Neosho Wildlife Area
Neosho Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 263 m. Long Mound stands 316 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit, a nature reserve 4.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 40 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 40.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 23.4 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
62 named places within 25 miles
- Erie Dinosaur Park: 7.7 mi
- Clark Street Park: 11.5 mi
- Lopez Park: 11.5 mi
- Marvel Park: 11.6 mi
- Railroad Park: 11.7 mi
- Bell Mound: 16.8 mi
- Timber Hill: 17.7 mi
- Tackett Mound: 19.4 mi
- Twin Mounds: 19.8 mi
- Bender Mounds: 20.9 mi
- Galesburg Museum: 11.7 mi
- Parsons Historical Museum: 12.1 mi
- Iron Horse Museum: 12.1 mi
- Curious Minds Discovery Zone: 13.0 mi
- Big Brutus Museum: 18.3 mi
- Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit: 4.5 mi
- Neosho State Fishing Lake: 5.2 mi
- Bourbon State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area: 21.7 mi
- Page Dragline: 18.3 mi
- Big Brutus: 18.4 mi
- Railroad Depot: 24.5 mi
- Antietam Circle #2: 11.6 mi
- Antietam Circle: 11.7 mi
- Crawford State Park Butterfly Garden: 20.9 mi
- CCC Statue: 21.1 mi
- Bourbon Falls: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Neosho Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mound | WNW 287° | 316 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bender Mounds | WSW 242° | 313 m | 20.9 mi |
| Three Mounds | WNW 283° | 311 m | 22.1 mi |
| Tackett Mound | SW 220° | 301 m | 19.4 mi |
| Dewey Mound | WNW 289° | 299 m | 24.2 mi |
| Five Mounds | W 276° | 299 m | 24.7 mi |
| Twin Mounds | WSW 244° | 289 m | 19.8 mi |
| Dixon Mound | SW 220° | 288 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:07 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 17:07 |
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 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 46 | 36 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6.8 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 2 NW, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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