Hillsdale Recreation Area
Hillsdale Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 287 m. Fowler Hill stands 318 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillsdale State Park- Hillsdale Point Recreation Area, a park 1.4 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 14 miles off. 7 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Army Corps of Engineers
How to reach it
- 13.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hillsdale State Park- Hillsdale Point Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- Hillsdale State Park- Marysville Area: 2.4 mi
- Hillsdale State Park- Saddle Ridge Area: 2.7 mi
- Hillsdale State Park: 3.3 mi
- Martin Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Trails West: 10.4 mi
- John Brown: 13.8 mi
- Sprout: 14.4 mi
- Harvest Prayer Sculpture and Campus Mall: 14.8 mi
- Copper Hopper Chopper by David Seitzinger: 14.9 mi
- Lanesfield Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Gardner Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
- Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 9.1 mi
- Ensor Park and Museum: 9.8 mi
- Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 13.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 6.7 mi
- International Arch: 8.4 mi
- Baptiste Bust: 9.1 mi
- City Hall Fire Bell: 9.2 mi
- Vet wall: 9.3 mi
- Paola Community Garden: 8.8 mi
- Green Tech Garden: 13.7 mi
- Monarch Garden: 14.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 14.3 mi
- Bee Garden: 14.4 mi
- Dennison: 14.9 mi
- Prairie City: 15.6 mi
- McCandless: 17.4 mi
- Powell: 18.6 mi
- Hackett: 19.0 mi
- Douglas State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 14.1 mi
- Rice Woodland: 15.5 mi
- Breidenthal Biological Reserve: 15.8 mi
- Roy and Eleanor Wall Woods: 16.1 mi
- Blue Valley Wilderness Science Center Wilderness Area: 18.5 mi
- Fowler Hill: 13.4 mi
- Observation Bluff: 15.8 mi
- Overland Park: 18.5 mi
- Overland Park: 18.5 mi
- Blue Mound: 19.5 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 11.0 mi
- M101: 13.6 mi
- Midland Railway Baldwin City Depot: 15.3 mi
- Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead: 17.7 mi
- Lawrence Arts Center: 24.6 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 2.7 mi
- Miola Beach: 8.9 mi
- Swim Beach: 15.1 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 24.6 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 20.8 mi
- Argentine Limestone Outcrop: 21.6 mi
- Cedar Lake Falls: 11.4 mi
- Watts Mill: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hillsdale Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Hill | W 272° | 318 m | 13.4 mi |
| Blue Mound | NW 317° | 318 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mount Oread | NW 317° | 316 m | 25.0 mi |
| Shank Hill | NW 307° | 304 m | 22.0 mi |
| Observation Bluff | NNW 337° | 277 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsdale Lake, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Olathe · 15 mi
- Lenexa · 21 mi
- Overland Park · 24 mi
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