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Montgomery State Fishing Lake

Montgomery State Fishing Lake from directly overhead

Montgomery State Fishing Lake is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 233 m. Berry Hill stands 314 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is South 10th Street Park, a park 3.8 miles away. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
233 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.16377, -95.69399
Around it

48 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 17
  • South 10th Street Park: 3.8 mi
  • Robert Augustus Wesley Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
  • Independence Dog Park: 4.6 mi
  • Riverside Park Shelter House: 5.1 mi
  • Riverside Park and Zoo: 5.2 mi
Peaks: 16
  • Walker Mound: 6.1 mi
  • Table Mound: 8.4 mi
  • Allin Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Stony Point: 9.7 mi
  • Berry Hill: 10.3 mi
Museums: 4
  • Independence Historical Museum & Art Center: 4.2 mi
  • Emil W. Roesky, Jr., Memorial Aviation Heritage Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Little House On The Prairie Museum: 8.3 mi
  • Dalton Defenders Museum: 9.9 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Republic F-86 "Thunderstreak": 7.5 mi
  • ATSF Cheryvale Depot: 10.7 mi
  • Caney Valley Speedway: 16.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Elk City State Park Beach: 7.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Le Hunt Cement Plant: 8.4 mi
Gardens: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Montgomery State Fishing Lake. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berry HillWSW 258°314 m10.3 mi
Bender MoundsNE 44°313 m17.1 mi
Round MoundWSW 248°306 m11.8 mi
Blue MoundSSW 197°305 m25.0 mi
Table MoundNNW 331°301 m8.4 mi
Tackett MoundENE 68°301 m19.2 mi
Bald MoundWNW 298°296 m10.7 mi
Hayrick MoundSE 130°292 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0119:35
June solstice06:0420:0820:47
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3416:2917:10

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343848576675807971594737
Precip in1.41.82.94.56.86.34.34.54.14.12.42.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Independence, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1474021526

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