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Osage State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area

Osage State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Osage State Fishing Lake and Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Bebo Hill stands 375 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Park, a park 6.0 miles away. Native Stone Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.76926, -95.66693

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cedar Park: 6.0 mi
  • Jones Park: 6.3 mi
  • Carbolyn Park: 6.5 mi
  • Pomona State Park: 8.9 mi
  • Wolf Creek Park: 9.1 mi
Artworks: 21
  • There’s No Place Like Home: 16.7 mi
  • Native Topekan: 17.0 mi
  • A City Alive: 17.5 mi
  • Kansas Symbols: 18.0 mi
  • City of Gardens: 18.1 mi
Museums: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Attractions: 11
Gardens: 10
  • Ted Ensley Gardens: 16.1 mi
  • Harvey Garden: 18.3 mi
  • Doris Firestone Joss Garden: 18.6 mi
  • VIDA Ministries Community Garden: 19.2 mi
  • Prairie Garden: 19.4 mi
Peaks: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Historic sites: 7
  • Walnut Grove Methodist Episcopal Church: 18.6 mi
  • Kansas Veterans' Memorial: 19.2 mi
  • All War Memorial: 19.8 mi
  • Munn Memorial: 19.8 mi
  • Trail: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Snyders Cabin: 20.0 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 2: 21.2 mi
  • Overlook Park Shelter 1: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Bloomington Beach: 18.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Echo Cliff: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Wakarusa River Falls: 21.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bebo HillSSW 212°375 m24.7 mi
Stenger HillNW 313°371 m6.4 mi
Elkhorn KnobWSW 245°367 m11.4 mi
Burnett MoundNNW 347°344 m17.0 mi
Coon PointNE 39°338 m20.8 mi
Twin MoundsENE 56°316 m11.4 mi
Shank HillENE 69°304 m23.3 mi
Sanders MoundENE 57°288 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice05:5920:1220:52
September equinox07:1118:4619:21
December solstice07:3816:2317:05

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313545556675807870584535
Precip in1.01.72.33.85.55.43.94.14.03.22.31.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pomona Lake, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1052330701

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