Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area
Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 91 m. Wilson Hill stands 143 m to the south-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is A, a picnic site 3.6 miles away. Great River Road passes 1.7 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of Kentucky
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Great River Road, National
- 271.5 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 11.8 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Great River Road - Missouri
Overlooks nearby
- Lowest Point in Illinois · 12 mi
59 named places within 25 miles
- Columbus-Belmont State Park: 3.7 mi
- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site: 10.6 mi
- Towosahgy State Park: 11.1 mi
- Fort Defiance State Park: 12.1 mi
- Halliday Plaza: 12.9 mi
- Belmont: 3.7 mi
- Crosno: 4.0 mi
- Fuget: 4.6 mi
- Norfolk: 7.7 mi
- Rushs Ridge: 8.5 mi
- Proceeding On: 11.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Desert Storm Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Casey Jones Marker: 18.7 mi
- Camp Bearregard Memorial: 24.4 mi
- Lewis & Clark: 13.2 mi
- Research Uncovered: 13.2 mi
- Cairo River Wall Murals: 13.3 mi
- The Story of Cairo: 13.3 mi
- Welcome to Historical Cairo: 13.3 mi
- Columbus-Belmont State Park Civil War Museum: 3.7 mi
- Cairo Custom House Museum: 13.2 mi
- Warren E. Hearns Museum: 15.1 mi
- Warren Thomas Museum: 17.6 mi
- Winford Wildlife Management Area: 8.3 mi
- Coil Estate Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Obion Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Horseshoe Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area: 23.3 mi
- Caboose: 13.0 mi
- Magnolia Manor: 13.8 mi
- Big Subway Gate: 14.6 mi
- Cotton Belt Caboose: 15.4 mi
- Twin Mounds: 17.3 mi
- Indian Mound: 20.4 mi
- Dogtooth Bend Mounds: 21.0 mi
- Wilson Hill: 21.6 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Three Ponds Bluff: 10.4 mi
- A: 3.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Doug Travis Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Hill | SSW 200° | 143 m | 21.6 mi |
| Dogtooth Bend Mounds | NW 324° | 102 m | 21.0 mi |
| Twin Mounds | N 354° | 99 m | 17.3 mi |
| Indian Mound | SW 215° | 92 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 49 | 58 | 68 | 76 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 47 | 39 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bardwell 2 E, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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