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Harmon Wildlife Area

Harmon Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Harmon Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Tackett Mound stands 301 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherokee Lowlands Wildlife Area Perkins Refuge, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Kansas Historic Route 66 Byway passes 19 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
243 m

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.06445, -95.08035

86 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 36
  • Elmore Park: 1.2 mi
  • Elmore Park: 1.2 mi
  • Riverside Park: 2.0 mi
  • City Park: 2.0 mi
  • Mathews Park: 7.2 mi
Peaks: 11
  • Timber Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Potato Hill: 14.2 mi
  • Blue Mound: 14.7 mi
  • Bell Mound: 17.5 mi
  • Hayrick Mound: 18.3 mi
Museums: 10
  • Chetopa Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Big Brutus Museum: 16.4 mi
  • Dobson Museum & Home: 17.3 mi
  • Route 66 Vintage Iron: 17.4 mi
  • Antique Auto Museum: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Attractions: 7
Historic sites: 4
Cliffs: 1
Artworks: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tackett MoundNW 312°301 m21.3 mi
Hayrick MoundWSW 246°292 m18.3 mi
Blue MoundESE 106°291 m14.7 mi
Timber HillS 187°291 m18.9 mi
Dixon MoundWNW 301°288 m21.7 mi
Bell MoundNNE 24°281 m17.5 mi
Blue MoundSW 222°277 m24.8 mi
Notch MoundSW 226°268 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:32
June solstice06:0220:0520:44
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:3116:2717:08

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, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1483661408

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