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Pratt Sandhills State Wildlife Management Area

Pratt Sandhills State Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Pratt Sandhills State Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in Kansas, at a recorded elevation of 627 m. Iron Mountain stands 629 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pratt Sandhills Wildlife Area, a park 2.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 150 miles off. 24 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
627 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.73392, -98.98142

24 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 16
  • Pratt Sandhills Wildlife Area: 2.7 mi
  • Iuka Park: 13.6 mi
  • May Dennis Park: 14.2 mi
  • Gebhart Park: 14.4 mi
  • Zerger Park: 14.8 mi
Peaks: 3
  • Pilot Knob: 7.1 mi
  • Pilot Knob: 23.0 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 23.3 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Mammoth: 10.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Greensburg Big Well Country: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pratt Sandhills State Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Iron MountainSSW 208°629 m23.3 mi
Pilot KnobESE 123°626 m7.1 mi
Pilot KnobENE 62°573 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4019:1319:48
June solstice06:1520:2321:02
September equinox07:2419:0019:35
December solstice07:4816:4017:21

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313544546475797869574333
Precip in0.61.02.02.73.84.13.23.42.32.21.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pratt 3NW, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/648621956

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