Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area
Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 288 m. Coon Point stands 338 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rice Woodland, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 23 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grove Park: 1.8 mi
- Sullivan Square: 2.1 mi
- Black Jack Nature Park: 2.8 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.0 mi
- Wells Overlook Park: 7.5 mi
- Kibbee Cabin: 1.8 mi
- Old Castle Museum: 1.8 mi
- Palmyra Post Office: 1.9 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 9.2 mi
- Prairie Park Nature Center: 9.8 mi
- Dorothy Akin Memorial Prairie: 7.5 mi
- Breezedale: 10.8 mi
- Breezedale: 10.8 mi
- Phog Allen: 11.9 mi
- Victory Eagle-WWI Memorial: 12.0 mi
- Lawrence Community Orchard: 11.7 mi
- Monarch Watch Garden: 11.8 mi
- Audio-Reader Sensory Garden: 12.5 mi
- Lawrence Community Garden: 12.5 mi
- Little Prairie Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Prairie City: 3.8 mi
- Dennison: 8.5 mi
- Hackett: 8.7 mi
- Franklin: 9.5 mi
- Minneola: 10.7 mi
- MacKomics Studio: 11.0 mi
- Chesty Lion: 11.4 mi
- The Jayhawk Nest: 12.0 mi
- Moses: 12.0 mi
- Ottawa Silhouette: 13.7 mi
- Rice Woodland: 1.4 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 1.7 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 2.1 mi
- Kanza Southwind Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Archery Only Area: 12.2 mi
- Fowler Hill: 6.6 mi
- Blue Mound: 7.5 mi
- Shank Hill: 8.3 mi
- Observation Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Mount Oread: 12.3 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 2.6 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 12.3 mi
- Locomotive #1073: 12.8 mi
- The Teepee at Teepee Junction: 14.5 mi
- M101: 19.4 mi
- Swim Beach: 12.9 mi
- Bloomington Beach: 13.4 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 16.6 mi
- Miola Beach: 22.3 mi
- Wakarusa River Falls: 12.5 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 17.2 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 1: 13.7 mi
- Overlook Park Shelter 2: 13.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Point | NW 315° | 338 m | 20.1 mi |
| Fowler Hill | S 190° | 318 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Mound | N 352° | 318 m | 7.5 mi |
| Nolan Hill | NNW 341° | 317 m | 22.8 mi |
| Mount Oread | NNW 337° | 316 m | 12.3 mi |
| Twin Mounds | WNW 284° | 316 m | 18.2 mi |
| Shank Hill | NW 320° | 304 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sanders Mound | NW 315° | 288 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lawrence, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1053788562
Day trips start here
- Olathe · 20 mi
- Lenexa · 25 mi
- Overland Park · 29 mi
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