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Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area

Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Dogtooth Bend Mounds stands 102 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Winford Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.1 miles away. River Road Scenic Byway passes 263 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 2 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
State of Kentucky

How to reach it

Coordinates36.91906, -89.01982

Overlooks nearby

93 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 42
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 9
  • Caboose: 9.9 mi
  • Magnolia Manor: 10.9 mi
  • Big Subway Gate: 11.6 mi
  • RB's Train: 21.3 mi
  • Cotton Belt Caboose: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Artworks: 7
  • Lewis & Clark: 10.1 mi
  • Research Uncovered: 10.1 mi
  • The Story of Cairo: 10.1 mi
  • Cairo River Wall Murals: 10.1 mi
  • Welcome to Historical Cairo: 10.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Cairo Custom House Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 11.8 mi
  • Warren E. Hearns Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Superman Museum & Gift Shop: 22.6 mi
Peaks: 2
  • Twin Mounds: 12.3 mi
  • Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • A: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Whitehaven Welcome Center: 22.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dogtooth Bend MoundsWNW 300°102 m20.1 mi
Twin MoundsNW 326°99 m12.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3419:08
June solstice05:3819:4120:19
September equinox06:4518:2018:55
December solstice07:0616:0316:44

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363949586876797871594739

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardwell 2 E, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1467171384

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