Miami State Fishing Lake
Miami State Fishing Lake is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Peine Mound stands 308 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Linn Valley Community Center Park, a park 4.7 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 250 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Blind · 27 mi
98 named places within 25 miles
- Linn Valley Community Center Park: 4.7 mi
- LaCygne City Park: 5.1 mi
- Hurley Field: 5.7 mi
- LaCygne Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Linn Valley Veterans Memorial Park: 6.1 mi
- Graveyard Mound: 11.0 mi
- Walley Mound: 12.7 mi
- Summers Mound: 13.5 mi
- Spy Mound: 14.5 mi
- Graves Mound: 16.8 mi
- World War 2 Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Veterans Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Soldiers' Monument: 10.3 mi
- John Brown Museum: 10.5 mi
- Vet wall: 11.2 mi
- La Cygne Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- Louisburg Middle Creek State Fishing Lake: 9.0 mi
- Hillsdale Recreation Area: 20.5 mi
- Amarugia Highlands Conservation Area: 20.9 mi
- Dorsett Hill Prairie Conservation Area: 21.4 mi
- Osawatomie Museum Foundation: 10.1 mi
- Miami County Kansas Historical Society & Museum: 11.3 mi
- Linn County Museum: 17.9 mi
- Frontier Village Museum: 24.7 mi
- Linn Valley Lakes Swimming Beach: 4.7 mi
- Miola Beach: 11.8 mi
- Windsurfer Beach: 18.0 mi
- John Brown: 10.4 mi
- Paola Community Garden: 11.7 mi
- Rest Area Rte 69 & 52: 13.1 mi
- Louisburg Cider Mill: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Miami State Fishing Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peine Mound | W 261° | 308 m | 19.6 mi |
| Christiansen Mound | ENE 68° | 299 m | 18.8 mi |
| Herrell Hill | ENE 67° | 299 m | 20.2 mi |
| Spy Mound | SE 135° | 296 m | 14.5 mi |
| Osburn Mound | ENE 69° | 295 m | 18.7 mi |
| Masters Hill | ENE 70° | 294 m | 20.8 mi |
| Dorsett Hill | ENE 73° | 290 m | 21.5 mi |
| Bieger Mound | ENE 64° | 289 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:08 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 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 | 34 | 44 | 54 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Osawatomie, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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