Oak Mills Wildlife Area
Oak Mills Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 235 m. Pilot Knob stands 336 m to the south-southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Kickapoo Island Wildlife Management Area, a nature reserve 2.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 167 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
How to reach it
- 166.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.0 mi off the Glacial Hills Scenic Byway
- 7.6 mi off the Frontier Military Historic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Spirit of Kansas City
Overlooks nearby
- Kaw Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Benner Park: 3.7 mi
- Weston City Park: 3.7 mi
- Parade Field: 4.7 mi
- Bless Park: 4.7 mi
- Zais Park: 4.9 mi
- Fort de Cavagnial: 3.3 mi
- The Beehive: 4.7 mi
- General Leavenworth Monument: 4.7 mi
- The Main Parade: 4.8 mi
- Dragoon Barracks: 4.8 mi
- The National Silk Art Museum: 3.7 mi
- Weston Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- Frontier Army Museum: 5.2 mi
- Lewis and Clark Center: 5.5 mi
- First City Museum: 7.0 mi
- Kickapoo Island Wildlife Management Area: 2.9 mi
- Little Bean Marsh Conservation Area: 6.7 mi
- Little Bean Marsh Natural Area: 6.7 mi
- Guy B. Park Conservation Area: 9.0 mi
- Humphrey Access: 9.8 mi
- Concrete Steam Engine: 7.2 mi
- Concrete Covered Wagon: 7.4 mi
- Amelia Earhart One Acre Earth Portrait: 12.8 mi
- Amelia Earhart: 13.0 mi
- Molten Swing: 15.5 mi
- Hancock Hill: 3.3 mi
- Sentinel Hill: 4.1 mi
- Wagner Point: 4.2 mi
- Government Hill: 4.8 mi
- Pilot Knob: 8.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant: 9.3 mi
- Delaware City: 14.1 mi
- Quindaro Townsite: 24.3 mi
- Morrow Community Garden: 12.6 mi
- Line Creek Native American Garden: 24.0 mi
- Leah Spratt Park: 24.7 mi
- Sallie House: 13.2 mi
- Atlas 9: 22.2 mi
- CB&Q Locomotive 5614: 24.8 mi
- Dearborn Truck Parking (Southbound): 10.7 mi
- Dearborn Rest Area (Northbound): 10.8 mi
- Angel Falls: 11.6 mi
- Line Creek Double Falls: 24.1 mi
- Bell Point: 3.7 mi
- Little Platte Swim Beach: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oak Mills Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Knob | SSE 167° | 336 m | 8.1 mi |
| Hancock Hill | SSE 149° | 331 m | 3.3 mi |
| Wagner Point | SSE 157° | 326 m | 4.2 mi |
| Government Hill | SSE 165° | 324 m | 4.8 mi |
| King Hill | NNE 16° | 323 m | 22.1 mi |
| Sentinel Hill | SSE 169° | 322 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:18 | 17:00 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 45 | 56 | 66 | 75 | 80 | 78 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leavenworth, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1481268488
Day trips start here
- Weston · 4 mi
- Atchison · 13 mi
- Kansas City · 28 mi
- Kansas City Area · 30 mi
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