timber Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Bell Mound: 17.1 mi
  • Timber Hill: 19.0 mi
Attractions: 8
  • Conoco Hole In The Wall: 11.6 mi
  • Route 66 Arch: 15.0 mi
  • Rainbow Bridge: 15.6 mi
  • Marsh arc bridge: 15.6 mi
  • Big Brutus: 15.8 mi
Historic sites: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Truck Parking: 24.3 mi
  • Joplin Rest Area (Eastbound): 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cherokee Lowlands Wildlife Area Mitchelson Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tackett MoundNW 308°301 m24.2 mi
Hayrick MoundWSW 251°292 m21.1 mi
Blue MoundESE 108°291 m11.5 mi
Timber HillSSW 197°291 m19.0 mi
Dixon MoundWNW 299°288 m24.8 mi
Bell MoundNNE 14°281 m17.1 mi
Notch MoundSW 233°268 m23.5 mi
Potato HillSSE 167°263 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:32
June solstice06:0120:0520:44
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:3116:2717:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333847576675807970594737
Precip in1.72.03.45.17.15.24.13.84.53.83.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1483661411

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