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Nature reserve · Kansas

Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area

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Elevation, modelled: 413 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Williams Butte551 m · 16.7 mi
Nearest byway: Post Rock Scenic Byway22.3 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 21:03local time
Coordinates: 39.2005, -98.1500

Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Gurley Salt Marsh Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled 413 m. Williams Butte stands 551 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Paris, a ghost town 3.2 miles away. Post Rock Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 25 named places lie within 25 miles.

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Williams Butte	WNW 283°	551 m	16.7 mi

On the road

22.3 mi off the Post Rock Scenic Byway

Around it

25 named places within 25 miles

Parks10

Luke Park: 14.4 mi
Shanks Park: 17.2 mi
Chautauqua Park: 17.7 mi
Thierolf Park: 18.1 mi
Westside Park: 18.1 mi

Museums6

Lincoln County Historical Society: 11.1 mi
Crispin’s Drug Store Museum: 11.1 mi
Post Rock Scout Museum: 11.1 mi
Mitchell County Historical Society Museum: 19.3 mi
World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Versions of the World's Largest Things: 23.0 mi

Artworks3

Historic sites3

Frontier in Lincoln County: 12.1 mi
Meades Ranch Triangulation Station: 21.5 mi
Waconda Springs Replica: 23.8 mi

Ghost towns1

Paris: 3.2 mi

Peaks1

Williams Butte: 16.7 mi

Attractions1

Roy and Clara Miller's Park: 22.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:37	19:09	19:45
June solstice	06:07	20:23	21:03
September equinox	07:21	18:56	19:31
December solstice	07:49	16:31	17:14

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	28	32	42	52	63	74	80	77	68	55	42	31
Precip in	0.7	1.0	1.6	2.6	4.6	4.0	4.0	3.9	2.4	1.9	1.2	1.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lincoln 1 SE, 12 mi away.

Sources

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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