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Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit

Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit from directly overhead

Neosho Wildlife Area South Unit is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 258 m. Long Mound stands 316 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Neosho State Fishing Lake, a nature reserve 3.8 miles away. Frontier Military Historic Byway passes 22 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.41993, -95.13287
Around it

70 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 34
  • Marvel Park: 8.4 mi
  • Clark Street Park: 8.5 mi
  • Forest Park: 8.7 mi
  • Lopez Park: 8.8 mi
  • Watson Park: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Peaks: 8
  • Timber Hill: 13.3 mi
  • Bell Mound: 13.3 mi
  • Tackett Mound: 16.7 mi
  • Twin Mounds: 18.8 mi
  • Bender Mounds: 19.7 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 3
  • Antietam Circle #2: 8.4 mi
  • Antietam Circle: 8.4 mi
  • Columbus Telephone Company 100 Year Memorial: 23.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Page Dragline: 14.7 mi
  • Big Brutus: 14.7 mi
  • Railroad Depot: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • CCC Statue: 23.3 mi
  • Gus the Gorilla: 23.7 mi
  • A Student's Life: 24.5 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Crawford State Park Butterfly Garden: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MoundWNW 297°316 m23.3 mi
Bender MoundsWSW 254°313 m19.7 mi
Three MoundsWNW 293°311 m23.9 mi
Tackett MoundSW 231°301 m16.7 mi
Twin MoundsWSW 257°289 m18.8 mi
Dixon MoundSW 230°288 m20.6 mi
Bell MoundSE 130°281 m13.3 mi
Timber HillS 172°247 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:33
June solstice06:0120:0620:45
September equinox07:0918:4519:19
December solstice07:3216:2617:07

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323746566575797870584636
Precip in1.41.72.94.86.85.64.24.14.83.62.82.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parsons 2 NW, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/1483973282

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